Folding

alucore-panel

ALUCORE® is an innovative aluminium composite panel consisting of two aluminium cover sheets and a honeycomb core of aluminium.

Boasting the globally recognised ALUCOBOND® trademark, ALUCORE® is also a composite material that can be used for a wide variety of applications from the transport industry to architecture, and has fantastic properties such as extraordinary flatness, a large variety of colours, and high formability.

The product’s aluminium honeycomb core gives the composite panel a high rigidity and an extremely low weight. ALUCORE® therefore has a definite advantage when it comes to projects with high demands on material stiffness – such as façade cladding or roofing where it will be exposed to an extremely high wind load, or for large self-supporting roofs.

ALUCORE® – the first lightweight panel that is a bond for life!

ALUCORE® is an aluminium composite panel consisting of two cover sheets and a honeycomb core of aluminium.
Following in the footsteps of the world-wide established ALUCOBOND® trademark, ALUCORE® is also a composite material for a variety of applications in transport industry and architecture, showing excellent product properties such as extraordinary flatness, large variety of colours and high formability.The aluminium honeycomb core gives the composite panel a high rigidity and an extremely low weight. ALUCORE® therefore provides the decisive advantage where very high demands are made on the material for applications such as façade cladding or roofing, e.g. if exposed to extremely high wind load and for large self-supporting roofs.ALUCORE® is the first lightweight panel that you, too, will absolutely insist as being: a bond for life.
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Cutting
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Folding
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Routing
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Bending

 

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Panel Edgings
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Pressing
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Drilling
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Jointing

 

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Bonding
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Lacquering


ALUCORE® can be folded on bending presses using the tool geometry shown in the sketch. When measuring cuts, the material gain for the corresponding thickness must be taken into consideration when making 90° folds.

Panel thickness (mm)

Bending radius outside (mm)

Material gain (mm)

Folding height min. (mm)

6 ~4 2.7 20
10 ~9 5.0 25
15 ~13 7.5 35
20 ~16 8.5 50
25 ~18 10.0 60

Routing and folding technique / producing corners and edges


Corners and edges can be produced simply on ALUCORE® panels using the routing and folding technique. With all versions, a groove is routed on the rear of the panel into the 1mm thick cover sheet at the front. In version 1, as with ALUCOBOND®, a cutter disk or forming cutter for V-grooves 90° is used in the appropriate width. In version 2, the core of the panel is pre-cut using special tools. The grooves can be produced with circular panel saws and CNC machining centres. Normally, folding by hand is possible. If this is not possible, we recommend the use of a folding machine.



Important:
These are customised design tools to match the respective machine and can be ordered by the processor from the recommended manufacturers. Please state the tooth geometry, tool diameter etc. The auxiliary tracing rollers can be produced from the existing ALUCORE® tracing rollers for 4mm or 6 mm thickness.