HONYLITE™ Stone Honeycomb Panels are composite wall panels made up of a thin natural stone veneer reinforced with an aluminum honeycomb backing. The stone veneer can be almost any stone including granite, marble, limestone, travertine and onyx.

Combining the aerospace technology of aluminum honeycomb with the timeless beauty of natural granite, marble and limestone, it can be used for a wide variety of applications including those typically considered weight or cost-prohibitive. They have been used extensively in exterior, interior, renovation, elevator, and specialty applications.

HONYLITE™ Stone Honeycomb Panel average weight is 16 kg/sq. m, which is approximately 80% less weight than solid stone. This weight savings alone provides huge savings in installation labor, structural requirements, and installing time.

Tough, durable Stone Honeycomb Panels offer fantastic impact resistance and flexural strength. They can resist up to 60 times more impact than solid 3 cm thick granite.

HONYLITE™ Stone Honeycomb Panel withstands hurricane force winds and large missile impacts. It has excellent performance in bond strength and flexural capacity following 4 pH acid rain and UV radiation exposure.

HONYLITE™ Stone Honeycomb Panel is impervious to water penetration, even with open structured stones such as Travertine, Indiana limestone and French limestone. The fiber-reinforced epoxy skin directly behind the stone provides a waterproof barrier.

Benefits:

• The beauty of natural stone - Granite, marble, limestone, travertine, onyx
• HONYLITE™ Stone Honeycomb Panels weigh 80 percent less than solid stone
• Impact strength more than 60 times greater than 3 cm granite
• Nearly unlimited choice of marble, granite and limestone
• Polished, honed, flamed, bush-hammered, or sandblasted finishes available
• Bond has been tested at a wind load capacity of over 400 psf.
• Holds up to acid freeze-thaw and seismic racking
• Resists large missile impact and dynamic hurricane loading
• Easier color blending and matching
• Will not warp like many 3cm stones.
• Reduced installation time and cost.
• Reduced installed cost
• Can be made into prefabricated wall panels or quickly and easily field installed.
• High flexural strength allows larger size panels and high wind load capacities
• Impervious to water penetration
• The flexibility of the panel makes it the number one choice for seismic conditions
• Stone is permanently bonded over every centimeter with aviation quality epoxy

Applications :

Wide range of applications wherever extreme lightweight is required such as

• Exterior as well as interior walls of airports and railway stations for better acoustical and heat insulation, good impact resistance and radiation proof.
• Exterior walls of factories for better safety and flexibility exterior applications.
• Large module walls and floors requiring high technical performance.
• Temporary interiors such as exhibitions and showrooms.
• Walls & Floors in elevators.
• Board and yacht interiors.
• Furnishing (counter-tops, panels etc) sliding walks, ceilings.
• Large size panels easily installed without adhesive.
• Prefabricated bathroom cabins for hotels, cruise luxury bath and yachts.

Product Data

The HONYLITE™ FRP honeycomb sandwich panels we produce is made of FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) sheet as surface and aluminum honeycomb in the core. This product is widely used for dry cargo truck body building and containers.

Product feature:

• Light weight
• High strength
• Insulation
• Sound and Vibration Dampening
• Water, moisture, corrosion and chemical resistant
• Environmental protection

Aluminum Honeycomb Core:

HONYLITE™ Aluminum honeycomb core is composed by multi-layer aluminum foil; honeycomb is formed after fully expanded. HONYLITE™ Aluminum honeycomb core has sharp and clear hole surface, and it is suitable for adhering to high grade plate as well as other purposes. We mainly produce micro-aperture aluminum core and normal aluminum core.

• Aeronautic grade
• Anti-corrosion
• High ratio of specific surface (ratio of surface to volume)
• High ratio of specific strength and rigidity (ratio of strength and rigidity weight)
  

• Clean room panels
• Exterior architectural curtain wall panels
• Air, water, fluid, and light directionalisation
• Heating, ventilation, air conditioning
• Electric shielding enclosures
• Acoustic attenuation
  

Technical Specification

Aluminum Honeycomb Core

Stainless Steel Honeycomb Core:

Description:

HONYLITE™ Stainless steel honeycomb is adhesively-bonded which offers affordable pricing when compared against conventional welded stainless cores.

Features:

• Excellent moisture and corrosion resistance
• Fire resistant
• Fungi Resistant

Applications:

HONYLITE™ Stainless steel honeycomb uses include joiner panels, bulkheads, train doors and floors or any areas where honeycomb is subjected to hostile environments.

Polycarbonate Honeycomb Core:

Description:

HONYLITE™ Polycarbonate honeycomb exhibits a unique cell structure. The core has 3 orientations vs. the 2 orientations common with other honeycomb, making its properties more uniform. Each cell has a tubular form and is inherently stable.

Features:

• Excellent dielectric properties
• Good thermal and electric insulator
• Conductive grades available
• Fire resistant
• Corrosion resistant
• Fungi resistant
• Sandwich skins can be melted to core
• Use temperature below 200°F
• Small cell sizes at high densities
• Available transparent and in colors

Applications

HONYLITE™ Polycarbonate honeycomb uses include wind tunnels - grilles, sandwich cores, radomes - antennae, skylights, energy absorbing structures and EMI/RFI shielding.

Technical Specification

Polycarbonate Honeycomb Core

Polypropylene Honeycomb Core:

Description:

HONYLITE™ Polypropylene honeycomb exhibits a unique cell structure. The core has 3 orientations vs. the 2 orientations common with other honeycomb, making its properties more uniform. Each cell has a tubular form and is inherently stable.

HONYLITE™ Polypropylene honeycomb is supplied with or without a non-woven polyester veil for better bonding. It is also supplied with or without a film barrier under the polyester veil to limit the amount of resin consumption.

Features:

• High strength to weight ratio
• Corrosion, fungi, rot, chemical and moisture resistant
• Sound and vibration dampening
• Energy absorbing
• Temperature use to 180°F
• Recyclable

Applications:

HONYLITE™ Polypropylene honeycomb uses include sandwich panel cores, energy absorption and filtration media.

Technical Specification

Polypropylene Honeycomb Core

Aramid Fibre (Nomex) Honeycomb Core:

Description:

Commercial grade HONYLITE™ Aramid fibre honeycomb is manufactured from Nomex paper (or equivalent) and coated with a heat resistant phenolic resin.

Features:

• High strength to weight ratio
• Corrosion resistant
• Excellent dielectric properties
• Thermally insulating
• High toughness
• Excellent creep and fatigue performance
• Good thermal stability
• Over collapsed cell configuration suitable for forming simple curves
• Compatible with most adhesives used in sandwich composites

Applications:

HONYLITE™ Aramid Fibre honeycomb uses include boat hulls, auto racing bodies, train car panels, ship panels, ground transportation structures, military shelters, ground antennas and special purpose panels.

Technical Specification

Aramid Fibre Honeycomb Core

Paper Honeycomb Core:

Description:

HONYLITE™ Paper honeycomb core is manufactured from a kraft paper product fabricated to form a continuous series of triangular cells, similar in structure to the cross-sectional view of a corrugated box, creating a light but incredibly strong and rigid material. HONYLITE™ Paper honeycomb core is a highly versatile item. It can be used in literally hundreds of ways replacing, wood, wood-dust, particle boards, and plywood among many others.

Features:

• Light Weight
• High load bearing capacity
• Material reduction approx. 60%
• Environment friendly
• Wide spans of panels with no sagging
• Simple handling and transport
• Long life of product due to light weight resulting in limited stress on hardware 
• Price reduction

Applications:

HONYLITE™ Paper honeycomb uses include doors, desks, tables, shelves partitions, shop fitting, cabinet carcass, kitchen worktops, conference tables and wardrobe sliding doors