Light-weight plastic panel
Light-weight plastic panel
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I am looking for a high-strength, light-weight plastic panel 1-1.5" thick with a weight of less than 2.9 lbs/ft2. I would like to know where I can find information about material fitting this criteria.
Thanks,
Sara
Thanks,
Sara





RE: Light-weight plastic panel
RE: Light-weight plastic panel
sarar (Mechanical) Apr 2, 2003
I have a correction for my last thread, in the design will be a honeycomb shape sandwiched between to flat panels, so I guess what I am looking for is a material with a high strength-to-weight ratio and where I could find information about this type of material.
Pardal
RE: Light-weight plastic panel
maybe you can look for a polycarbonate alveolar .
I know of them on about 10 mm thick .
I do not know is there is 1 " thick
Pardal
RE: Light-weight plastic panel
One is www.diabgroup.com
More information on this type of composite on www.boatdesign.net
Carol
RE: Light-weight plastic panel
We use panels made by Nordam and the 1" thick fiberglass skin honeycomb panels weigh .64 lb / ft^2 and aluminum skinned 1" thick is 1.14 lb / ft^2...
http://nordam.com/prodserv.cfm?flatpanels