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Features & Benefits
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- High Definition Substrate
New levels of image quality, increased print resolutions, six color imaging, advanced image processing and image smoothing technologies - all delivered in the latest digital technology - demands quality substrates which reproduces the quality output of dazzling images and pin sharp text for the highest quality signs, point of purchase displays and exhibition backdrops. Foamalux White has been developed in consultation with digital equipment manufacturers and ink producers to ensure maximum compatibility with evolving digital technologies.
- Delivering Photographic Quality Every Time
Utilizing an innovative color formulation, Foamalux White, contains a finely balanced blend of optical pigmentation to produce a brighter white substrate which optimizes reproduction capabilities for outstanding print clarity and quality.
- High quality digital imaging
- Excellent color reproduction
- Superb output quality
- UV stability in the curing process
- Consistent surface quality and exacting sheet tolerances
- Range of thicknesses from 1-24mm for varying applications
- Range of sheet widths up to 2050mm for wide and super-wide format printers
- Features
- Super Smooth : Manufactured to exacting tolerances, the ultra smooth, semi matt surface finish of Foamalux White provides a consistently even, reliable surface for digital printing. The flat consistent surface works in harmony with machine calibrations to facilitate faster quality output to maximize productivity.
- Super Strong : A uniform, expanded closed cell structure gives Foamalux White a hard, flat surface, providing exceptional rigidity and mechanical properties for intricate die cutting and routering. The durable surface provides excellent resistance to knocks and scratches at the point of display.
- Super White : A brighter white base material, the color pigmentation of Foamalux White has been specifically formulated to provide exceptional color reproduction throughout the spectrum, to achieve maximum stand out for print and display applications. The pigment formulation has been painstakingly innovated to provide the maximum levels of UV stability in the ink curing process to produce outstanding image quality and the highest standards of digital reproduction for demanding color imaging requirements.
- Super Competitive : In today’s fast paced, highly-charged print-for-pay marketplace differentiating your company from the competition is critical, the next job depends on the ability to deliver a quality product - on time - today. Foamalux White is a high performance digital substrate, engineered to produce exceptional print quality at cost effective prices time after time after time, resulting in complete satisfaction for the print house and the customer.
- Fire Performance : Foamalux White is a self extinguishing material and complies with the most demanding international fire test standards. Contact the Brett Martin technical team for the most up to date information.
Applications & Uses
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Properties
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- Physical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Comparative Tracking Resistance | 600.0 | V | DIN IEC 112 |
| Density | 0.55 - 0.75 | g/cm3 | — |
| Dielectric constant (1 kHz) | 2.4 | — | DIN 53483 |
| Dielectric dissipation factor (1 kHz) | 0.013 | — | DIN 53483 |
| Dielectric strength | 100.0 | kV/cm | DIN 53481 |
| Elongation at break | 27 - 29 | % | DIN 53455 |
| Flexural Modulus | 1100 - 1300 | MPa | ISO 178 |
| Flexural strength | 25 - 27 | MPa | DIN 53452 |
| Impact resistance (Charpy test, un-notched) | 15.0 | kJ/m2 | DIN 53453 |
| Modulus of elasticity | 0.85 - 0.9 | MPa | DIN 53457 |
| Oxygen index | 49.0 | % | — |
| Service temperature range | -20 to +60 | ºC | — |
| Shore Hardness | min. 30 | — | ISO 868 |
| Shore hardness (3 mm) | 45 - 65 | — | DIN 53505 |
| Sound Attenuation (3mm, 100-3500 hz) | 19 | dB | — |
| Surface resistance | min. 10^12 | Ω | DIN 53482 |
| Tensile Strength | 15.0 | MPa | ISO 527 |
| Tensile strength at yield | 16.0 | MPa | DIN 53455 |
| Thermal conductivity (K) | 0.085 | W/mºC | DIN 52612 |
| Thermal decomposition temperature | min. 200 | ºC | — |
| Thermal Expansion | 0.068 | mm/m°C | ISO 11359-2 |
| Thermal expansion coefficient | 0.068 | mm/mºC | DIN 53752 |
| Thermal Resistance (R, 3 mm) | 0.2 | m2ºK/W | CEN 492 |
| U value (3 mm) | 4.8 | W/m2/K | — |
| U value (5 mm) | 4.4 | W/m2/K | — |
| Vicat Softening Temperature | 76.0 | ºC | DIN 53460 |
| Volume resistivity | 4 x 10¹⁵ | Ω cm | DIN 53482 |
| Moisture Absorption (24 hrs, 23ºC) | max. 0.25 | % by weight | DIN 53495 |
Regulatory & Compliance
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Packaging & Availability
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SHEET SIZE (mm) THICKNESS (mm) 1220 x 2440 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 19 & 24mm 1220 x 3050 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 19 & 24mm 1560 x 3050 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 & 19mm 2050 x 3050 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 10mm