What is an Aluminium Composite panel?

This type of panel is probably the most popular panel in the signage industry and frequently used for cladding of buildings, hoardings and sign panels. Unlike correx or PVC foam, aluminium composite is perfect to clad your existing hoarding because of its limited rate of expansion and contraction in all weather conditions.

ACM is extremely strong and lightweight. It is made from an acrylic based core with 2 thin sheets of aluminium bonded to either side and painted with polyester paint. The surface is designed to accept digital print or vinyl graphics.

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Roll to Roll Printing

We use only the best self-adhesive vinyls on the market to suit various applications. For our Premium hoarding graphics we use a 7 year permanent adhesive vinyl. The vinyl is loaded onto our roll to roll capable, wide format, flat bed printer and graphics are printed at 1440 dpi. Our advanced machinery offers a wave and VariaDot technology so there is no horizontal banding in the print. Once the graphics are printed, the vinyl is left for 24 hours to allow ink vapors to escape the surface. The graphics are then laminated to a gloss or matte finish for extra protection.

Graphics are then applied to the Aluminium Composite panels using our flat bed vinyl applicator to ensure a strong equal adhesive with no creases or bubbles.

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Installing Hoarding Panels

Aluminium Composite boards are typically installed to the existing hoarding using polyester top panel pins. It is recommended that all hoarding header and kicker board is removed prior to installation and then re-installed.