ALUCOBOND PLUS

ALUCOBOND PLUS is a flat aluminum composite material made of two sheets of smooth 0.020-inch aluminum thermo-bonded to a solid fire retardant core. It is formable and can be perforated. It is available in all current ALUCOBOND finishes and in custom colors. Uses include exterior and interior cladding, column covers, canopies, soffits and signage.

PLUS is the panel material used in the Dry Reveal, EasyFix and FaceFastened systems. It is made in Benton, Kentucky, USA, from domestic and imported materials. The data sheet is dated 7.2025.

• Aluminum facings on both sides, 0.020 inch nominal.
• Total nominal thickness: 4 mm, including the core.
• Standard coil-coated width: 62 inches. Some finishes are stocked at 40, 49.2 or 50 inches.
• Custom widths of 40 and 50 inches on request.
• Standard coil-coated length: 196 inches. Reflect Mirror is offered at 146 inches.
• Custom coil-coated lengths up to 400 inches; anodized up to 216 inches.
• Nominal weight: 1.56 lb/ft2.

The range comprises 91 colors and finishes, with complementary AXCENT colors and finishes. Featured finishes are Magnolia, Serpentine, Rustic Walnut and Sakura. Custom finishes are produced, and a custom Brushed Manhattan finish was used on The Stack project.

Lengths for coil-coated material run to 400 inches, and anodized material to 216 inches.

The minimum bending radius without routing the interior skin is 15 times the thickness. For 4 mm material without routing the back skin it is 4 inches. The material withstands temperature changes from -55 F to +180 F. The coefficient of linear expansion is governed by the aluminum sheet.

• Moment of inertia: 0.000212 in4/in
• Section modulus: 0.00275 in3/in
• Rigidity: 2143 lb-in2/in

Published test results for the 4 mm material include:

• Flatwise compression strength, ultimate (ASTM C-365): 9291 psi
• Core shear, perpendicular, ultimate facing bending stress (ASTM C-393): 24,720 psi; parallel: 22,732 psi
• Flexural modulus, perpendicular: 1891 ksi; parallel: 1815 ksi (ASTM D-790)
• Ultimate flexural, perpendicular: 18,573 psi; parallel: 17,703 psi
• Yield flexural stress, perpendicular: 6667 psi; parallel: 6930 psi
• Modulus of elasticity, perpendicular: 2930 ksi; tensile strength 7750 psi; tensile yield at 0.2% offset 6570 psi; elongation 14.2% (ASTM D-638)
• Punching shear, maximum load 2198 lbs and shear strength 4615 psi (ASTM D-732)
• Thermal resistance (ASTM C-518): R=0.16
• Deflection temperature: 185 F perpendicular, 189 F parallel (ASTM D-648)
• Sound transmission: STC 30 and OITC 24 (ASTM E-90)
• Water absorption: 0.003%
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 1.11x10-5 in/in F (ASTM D-696)

• Rate of burning (ASTM D-635): Classified CC1
• Ignition temperature: self 783 F and flash 784 F (ASTM D-1929)
• Surface burning (ASTM E-84): flame spread under 25, smoke development under 100
• CAN/ULC-S102: flame spread under 25, smoke development under 100
• CAN/ULC-S134 and NFPA 285 wall assembly tests: meets criteria, based on tests in specific wall assemblies

• ICC-ES: 1185
• Florida Product Approval: FL29842
• Miami Dade County NOA: 15-0923.03
• Los Angeles Research Report: 24868
• Underwriters Laboratory: 19980

Sustainability listings are LEED 3, LEED v4/4.1, LCA industry standard and EPD industry standard.

• Product data sheet (PDS), available as a download
• ALUCOBOND specification library
• AIA MasterSpec through Deltek Specpoint
• BSD Speclink
• Interior specification in CSI format, section 097813

As the core material of aluminum composite panels, PLUS is fabricated into the ACM rainscreen panels used on commercial buildings.