Cutting ALUCOBOND® can be cut with a circular, band or jig saw
Shearing Shearing can be done with a guillotine. Please make sure the blanking tools are padded! Shearing causes an indentation of the panel cover sheet.
Contour Cutting ALUCOBOND® can be cut to size with water jets, profile milling machines, contour saws and jig saws.
Drilling ALUCOBOND® can be drilled with twist drills normally used for aluminium and plastics on machines common for metals.
Punching ALUCOBOND® panels of any thickness can be punched with conventional sheet punching machines. For clean cuts please use evenly ground tools and the narrowest possible cutting gap. Punching causes an indentation of the panel cover sheet.
Bending Bending is possible with a folding table or brake press. The inside bending radius is n = 10 x t ALUCOBOND®
(t = panel thickness)
Please use protective foils. The spring-back effect is higher than with solid sheet. For production series a prototype should be made.
Roll Bending ALUCOBOND® can be bent with a roll bending machine. Please use ground rolls in perfect condition only.
Riveting Riveting is possible with the usual equipment and rivets or blind rivets For outdoor use allow for thermal expansion.
Screwing With conventional stainless wood, sheet metal and metal screws. For outdoor use please allow for thermal expansion.
Welding Hot-air welding has proved suitable for joining ALUCOBOND®. The plastic core and plastic welding rod are heated and welded with electric hot-air welding sets. We recommend soft, black, 1800-h-type polyethylene welding rods.
Clamping With serrated corner-joint and butt joint sections for ALUCOBOND® panels of 3, 4 and 6mm.
Glueing With the usual metal adhesives. There is no adhesion to the plastic core. Alternatively double sided tape may be used
Routing & Folding ALUCOBOND® panels can be shaped cold by a very simple technique by hand or panel saws, then folding to produce various shapes and sizes.
Rout a groove along the folding edge using a disk or end milling cutter. 0.3mm of core material should remain at the base of the groove. The panel can then be folded by hand.
Cleaning & maintenance The frequency of cleaning and the choice of a suitable cleansing agents depends largely on the location of the building and the degree of soiling. For information, refer to our sheet on "Cleaning and Maintenance" and on "Removal of Graffiti".
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