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Ed Storer
Senior Member
Username: ed_storer
Post Number: 14
Registered: 05-2009
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2017 - 01:54 pm: |    |
I'd like to know the maximum thickness available for coil coated aluminum.
A client designed 1/8 inch thick aluminum plates for exterior cladding (along with about 6 other materials).
The estimator informed him that this was over budget.
If the panels would require spray coating (70% PDVF) instead of coil coating, that would explain a major cost factor.
If coil coated 0.125 inch thick aluminum is available, then it would mean that the cost of aluminum is greater than expected.
I'm curious to know and this is not "timely" information.
Thanks! |
Liz O'Sullivan
Senior Member
Username: liz_osullivan
Post Number: 226
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2017 - 02:15 pm: | |
That sounds pretty thick for coils. |
Wayne Yancey
Senior Member
Username: wayne_yancey
Post Number: 817
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2017 - 02:19 pm: | |
Ed,
Go to Dri Design website.
They use thick plate in their cladding. |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 275
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2017 - 05:09 pm: | |
Check with National Coil Coating Association, https://www.coilcoating.org, and let us know what you learn.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru 818-219-4937 |
ken hercenberg
Senior Member
Username: khercenberg
Post Number: 1071
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 03:04 pm: | |
I checked with my Merchant & Evans golden rep, Shawn Green, who tossed it up to his tech expert, Tony Thompson. Tony noted what one of their coil coater is capable of - http://www.brightsmithcoaters.com/Capabilities/Coating-Line.aspx but cautioned that once you get up close to the 0.080 aluminum/18 gage steel sheet range, you may be paying for more scrap than otherwise and piece coating starts to look pretty competitive. From my past experience I've never looked to coil coat aluminum heavier than 0.064 inch and that was for smaller stock like copings, not flat panels. |
J. Peter Jordan
Senior Member
Username: jpjordan
Post Number: 962
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 12:38 pm: | |
I seem to remember that in my 8th grade shop class (a very long time ago), a big deal was made about the difference between plate and sheet steel. I believe these have different ASTM specifications (ASTM A568 for sheet and ASTM A36 for plate). If I remember correctly, there is some overlap in thickness (as well as tensile strength), but the distinction is there. Aluminum plate and sheet have the same specification, ASTM B209. The only distinction between sheet and plate is that sheet may be ordered coiled or flat while plate is only ordered flat.
J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP
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Ed Storer
Senior Member
Username: ed_storer
Post Number: 15
Registered: 05-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 02:01 pm: | |
Thanks to all. I couldn't find anything on the National Coil Coating Association website.
Ken's response provided the information I was looking for. |
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