Custom Honeycomb Panels Manufacturer
What is a Honeycomb Panel?
A honeycomb panel is comprised of two high-modulus and high-strength face sheets that are adhesively bonded. The end result of this manufacturing process is a high-strength, lightweight structure that behaves a lot like an I-beam.
What Impacts the Panel Stiffness?
Bending stiffness is primarily based on three panel characteristics:
- Face sheet thickness
- Face sheet modulus of elasticity
- Overall panel thickness
The core increases the flexural rigidity of a sandwich panel by effectively increasing the distance between two stress skins, a lot like how an I-beam operates. Honeycomb cores also provide shear resistance, which is a component to overall flexural rigidity.
The stiffness of our honeycomb panels allows the user to utilize less material and reduce overall weight. The stiffness increases exponentially when compared to a single sheet material. The use of a honeycomb core will create a dramatic increase in the overall stiffness all with very little weight gain. When you opt for Advanced Structures Co, we can work with you to provide a honeycomb panel design that matches your requirements.
Typical Panel Options
When you opt to go with Advanced Structures Co, stainless steel and aluminum are the two main options available to choose from for custom honeycomb panels.
Skin Finishes
Our typical skin finishes include:
- Alodized on Aluminum
- High Pressure Laminates
- Baked Enamel
- Embossed or perforated face skins
- USCG APPROVED Arvex ™ Decorative Laminates Approval No. 164.112/87/0 Mill Finish Anodized per MIL-A-8625 Chemfilm (Alodine) per MIL-C-5541 Baked Enamel High Pressure Plastic Laminates
What Factors Influence the Design?
There are mainly three factors that are critical in meeting the structural standards for any honeycomb panel:
- Loading conditions
- Support structures
- Maximum deflection allowed
Additional design criteria, such as the type of skin material, target cost, flammability, thickness limitations, operating environment, and weight all will help to define the appropriate panel construction for the application.
Features
Here are some of the great features when you choose to go with custom honeycomb panels:
- high strength-to-weight benefits.
- built-in and added fasteners, latches, connectors and more.
- custom surface finishes.
- excellent quality.
Special Characteristics of Custom Panels
Here are some of the special characteristics one can expect with our custom honeycomb panels.
- Any color
- Energy absorbing abilities
- Resistance to rot and moisture
- Great strength-to-weight ratio
- Primed for painting or powder coating
- Non-metallic options
- Non-porous options
- Finished edges for decorative, mechanical or structural purposes
- Hard points within the panel in order to allow the use of standard fasteners
- Internal structures, like reinforcement bars or channels
Get high quality results when you turn to Advanced Structures Co.
Request a Quote
If you are looking for a cost quotation for the custom manufacturing of honeycomb panels, then there is some important information we need to receive beforehand. As an in-house manufacturer of honeycomb panels, we can customize them for specific use. Here is a list of items that you may need to specify when getting a quote for these honeycomb doors. Reach out to us today to go over the details of the customization.
Request a Quote
Once our team speaks with you, we can go over the information. We can also provide you with an accurate quote for the production of the honeycomb panels with all the pertinent information in our hands. Advanced Structures Corporation is a leading developer and manufacturer specializing in the custom manufacturing of lightweight honeycomb panels for US Naval and US Coast Guard applications.