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    Aluminum composite panels are lightweight cladding materials used in construction. They consist of thin aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminum core, usually polyurethane. They provide durability, strength, and variety of aesthetic finishes. Some key uses include curtain walls, soffits, column cladding, and interior partitions. While aluminum conducts heat well, composite panels can provide thermal insulation through core materials and breaks. They are recyclable, low maintenance, and offer an alternative to traditional cladding like stone or concrete.

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    Aluminum composite panels are lightweight cladding materials used in construction. They consist of thin aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminum core, usually polyurethane. They provide durability, strength, and variety of aesthetic finishes. Some key uses include curtain walls, soffits, column cladding, and interior partitions. While aluminum conducts heat well, composite panels can provide thermal insulation through core materials and breaks. They are recyclable, low maintenance, and offer an alternative to traditional cladding like stone or concrete.

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    Aluminum composite panels are lightweight cladding materials used in construction. They consist of thin aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminum core, usually polyurethane. They provide durability, strength, and variety of aesthetic finishes. Some key uses include curtain walls, soffits, column cladding, and interior partitions. While aluminum conducts heat well, composite panels can provide thermal insulation through core materials and breaks. They are recyclable, low maintenance, and offer an alternative to traditional cladding like stone or concrete.

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    Aluminum composite panels are lightweight cladding materials used in construction. They consist of thin aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminum core, usually polyurethane. They provide durability, strength, and variety of aesthetic finishes. Some key uses include curtain walls, soffits, column cladding, and interior partitions. While aluminum conducts heat well, composite panels can provide thermal insulation through core materials and breaks. They are recyclable, low maintenance, and offer an alternative to traditional cladding like stone or concrete.

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    Aluminium Composite Panel

    Description
    Aluminium is a very versatile metal, touches every aspect of our lives, from aircrafts to
    automobiles, from power cables to foils, aluminium can be fashioned into myriad shapes in a
    variety of applications and lately the building industry has caught the fancy of the versatility and
    performance of the material. Aluminium products are more commonly used in the construction of
    buildings as composite panels in wall claddings, curtain walling, and roofing. Aluminium is a
    energy intensive material.

    The aluminium composite panels are available in various thickness ranging from 1mm to 6mm or
    more, this thickness includes a varying thickness of top and bottom aluminium sheet with
    polyurethane (PE) board sandwiched between them. Which is the coated with either polyester or
    PVDF resin. Aluminium panels are used wall claddings due to its high durability and high
    strengths. These could be used as a cladding over an existing masonry curtain wall, with an grid
    work of aluminum sections as a bearing structure bolted to the wall, the composite panels are
    inserted and fastened onto the frame, and a silicon sealant is used to caulk the horizontal and
    vertical gaps. The same can be applied to soffit wall and column cladding.
    Aluminum composite panels available are factory installed into unitized frames and are used in
    unitized curtain walling systems in large-scale projects. Ensuring a high performance, flexible
    system for use as multi-storey curtain-wall.

    PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

    Appearance
    Aluminium panels provide colour uniformity and are available in a large number of colours,
    elegant patterns and varied textural qualities. The highly mechanized production process ensures
    smooth and excellent flatness to aluminium composite panels eliminating distortion or deflection.
    It comes as a final product and can be directly exposed to the natural elements without any
    coating or protection whatsoever. It comes as panels of various sizes, which can be bent, cut,
    drilled, punched and easily shaped to achieve complex designs by using standard wood and metal
    working tools. The joints are finished with silicon sealant to caulk the joints, which are seen as a
    grid.

    Structural Capability
    The aluminium composite panel has a superior ratio of strength/rigidity to weight, as compared to
    steel. Being light in weight, it is easy to carry, simple to form. The unique composite construction
    of strong aluminium skins firmly bonded to visco-elastic core (in composite panels with
    polyurethane infill) provides high impact, blow, vibration and breakage resistance. Being very
    light and strong it weighs less than 1/10th of conventional cladding materials such as marble,
    granite, concrete etc., it reduces the dead weight of the building.
    Thermal properties
    Aluminium as a standalone component is a very good thermal and electrical conductor, by weight
    better than copper, but, in a composite panel, the infill material usually an insulating material like
    polyurethane provides its thermal resistance. Thus the thermal properties of the aluminium panel
    are debatable. Relative to other building components, aluminum has a high heat transfer
    coefficient, meaning that aluminum is a very good conductor of heat. This translates into high
    heat gain/loss through aluminum curtain wall panels and mullions. There are several ways to
    compensate for this heat loss, the most common way being the addition of thermal breaks. The
    panels are in-filled with polyurethane boards to improve its thermal performance. Thermal breaks
    are barriers between exterior metal and interior metal, usually made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
    These breaks provide a significant decrease in the thermal conductivity of the curtain wall.
    Thermal conductivity of the curtain wall system is important because of heat loss through the
    wall, which affects the heating and cooling costs of the building. On a poorly performing curtain
    wall, condensation may form on the interior of the mullions. This could cause damage to adjacent
    interior trim and walls. Rigid insulation is provided in spandrel areas to provide a higher R-value
    at these locations.

    Sound insulation
    Provides an excellent soundproof effect.

    Fire and vermin resistance


    Aluminium's melting temperature is 660°C, whereas building fires can reach 1,100°C. The
    melting point of aluminium is typically reached within minutes of the start of a fire. Thus unless
    alternative fire retarding systems are in place a envelope designed with aluminium components
    can be a liability.

    They do not have any problems with vermin attacks, infestation or mould growth.

    Durability and moisture resistance


    Aluminum is remarkable for its ability to resist corrosion (due to the phenomenon of passivation)
    and with high strength to weight ratio (especially in aluminium alloys) makes a durable material
    for use in all applications both internal and external. These high alloy fine aluminium sheets,
    coated with superior quality PVDF (fluorocarbon, min 70%) resin or polyester to ensure
    additional durability, stability, corrosion and weather resistance.

    Polyethylene also described in short as (PE), the core material used in most aluminium composite
    panels is a petroleum-based product with proven exterior and interior weather resistance
    properties. It also contributes to the strength, flexibility and stability of ACP.
    Toxicity and Breath-ability
    Aluminium composite panels, as a product is inert, non-toxic and has no significant emission that
    might cause health problems.

    Sustainability
    (environmental impacts)
    Aluminium extraction through electrolysis consumes a lot of energy; the worldwide average
    specific energy consumption is approximately 15±0.5 kilowatt-hours per kilogram of aluminium
    produced from alumina. (52 to 56 MJ/kg). Recovery of the metal via recycling has become an
    important facet of the aluminium industry. Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that
    uses only five percent of the energy needed to produce aluminium from ore. However, a
    significant part (up to 15% of input material) is lost as dross (ash-like oxide). Polyethylene also
    described in short as (PE), the core material used in most aluminium composite panels is a
    petroleum-based product that has a significant environmental impact. Thus, aluminium as a
    material can only be justified by a through life cycle analysis.

    Buildability, availability and cost


    Aluminium composite panels are quick and easy to install due to their lightweight and can be
    installed using the prevailing modern fabrication facilities. Although it is manufactured in highly
    specialized production centers, it is available widely through a strong distribution network. There
    are a number of manufacturers in the production of quality aluminium composite panels. The
    initial cost may seem to be high but, the aesthetics, durability, low maintenance etc. has caught
    the imagination of the people increasing the usage of the product many fold.

    Applicability

    • Ideal for interiors &exteriors.


    • New constructions and renovations.
    • Unlimited applications in commercial, Industrial and entertainment industries.
    • Building Facade, Display units, Sign boards, Column Covers, Beam and Pillar Covers, Room
    Dividers, Ceilings and more...
    • Replaces traditional/wooden laminates for Cabinets, Doors and Partitions.
    • Airports, Exhibition Halls, Hotels, Healthcare Facilities, Multiplexes, Petrol Pumps,
    Shopping Malls, Banks, Showrooms, Institutions, Auto Dealers, Railway/Metro Stations &
    more...

    Manufacturers

    American Building Technologies Pvt. Ltd


    Alubond
    Hyderabad, India
    E-mail : [email protected]
    Phone: 040-55982247
    Bangalore India
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Phone: 080-22237559
    Website: www.alubond.com

    Alupan Composite Panels (P) Ltd.


    Flat No. 7D, 7th Floor, Hansalya Building, 15 Barakhamba Road,
    New Delhi - 110001, India.
    Email : [email protected]
    Phone: 011-23355356, 011-23352621
    Mobile: 09350003731 / 09313621133
    Fax: 011-23721847
    Website: www.alupanindia.com

    Chemiplast Group of Industries


    Sunbond
    # 28, Ashoka Chambers, B-5, Rajindra Park,Pusa Road,
    New Delhi – 110060, India.
    E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
    [email protected]
    Phone: 011- 25733516 /17
    Fax: 011- 25762753
    Website : www.chemiplast.com

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