Product Specifications

Alex Panels is a Aluminium Composite Panel (ACP), ACP Sheet, consisting of two layers of aluminium skins sandwiching a thermoplastic core in a continous lamination process. Alex Panels uses the world renowned ‘Kynar 500’ resins for its exterior grades ensuring long color life and no fungal attacks. Long life colour retention is by Kynar 500/PVdF resins in exterior grade panels. The surface coating contains 70% PVdF resins. Alex Panels places industry’s strictest tolerances during production, ensuring durable composite panels that stand the test of time.

Product Properties

ITEM ALEX PANELS SOLID ALUMINIUM STEEL
Weight 4 mm : 5.48Kg/m2 3mm:8.0 kg/m2 1.5mm:11.47 kg/m2
Flatness Very Flat Uneven Uneven
Heat Insulation Best Poor Poor
Sound Insulation 25db 15db 5db
Echo Response Low Medium High
Weather Proof Good Good Good
Fire Proof Good Good Good
Paint Consistency Best Inconsistent Inconsistent
Paint Microns Even Uneven Uneven
Fabrication Easy Difficult Very Tough
Deliver Quick Slow Slow
Total Cost Economical Medium Cost Expensive
Maintenance Easy Easy Easy
Installation Quick Slow Very Slo

 

Physical Properties

 

ITEM UNIT THICKNESS STANDARD
3MM 4MM 6MM
Density g/cm3 1.52 1.37 1.22 ASTM D792
Weight kg/m2 4.55 5.48 7.34 ASTM D792
Thermal Expansion (-20-600) 10.6/oC 22 24 25 ASTM D696
Thermal Conductivity (appearance) w/m.k – 0.15~0.19 – ASTM C518
Temperature for Thermal Deformation oC – 113 – ASTM C648
Acoustic Insulation (100~3200HZ) dB 24 26 27 ASTM E413

Mechanical Properties

 

ITEM UNIT THICKNESS STANDARD
3MM 4MM 6MM
Tensil Strength MPa 45.8 48.0 38.2 ASTM D638
Yield Strength MPa 43.4 44.2 30.4 ASTM D638
Extension Rate % 12 14 17 ASTM D638
Transverse Modulus X10MPa 3.2 4.2 2.8 ASTM D638
Impact Resistant (Maximum loading) kg 1320 1670 2120 ASTM D732