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AMANDA ANDREW 1006724WONG YEE TING 1006737TAN CHEAU LING 1006810NG LEE FEHN 1006985

AMANDA ANDREW 1006724WONG YEE TING 1006737TAN CHEAU LING 1006810NG LEE FEHN 1006985

Aluminium is a very young metal, extracted for the first time in 1854. Commercially produced as a precious metal from 1886, its industrial production for civil applications only took off in the 1950’s.

The first well-known application in buildings dates back to 1898, when the dome of San Gioacchino’s Church in Rome was clad in aluminium sheets. The stunning Art Deco-inspiredEmpire State Building in New York was the first building to use anodised aluminium componentsback in 1931.

Aluminium is now utilised for a host of applications in building and construction and is the material of choice for curtain walling, window frames and other glazed structures. It is extensively used for rolling blinds, doors, exterior cladding and roofing, suspended ceilings, wall panels and partitions, heating and ventilation equipment, solar shading devices, light reflectors and complete prefabricated buildings. Structures like offshore living quarters, helicopter decks, balustrades, scaffolding and ladders, are also commonly made of aluminium.

Aluminium is highly appreciated in the building sector for its very long in-service life, lowmaintenance and its contribution to the energy performance of buildings.

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Composite panels constitute an important application of coil-coated sheets, i.e. a sandwich of two aluminium sheets bonded to a polyethylene core.

Easy to curve and bend, these products can be used for cladding, roofing, corporate identity and display applications.

ALUCOBOND® has been the market leader in aluminium composite panels world-wide since 1969.

ALUCOBOND® shows excellent product properties such as extraordinary flatness, a large variety of colours and perfect formability. It has been developed as a rigid and, at the same time, flexible fascia material for architecture. ALUCOBOND® is extremely weatherproof, impact-resistant and break-proof, vibration-damping, and ensures easy and fast installation.

As a light composite material consisting of two aluminium cover sheets and a plastic core, the versatile ALUCOBOND® product is a material also preferred in areas other than architecture, such as image-building Corporate Design, and is widely used in industry and transportation.

Numerous international prizes have been awarded for this successful product. With more than 130 million sq.m of ALUCOBOND® sold, it has proved to be one of the most successful materials world-wide.

ALUCOBOND HISTORY ALUCOBOND HISTORY

PRODUCT PRODUCT

ALUCOBOND is the original Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) which consists of two sheets of smooth .02" aluminum thermo bonded to a polyethylene core in a continuous process. Alucobond® is pre-finished with a premium Kynar 500® PVDF resin-based coil coating that is available in a spectrum of attractive standard colors along with any custom color you desire. To allow for imaginative design and creativity Alucobond comes in a variety of lengths and widths.

PRODUCT PROPERTIES PRODUCT PROPERTIES

ALUCOBOND® is a composite panel consisting of two aluminium cover sheets and a plastic 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 or 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.

Architecture and colour design are inseparable. Colours underline, highlight and structure the design concept thus generating the emotional experience of space and architectural variety. From a wide range of colours ALUCOBOND® offers both solid, metallic and special effect colours. Customized colours are available on request. Taking the colour effects found in nature as an example, ALUCOBOND®Spectra colours add a new dimension to the colour range.

The natural beauty of aluminium is particularly accentuated by the new naturAL surface series.The variety of colours is topped off by naturally coloured anodised and mill-finished surfaces.

COLOURS AND SURFACES COLOURS AND SURFACES PRODUCT PROPERTIES PRODUCT PROPERTIES

PRODUCT PROPERTIES PRODUCT PROPERTIES

ALUCOBOND® perfectly adapts to a building's contours, flowing elements.

It is the combination of formability, flatness, stability and weather resistance that characterizes this material.

Due to its composite structure,ALUCOBOND® can take on many different shapes.

Though both stable and flat ALUCOBOND® can be perfectly formed without any loss to its rigidity.

ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES

PRODUCT PROPERTIES PRODUCT PROPERTIES LIGHTNESS/RIGIDITYLIGHTNESS/RIGIDITY

The composite structure of ALUCOBOND® results in an impressive strength-to-weight ratio, even when comparing large panel sizes. Despite its low weight, which makes ALUCOBOND® 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

PRODUCT PROPERTIES PRODUCT PROPERTIES SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITY

Environment, Safety and Quality

Today 3A Composites is recognized worldwide 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 to continuous self improvement programs for environmental protection, many of which exceed government regulations. 3A Composites continues to serve as a global leader in this field.

During the life cycle of ALUCOBOND® composite panels, no substances containing CFC are set free at any time. The core material does not contain any nitrogen, chlorine or sulphur.

Therefore, selecting ALUCOBOND® for projects which require environmental-friendly materials is literally a natural choice.

ALUCOBOND® protects the building from weathering and the harmful effects caused by industrial and environmental pollution.

ALUCOBOND®acts as a barrier against solar radiation. The ventilated space between the ALUCOBOND® panels and the wall or the thermal insulation reduces the heat transmission.

ALUCOBOND®, protects the wall of the building from high and rapid temperature changes. Moisture can pass through the wall. The building structure keeps dry.

•Lower maintenance costs

•Long-term preservation of the building structure

ADVANTAGES

•In winter: savings in heating cost

•In summer: savings in air-conditioning cost

•Reduction of thermal expansion

•Reduction in crack formation

ALUCOBOND – PROCESSES ALUCOBOND – PROCESSES

ALUCOBOND – CONSTRUCTION ALUCOBOND – CONSTRUCTION

Aluminium plays a key role for the sustainability of new buildings and the renovation of existing ones.

Thanks to its performance properties, aluminium largely contributes to the energy performance, safety and comfort of new buildings. Aluminium’s versatility also allows for an easy upgrade of existing buildings, including historic ones. Aluminium plays an important role in the production of renewable energy from solar sources.

Finally, at the end of its very long lifespan, the high intrinsic value of aluminium is a major economic incentive for its recycling, through several processes adapted to the nature of building scraps, securing its cradle-to-cradle life cycle and associated environmental benefits.

ALUCOBOND® 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.

The recycling of aluminium building products is therefore not a potential, it is today’s reality.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

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