SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, is exhibiting at the Monaco Yacht Show from 21st – 24th September 2011. The show is regarded as the world’s top luxury yachting show and is the most prestigious gathering of large ships with a selection of 100 superyachts and mega yachts from 25 to 90m long.
B3 SmartPac solution by SP-High Modulus
Exhibiting at the show in Darse Sud Tent, stand QS1, SP-High Modulus – which supplies the superyacht, production and race boat markets – will showcase its comprehensive range of marine composite products, including PVCell™ G-Foam – now available to the marine market. Alongside this, SP-High Modulus will also be promoting the structural marine foam core Corecell™ M-Foam, the high performance marine adhesive Spabond 540 and the B3 SmartPac solution.
PVCell™ G-Foam by SP-High Modulus
PVCell™ G-Foam is a closed cell, cross linked PVC foam. It provides superior strength to weight ratio for all composite applications. Other key features of PVCell™ G-Foam include outstanding chemical resistance, negligible water absorption, and excellent thermal insulation capabilities. It is compatible with most common resin systems including epoxy, polyester and vinylester. PVCell™ G-Foam is approved by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) (G60-G100).
Corecell™ M-Foam is SP-High Modulus’ structural marine foam core that offers a complete cost-effective package comprising high shear strength, low weight and high elongation, low resin uptake for infusion processes and high temperature stability for prepreg processes. Now the performance leader for all marine applications, Corecell™ M-Foam offers a combination of properties such as chemical resistance, built-in toughness, fine cell size and unique ‘knife-cuts’ (which ensure resin absorption is very low, saving both weight and cost). M-Foam has recently been type approved by Bureau Veritas and Registro Italinano Navale (RINA). These complement its previous accreditations by three awarding organisations including ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL).
The B3 SmartPac solution is a versatile construction solution that helps builders manufacture composite components more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. The B3 SmartPac solution comprises of optimised structural design with pre-cut reinforcements and core materials, designed to reduce complexity and cost in production boatbuilding.
SP-High Modulus will be also be promoting the RINA approved, high-performance marine adhesive Spabond 540, designed for bonding large polyester and epoxy GRP structures. It’s extended working times, exceptional toughness and high strength make this adhesive ideal for bonding stringers/bulkheads, frames and hull-to-deck joints on medium to large production boats. This tough, gap filling adhesive offers low exotherm and shrinkage in thick bondlines and is available in a range of working/cure times.
The Monaco Yacht Show will also be the first chance to obtain the latest copy of ADVANTAGE, SP-High Modulus’ in-house magazine, which contains details of a number of the latest boat building projects the company has been involved in along with technical articles focussing on SP-High Modulus’ products and engineering techniques.
