Handmade vs Machine-Made Rockwool Panel Guide
Guide to handmade versus machine-made rockwool panels: thickness sets, width conventions and joints compared from company catalogue facts.
The comparison in brief
Handmade rockwool panels, Type 50, use a conventional width of 300–1,180 mm, a thickness of 50 mm with custom options of 75 / 100 mm, and a male-female or centre-aluminium joint, built around a staggered fibre structure that the company materials link to better load-bearing behaviour and clear noise reduction. Machine-made rockwool panels, 1150 type, use a width of 1,150 mm, a thickness range of 50–150 mm, and a tongue-and-groove joint, produced by continuous roll pressing. Both use rockwool densities in the 60–120 kg/m³ catalogue range.
Choosing by schedule, not by preference
The route choice should follow the schedule. Pre-formed openings, conduit routes, non-standard widths and stronger load-bearing needs point to handmade panels. Long straight runs in the 1,150 mm system point to machine-made panels. A mixed schedule should be split by area. The full comparison page gives the side-by-side table; this guide is its article companion, and it does not add a specification beyond it.