Test Reports

 
TESTING BY NATA ACCREDITED LABORATORIES
 
PASS
Reduction in water absorption, (1530 Part 3, ASTM C642-90)
Reduction in Chloride Ion Penetration, (BS 1881: Part 124: 1988 Section 5.3 of (chemical testing procedures manual, Perth Laboratory), document number 014H-90-46-83.
Water Vapour Transmission. ASTM Standard E96-94.
Carbon Dioxide Diffusion Resistance. Flicks Law of Diffusion.
Water Penetration. NFT30-801 (Bureau De Veritas).
Tests for Endurance under normal conditions, (Bureau De Veritas).
Adherence test. Average not to be below 1.3 MPA. NF30-062 (Bureau de Veritas).
NFT 30-802 Standard test of performance to humidity and heat. NFT 30-802 (Bureau De Veritas).
NFT 41-002 Standard test of Performance to salinated fog (bureau De Veritas).
NFT 30-039 Resistance test for break following fall of mass. NFT30-039 (Bureau De Veritas).
Insultec has been tested for the specific purposes as shown above by at least three independent NATA accredited such as:
Bureau De Veritas
Unisearch
VIPAC
Taywood Engineering
SETSCO Services
 
UNIVERSITY TESTS
Download University of New South Wales
  H.J. Goldsmid Emeritus Professor of Physics, 22nd February 1990.

Conclusions:
It is concluded that the claims made for Insultec are fully justified. It is clear that this membrane acts as a heat rejecting medium and one can expect that, if the roof of a building is coated with Insultec, then the interior of that building will be 10 C or more cooler than that of a similar building with a plain galvanized roof during the warmest part of the day.

   
Download University of New South Wales
  Prof. H.J. Goldsmid, 3rd May.

I have become convinced of the remarkable properties of Insultec. This is in spite of the fact that I was most skeptical about the claims when I was first approached.

   
Download University of New South Wales
  Prof. H.J Goldsmid, 14th June 1997.

Independent tests have confirmed the efficacy of Insultec in rejecting heat from buildings and that there is a lowering of temperature by as much as 15C below that for an unpainted surface. The tests in the laboratory and on exterior sites are consistent with one another.

   
Download Unisearch Limited
  Prof. D.H.Morton, 8th June 1990.

See ‘R’ ‘C’ and ‘K’ values.

   
Download Unisearch Limited
  Assoc Prof. J.K.Haken, March 1993.

Summary:
Performance testing of the Insultec membrane on small steel buildings has shown that a considerable reduction in the interior temperature is achieved.

   
Download University of Western Australia
  Dr Raffaele Cammarano, 5th June 1992.

The result was an emissivity of 0.89

   
Download Dr Raffaele Cammarano
  13th June 1995.

…Insultec is such an effective solar heat insulator,… It is the author’s belief that the overall thermal resistance of Insultec is in fact a result of complex non-linear coupling between the heat transfer mechanisms, predominantly radiation and conduction.

   
Download James Cook University, Prof. R Aynsley
  …a few preliminary comparative measurements… Zinc/Alum… 77°C… Insultec Insulating. Paint… 53°C
   
Download Polytechnic State University
  Dr R. Aynsley, Queensland, 26th July 2001.

The Cool Schools, and later Cooler Schools program undertook upgrading of hundreds of schools in Queensland. Norco Roof Restoration estimated they painted approximately 470 school building roofs from Bowen to Torres Strait Islands.

   
Download What does it do and why?
  Emeritus Professor H. Julian Goldsmid University of New South Wales, Australia, (circa 2000).

Conclusions:
In summary, I was at first reluctant to accept the that buildings could be kept cool by a membrane of less than a millimeter thickness but tests that I supervised showed the claim to be true.

 
COMMERCIAL REPORTS
GROUP A

Download SETSCO Report
  26th July 2006.

The laboratory phase of the study on Insultec paint revealed the following…

   
Download Green Label Report
  5th Sept 2006.

Analysis on sample submitted…

   
Download Reduction in Water Absorption
  12th June 2006.

   
Download Direct Tension Adhesion Strength Report
  30th May 2006.

…pull-off test using De Felsko Positest direct tension pull-off adhesion tester…

   
  Download Carbon Dioxide Diffusion Resistance
  30th May 2006.

This method complies with the requirements of…

   
Download CSTB, Francois Olive, France
  14th May 1996.

…reflection .. of solar energy …83.2%( Emissivity)…

   
Download Indian Institute of Technology
  December 1995.

…emissivity at about 30C is 0.89…It can be concluded that the paint can provide a significant benefit in reducing the heat gain and would find application for cooling purposes.

   
Download Solar Agni International, India
  26th July 1995.

This will reduce ceiling temperature appreciably (particularly of sheet roofing) for all kinds of sun exposed surfaces.

   
Download Vipac Scientist and Engineers, Victoria
  Dr Saman Fernando, March 1994.
   
GROUP B

   
Download Taywood Engineering Limited, Western Australia
  20th May 1996.

…various test for durability…19 pages.

   
Download CSIRO, Glenn Whittaker, Australia
  3rd August 1999.

Fire test…..These samples did not ignite.

   
Download Bureau Veritas, France
  From January 6th to March 26th 1993.

…various tests… 8 pages.

   
Download EABASSOC, England
  August 1999.

Aims…To test the durability of Solux radiation control coating Insultec Insultec performed very well and did not show any signs of failure in terms of durability.