VENTURELITE® 2010 is an aluminium honeycomb panel faced with glassfibre reinforced epoxy resin

Strain-hardened hexagonal cell aluminium honeycomb has optimal mechanical properties and is able to carry shear loads at significantly lower weight than foams or other core types.

  • Properties
  • Application
  • Processing
Properties

Properties

A single ply facing has 290 gsm of woven glassfibre reinforcement. Any number of plys can be specified The same number of plys is used on both sides, to maintain flatness Aluminium honeycomb cell size is 6.35mm.

Metric

PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE

Thickness Weight Long Beam Climbing Drum Peel Flatwise Compression
(mm)
(kg/m2)
Max Load
(Newtons)
Deflection
at Max Load
(mm)
(N/76mm)
(MPa)
10 1.7 500 24 332 2.6
20 2.2 830 11 332 2.6
30 2.7 1080 8 332 2.6
Typical room temperature properties for 0.5mm aluminium faced panels. Mechanical test procedures to AMS-STD-401.

AVAILABILITY

Standard Dimensions
2400mm x 1200mm
Panel Thickness
Made to order, minimum thickness 6mm
Application

Application

Processing

Processing