PVC FOAM replaces wood for boat weight reduction
  2023/04/27| View:417

PVC foam is a light weight and high strength core materials.can widely use on boat building, cars, railway, airplane and so on.

But Many our customer are using wood to build boat,wood is ok but has many disadvantages as bellow:

1.High density 200-350kg/m3

2.Water ingress tends to absorb water and increase weight

3.Easy to get mouldy and soft in water

4.Not strongly bonded to glass fibre

5.Forming and processing difficulties


PVC foam


PVC foam advantage as bellow:

1.Density 60-100kg/m3

2.No fear of water ingress

3.Easy to shape

4.Off fire extinguished

5.Less resin to build

6.High surface adhesion

7.Various thicknesses and densities available


A 13m boat can reduce weight by 400-1000kg, Gain in terms of fuel economy, much more than the price of the material itself, And the flexibility and speed of the boat will increase significantly.


Our Density distribution:

Hull  : P80 80KG/M3

Walls : P60 60KG/M3

Deck : P100 100KG/M3

Component link points : P200 200KG/M3


So you have a need for a replacement, come to us for technical information

Info@utekcomposite.com

www.utekcomposite.com