Darchem Engineering is a world-class designer and manufacturer of a wide range of market-leading, lightweight and space-efficient metallic, composite and soft-blanket insulation solutions for the automotive market. We supply quality insulation components which feature across the Formula 1 grid, in NASCAR, in rallying and on many high-performance and exotic road cars.

We supply thermal barriers or heat shields as detachable components, or as integral solutions, to enhance performance efficiency and to protect sensitive components.

We primarily provide products with stainless-steel and Inconel encapsulation, with specialist insulation cores such as fibrous, ceramic and microporous blankets or ceramic paper, using state of the art thermal analysis, 3D CAD modelling, and manufacturing technology to insulate applications which can sometimes exceed 1000°C.

Our typical automotive insulation and heat-shielding applications include

• Turbos
• Exhausts
• Catalysts
• Manifolds
• Brake feeds
• Bonnets
• Bulkheads

Darchem Engineering brings over 50 years of experience of close collaboration with our clients to provide fast turnaround on intelligent, engineered solutions which optimise thermal efficiency.