Alucobond A2 – The authentic, non-combustible panel!

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Alucobond A2 – The authentic, non-combustible panel!

ALUCOBOND® A2 is a composite panel consisting of two aluminium cover sheets and a mineral-filled core. The superb properties of this material boost one’s inspiration and offer architecture a whole new range of solutions – whether your project is a private home, a public building, a corporate headquarter and offices, or a trading or industrial complex – or if your organisation wants to create a new image-building Corporate Design – whether for petrol stations, car showrooms, banks or supermarkets.

Advantages

Characteristics

Advantages

Low weight, high rigidity,
perfect flatness

Low cost for substructures and fasteners, Smooth handling on the site

Large variety of colours

Unlimited planning and design

Weatherproof

Supplied ready to install

Vibration-damping

No additional sound-damping needed

Can easily be folded and bent

Simple processing using conventional tools

Large panel sizes, fast installation,
pre-fabricated panels

Short construction times, adherence to schedules, low cost

ALUCOBOND® A2 perfectly adapts to the contours of the buildings forming complex, flowing elements. It is the combination of formability, flatness, stability and weather resistance that characterizes this material. Due to its composite structure,ALUCOBOND® A2 can take on many different shapes. It is almost like a different skin wrapping the building structure. Its perfect formability does not affect its stability and flatness. The high rigidity of the panel remains.

Lightness / Rigidity

The composite structure of ALUCOBOND® A2 results in an impressive strength-to-weight ratio, even when comparing large panel sizes. Despite its low weight, which makes ALUCOBOND® A2 easy to transport and handle in the factory and on site, its rigidity and high strength make the panels keep their shape and remain flat, even when exposed to extreme temperature changes.

Comparison of thickness and weight of panels with equal rigidity

ALUCOBOND® A2 compared with solid aluminium
Required thickness and actual weights of panels with same rigidity

ALUCOBOND® A2

Aluminium

Rigidity (E  J)

Section modulus

Thickness

Weight

Thickness

Weight

1250 kN cm²/m

1.25 cm³/m

3 mm

5.9 kg/m²

2.7 mm

7.3 kg/m²

2400 kN cm²/m

1.75 cm³/m

4 mm

7.6 kg/m²

3.3 mm

8.9 kg/m²

Sustainability

Environment, Safety and Quality

Today 3A Composites is recognized world-wide as one of the leading companies in the field of sustainability – in fact not only within its own branch but also among other diversified producers and raw material processing companies throughout the world. 3A Composites’s commitment to sustainability enables the company to make decisions that create the highest economic, social and ecological value, by taking the requirements of all the relevant groups into consideration.

The company commits itself to continuous own improvements in environmental protection, which by far exceed existing regulations. Also in this field, 3A Composites endeavours to play a leading role.

ALUCOBOND® A2 composite panels are non-inflammable and do not actively contribute to combustion. During the life cycle ofALUCOBOND® A2 composite panels, no environmentally hazardous substances are set free at any time and no toxic fumes are developed in the case of fire. Therefore, selecting ALUCOBOND® A2 for projects which require environmental-friendly materials is literally a natural choice.

Life Cycle

Advantages

During decades of use in a rear-ventilated cladding system,ALUCOBOND® A2 protects the building from weathering and the harmful effects caused by industrial and environmental pollution.

  • Lower maintenance costs
  • Long-term preservation of the building structure

An external cladding system using ALUCOBOND® A2 acts as a barrier against solar radiation. The ventilated space between theALUCOBOND® A2 panels and the wall or the thermal insulation reduces the heat transmission.

  • In winter: savings in heating cost
  • In summer: savings in air-conditioning cost

The rear-ventilated cladding system using ALUCOBOND® A2, protects the wall of the building from high and rapid temperature changes. Moisture can pass through the wall. The building structure keeps dry.

  • Reduction of thermal expansion
  • Reduction in crack formation

Recycling

ALUCOBOND® A2 is fully recyclable, i.e. both the core material and the aluminium cover sheets are recycled and can be used in the production of new material.

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