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Palight Foamed PVC
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Features and Benefits |
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• Optimally designed for digital printing
• Bright white, smooth and uniform surface
• Avilable in a wide range of standard and
special designer colors
• Standard matt or gloss finishes
• Good insulation, lower heat transmission
• Non-toxic
• Flammability: self- extinguishing
• Easily worked with conventional tools,
prints and paints
• Easily bonded, formed, nailed and bolted
• Low water absorption
• High chemical resistance
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Overview |
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PALIGHT is a versatile, flexible, lightweight and durable foamed PVC sheet that is ideal for use in advertising and construction. PALIGHT exhibits the whitest color available and was successfully tested by the majority of digital flatbed printer manufacturers. Printers and advertisers may benefit from its constantly smooth and bright surface for producing high quality displays. PALIGHT is easily handled, cut and fabricated using conventional tools and equipment, and can be printed, painted or laminated.
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Applications |
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• Advertising – Construction signs,displays and exhibition boards, etc.
• Construction – Models, partitions, wall cladding, interior decoration,air conditioning ducts, etc.
• Industry – Control cabinets and panels,structures for corrosive environments,ducts, etc.
• Screen Printing
• Digital Printing |
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PALIGHT® Trimboard / Properties Overview
Typical Physical Properties |
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| Property |
ASTM |
Units |
Value |
| Density |
D-1505 |
Lb/Ft³ |
35 |
| Water Absorption |
D-570 |
% |
0.5 |
| HDT |
D-648 |
°F |
140 |
| VICAT |
D-1525 |
°F |
165 |
| Thermal Expansion |
D-696 |
in./in. °F |
3.7x10^-5 |
| Thermal Conductivity |
D-177 |
Btu/hr-ft²-°F |
0.5 |
| Surface Resistance |
D-257 |
Ohm |
5x10^15 |
| Volume Resistance |
D-257 |
Ohm-cm |
5x10^16 |
| Tensile Strength at Yield |
D-638 |
psi |
2,200 |
| Tensile Strength at Break |
D-638 |
psi |
2,100 |
| Elongation at Yield |
D-638 |
% |
5 |
| Elongation at Break |
D-638 |
% |
40 |
| Flexural Stress at Yield |
D-790 |
psi |
4,000 |
| Flexural Modulus |
D-790 |
psi |
130,000 |
| Impact Strength Notched Charpy |
D-256 |
ft.lbf/in. |
0.65 |
| Impact Strength Notched Izod |
D-256 |
ft.lbf/in. |
0.50 |
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The presented mechanical properties were tested at MD orientation.
The results presented are typical properties of the product at thickness range of 1/2” to 5/4”. |
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Weight
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#
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Thickness
(inch)
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Density
gr/cm³
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Density
lbs/Ft³
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Thickness
(Nominal)
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1/2"
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0.55 - 0.60
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35
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5/8"
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0.55 - 0.60
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35
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3/4"
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0.55 - 0.60
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35
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1"
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0.55 - 0.60
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35
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5/4"
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0.55 - 0.60
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35
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Flammability
PALIGHT® Trimboard sheets are self-extinguishing, designed to comply with the most demanding international fire resistance standards as defined for the various materials and products in the field of plastics.
The following table depicts a few representative national & international standards and testing methods for plastics, along with the classifications acquired by PALIGHT® Trimboard in those tests: |
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Standard
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Thickness
(mm)
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Classification
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DIN 4102
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10 - 19
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B2
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NFP 92501, 5
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15 - 19
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M-1
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1 - 10
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M-1
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BS 476/7
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3, 5
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Class 1
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UL94
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3
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V-0
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ASTM D-635
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15, 19
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CC-1
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Chemical Resistance
PALIGHT® Trimboard is chemically resistant to most classes of chemicals, in liquid or vapor form. A partial list of such groups appears below:
• Amines and phenols
• Mineral acids
• Alkalis
• Plating solutions
• Pickling solutions
• Most inorganic compounds
• Alcohol and Glycol (most kinds)
• Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
Nevertheless, there are certain chemicals or chemical groups, to which PALIGHT® Trimboard offers limited resistance.
Please contact PALRAM for more comprehensive list of materials & chemicals
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Palight Foamed PVC Brochure
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