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"Pter Nielsen
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Reynobond is produced by Reynolds Aluminum at the plant in Eastman, Georgia.
USA
It's only has 2 uses that I'm aware of right now.
1. Sliding for buildings, skyscrapers, etc.
2. Chinese Company in China buys it to make cheap molded body parts for a
cheap chinese auto.
The stuff is expensive and is available in thicknesses from 2mm to 8mm.
Basically it's a Polyurehene center with .010 to .12 guage aluminum
heat/glue bonded to the plastic center. It's anywhere from $5.00 US to $
15.00 US(for flame retardent) per square foot.
I worked in the plant for over a year and I bought a whole skid of reject
material (it had tiny bumps in the metal) for ALOT less than normal cost.
The skid of material is 49 inches wide X 148 inches long. I got about 35
sheets and it's 4mm in thickness.
Also I experimented last night with a small piece and if you remove one side
of the aluminum it loses some of it's sturdiness. Tho I guess you could use
it with both aluminum sides still on it. I'm VERY interested in this thread
and will build a prototype of this device using reynobond once I get all the
facts on it's construction.
P.S. I commented on this once before that the line that makes this material
builds up a LARGE static charge in the panels as they go thru the machine.
The stacks of the material after completion are like giant capaciters with
35 or more layers.
Alot of static charge in them...you can run a metal knife up the side of the
stack and blue sparks jump like crazy...it gets alot worse during high
humitity and in the winter months.
Anyway..hope I was of some help...if you want a small sample...I would be
glad to send it to you, if you pay the shipping and handling charges. I have
alot of small samples in 2" X 2" peices, I use them for drink coasters. ;)
Billy M. Williams
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