Fiberglass Panel in Retrofit Market

Retrofitting is most common in older factories that were built with a large number of glass windows. The glass tends to break and is costly to replace. The owners buy large fiberglass sheets that go across the existing windows and cover them. It lets light in without replacing the glass planes. The sheets are applied only on the outside, and while this doesn’t repair the glass, the benefits are cosmetic. It makes the building look a lot better because the material still lets light in, but you won’t see the broken panes behind it. It’s like an insulation barrier.

The panels are a composite of a fiberglass mesh, which is usually a chopped strand and woven cloth, embedded in a polyester resin base. The panels are manufactured in a process similar to continuous casting; they come through a series of dyes and the mat is chopped into the resin, which is then heated. It’s set and a chemical process hardens the panels that come down the line into a particular shape depending on the tooling. The panels are then cut to length as they go down the line.

Generally speaking, FRP panels aren’t necessarily meant to replace metal or vice versa. Both materials have their place, and they’re not interchangeable. It’s very common for FRP panels to nestle with metal; a lot of our panels are designed with that in mind.

 

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