Why Compofoam in construction applications?
ROADSIDE SOUND BARRIERS
- Sound barrier panels: aluminum foam composite panels offer better noise absorption at a much lower weight, at equal to lower cost.
BRIDGE DECKS
- Bridge deck concrete panels can be replaced by aluminum foam composite panels yielding considerable weight savings, thus simplifying the overall bridge design and reducing required mechanical resistance.
Why Compofoam in transport applications?
ROAD VEHICLES
- Significant vehicle weight reduction by replacing cast, machined and sheet metal structural parts by lighter, aluminum foam composites
- Complies to the new US regulations for tank trailers safety
- Superior thermal isolation for refrigerated trailers.
RAILROAD & SUBWAY WAGONS
- Significant structural weight reduction by replacing structural metal parts and interior panels (floors, walls and ceilings) by lighter, aluminum foam composites
- Weight savings, enhance puncture resistance, fire retardant, allow for higher cargo and payload capacity and higher energy efficiency for RailRoad Wagons
- The new structured panels of Compofoam (AFC), improve the tank cars of the trains to make them comply with the latest regulations modifying the transport of dangerous goods.
AIRCRAFT
- Stiffness-to-weight ratio is of paramount importance to any airframe design. Aluminum foam composite panels can replace conventional honeycomb composite panels at lower costs, lower weights and easier assembling / installation properties.
- Typical metal sandwich composites in an aircraft are floor panels, galley structure and trolleys, and cargo containers.
CRUISE VESSELS
- Significantly reduce weight of ship hulls and increase their effective cargo carrying capacity
- Replacing solid metal cabin walls and floor panels by steel cladded aluminum foam panels significantly reduces deck and cabin weight
- Lower structural and deck weights on a ship allow for a lower center of gravity, which improves ship lateral stability
- Complies to the new F0/M0 regulations (no fume/ no toxic gas emission under fire)
- Weight savings allow for higher cargo and payload capacity and higher energy efficiency (lower fuel or electricity consumption)
Railroad
- Floors / Doors / Walls
- Seat Base
- Crash Cages
- Compartment Walls
- Locomotive Collision Posts
- Side Impact Bars on Passenger Rail Car
Buses
- Floor Panels
- Side Panels
- Chassis Components
- Exterior Body Panels and Window Liners
Vehicles
- Car Body & Undercarriage
- Floor Panels
- Bumpers
- Trunk Lids
- Hatches
- Crash Boxes
- Various Car Parts
- Doors Firewalls
- Door Side-Impact Bars
- Intermediate Panels
- Elements of Car Frame
- Rear and Front Crash Rails
- Component Reinforcement
- Front Fender/ Hood Assemblies
Ships
- Floors/Walls (M-0, F-0)
- Ship Decks
- Containers
- Second hull for Oil Tankers
- Elevator Cages
- Life Boats
Mobile Homes
- Exterior Body Panels
- Floorboards
- Roof Panels
Airplanes
- Seat Frames
- Doors/Floors
- Galley Containers
- Fire Retardant Dividers
- Washroom Doors and Walls
- Blast Protection
Trucks
- Body
- Floor Panels
- Roof Panels
- Hydrogen Tank Protection
- Battery Box Containment
- Chassis components
ARMOURED SHIELDING
Aluminum foam composite panels can replace current heavier composite metal shielding in military vehicles, reducing weight and reducing costs:
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- Explosion Resistant Panels
- Shelters, Walls, Containers and Security Vehicles
- Bomb Mitigation Structures for Military Mobile Units
- Bullet and Explosion Proof Tank Body Kit
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Why Compofoam for building applications?
ELEVATORS AND BUILDING INTERIOR WALLS
- Elevators: structural weight reduction and cost savings, by replacing frame components and floor/wall panels
- The ability to produce low weight panels with different claddings and different surfaces decorative finishing make Compofoam aluminum foam composites an excellent choice for interior panel walls.
