TYPICAL DIBOND SPECIFICATION
Composite panels shall be DIBOND as manufactured by Alcan Composites and supplied throughout Australasia by their exclusive agents, Alucobond Architectural Pty Ltd.
DIBOND panels shall consists of 2 face sheets of 0.3mm thick aluminium sandwiching a core of low density polyethylene, formed in a continuous process without glues or adhesives between face sheets and core.
Aluminium face sheets shall be Allow AlMg 1-NS41 having an ultimate tensile strength of 145 MPa and 0.2% stress of 110 Mpa.
One face sheet, unless noted otherwise, shall be pre-finished in colour selected from DIBOND standard colour range with high performance modified polyester paint applied by continuous coil coating process. High performance modified polyester paint finish shall be suitable for application of silk-screening, graphic lamination and were required overspraying with suitable 2 part polyurethane or acrylic spray finishes without the use of any pre-treatments, primers or undercoats. All secondary applied finishes shall be carried out in accordance with the applied finishes manufacturers recommendations. DIBOND Factory applied coating shall be protected with strippable PE film.
DIBOND panels prior to fabrication shall be stored horizontally on a dry, flat, level surface and protected from damage from other trades .
Fabrication techniques as recommended by Alucobond Architectural Pty Ltd shall be strictly adhered to. These include cutting, grooving, folding, bending and rolling Information concerning these techniques can be obtained from Alucobond Architectural Pty Ltd.
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