Why does Laminators Incorporated use a polypropylene core?
Polypropylene (PP) was discovered by Italian and German scientists in the mid-1950s, and is currently the second leading plastic product produced and used throughout the world. Today, Polypropylene is surpassed in production volume only by polyethylene (PE), discovered a couple decades earlier.
Laminators Incorporated wants to send our sincerest condolences to all involved in the recent tragedy of the fire located at the Grenfell Tower residential apartment building on June 14, 2017 in London, England. As responsible members of the ACM community, our due diligence relies profoundly on assisting and educating design professionals when specifying ACM panels and architectural installation systems for their projects.
Testing is the process used to compare a product (in this case an ACM panel system) to an industry established benchmark for a given set of performance criteria
In general terms, testing is used as a measure of quality and performance
For many involved in the building industry, NFPA 285 is a major topic. Are your products and/or install systems NFPA 285 compliant? If not, do they need to be?
The article "NFPA 285, Architectural Design and Energy Performance” by Richard Keleher in the Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences explains the codes and standards within the building industry when it comes to NFPA 285.