Ease of Installation
Conventional woodworking and metalworking tools can easily transform INTRABOND aluminum composite panels into many creative shapes.

Cutting
A variety of woodworking saws can easily cut the panels: portable, table, panel rip/”V” groove and reciprocating. Carbide tip blades recommended for aluminum and plastic cutting should be used for all cuts. To ensure clean joint intersections, standard woodworking planers, shapers joiners or milling machines can be used for edge finishing.

Drilling
Panels can be drilled with standard twist drills recommended for aluminum and plastics.

 

Routing
Panel angle bends are accomplished with a simple routing operation that creates a groove on the back side of the panel. Use a standard commercially available router with special bits or a circular saw with a special “V” routing blade. The bits or the blade should be designed to provide a 105˚ groove with a 1/32” flat. The depth of the “V” groove is critical – the back
aluminum skin and a part of the core material is removed leaving a minimum .02” of core material with the front aluminum skin.

Curving
Panels can be cold formed using a pyramid type roller, press brake or over a clamped pipe. Minimum bending radius is 15 times the thickness of the panel.

 

 

Welding
The best method for joining thermoplastic LDPE core material is Hot Air Welding. Joint welds are created using an electrically heated hot air welding tool to melt a 5mm (3/16”) welding rod made of low density, UV stabilized polyethylene. Temperature setting on the welding tool should be 268˚ C (500˚ F).