QuadCore KS Series

QuadCore KS Series is the Kingspan insulated metal wall panel range built on the QuadCore Technology core, a hybrid insulation core of polyisocyanurate. The range is made up of six exterior profiles: Flat with Azteco embossing, Micro-Rib, Mini Micro-Rib, Mini-Wave, Shadowline and Vektra. All of them have a Shadowline interior and can be installed vertically or horizontally. The range covers commercial and industrial walls, new construction, and retrofit and recladding.

Within the range, the Optimo flat panel and the KarrierPanel barrier wall are separate products that use the same joint. The CSI guide specification (07 42 13, Metal Wall Panels) covers steel faced QuadCore (polyisocyanurate) metal wall panels with fasteners and perimeter trim as accessories.

The exterior profile sets the available embossing and exterior gauge. The interior face has a Shadowline profile with stucco or non-embossed finish and a 26, 24 or 22 ga gauge on every profile.

• Azteco (flat face): Azteco embossing; exterior gauge 26, 24 or 22 ga.
• Micro-Rib: stucco or non-embossed; exterior gauge 24 or 22 ga.
• Mini Micro-Rib: non-embossed; exterior gauge 24 ga.
• Mini-Wave: stucco or non-embossed; exterior gauge 24 or 22 ga.
• Shadowline: stucco or non-embossed; exterior gauge 26, 24 or 22 ga.
• Vektra: non-embossed; exterior gauge 26, 24 or 22 ga.

The common specification for the range follows.

• Width: 24, 30, 36 or 42 inches. Vektra only: 39.37 inches.
• Thickness: 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 or 6 inches.
• Length: 8 feet to 53 feet.
• Standard reveals: vertical 1/8 or 3/8 inch; horizontal 3/8 inch.
• Orientation: vertical or horizontal.
• Post fabrication, optional on select profiles: trimless ends, bends and folded corners. Azteco is listed with trimless ends; Micro-Rib and Mini Micro-Rib with trimless ends, folded corners and transverse bends. Manufacturing limitations apply.

Panel weights are published for 24, 30, 36, 40 and 42 inch widths of the Azteco, Mini-Wave, Micro-Rib, Mini Micro-Rib and Shadowline profiles, and for Vektra. The figures are pounds per square foot for gauge combinations of 26/26, 26 interior with 24 exterior, 24/24, 26 interior with 22 exterior, 24 interior with 22 exterior and 22/22, in that order, shown for the 2 inch and 6 inch panel.

• 24 inch width: 2 inch panel 2.35, 2.65, 2.93, 2.96, 3.24, 3.51; 6 inch panel 3.15, 3.45, 3.73, 3.76, 4.04, 4.31.
• 30 inch width: 2 inch panel 2.29, 2.58, 2.85, 2.88, 3.15, 3.42; 6 inch panel 3.09, 3.38, 3.65, 3.68, 3.95, 4.22.
• 40 inch width: 2 inch panel 2.23, 2.51, 2.77, 2.79, 3.06, 3.32; 6 inch panel 3.03, 3.31, 3.57, 3.59, 3.86, 4.12.

At 24 inches wide with 26/26 gauges, the 2.5, 3, 4 and 5 inch panels weigh 2.45, 2.55, 2.75 and 2.95 pounds per square foot.

The QuadCore core carries an R-value of about 8 per inch at a 75°F mean temperature and about 9 per inch at 35°F, tested to ASTM C518. Panel values at 75°F and 35°F by thickness are R-16 and R-18 at 2 inches, R-20 and R-22.5 at 2.5 inches, R-24 and R-27 at 3 inches, R-32 and R-36 at 4 inches, R-40 and R-45 at 5 inches, and R-48 and R-54 at 6 inches.

Structural and fire results are published for the range.

• NFPA 268: passed, the standard test method for determining ignitability of exterior wall assemblies using a radiant heat energy source.
• FM 4881: passed.
• ASTM E72: vacuum chamber tested.
• City of Los Angeles (LADBS) CCRR 1074 and FB 3080.
• Florida Product Approval FL 46087.2.
• Miami-Dade NOA 25-1029.02.
• SFM 12-7A-1 (Brushfire), Intertek Spec ID 58965.
• TX Dept of Insurance EC-127.
• City of Houston registrations #710 and #710A.
• IAS AC473 certificates MB-267-B and MB-277-B.
• NRCan: walk-in freezers at a minimum thickness of 4 inches and walk-in coolers at a minimum thickness of 5 inches.

The approvals cover thicknesses of 2 to 6 inches and widths of 24 to 42 inches, with a minimum panel length of 8 feet. Kingspan insulated wall and roof panel systems also hold UL GREENGUARD Gold certificate 86747-420, which was issued for the period 31 Aug 2017 to 31 Aug 2026 against UL 2818 - 2022 using the UL 2821 test method.

The QuadCore 30-Year Limited Warranty - Thermal covers the foam R-value of QuadCore-equipped panels. The warranty text states that the R-value will not vary by more than 10 percent from the published average for thirty years from the date of sale, for product purchased on or after June 1, 2018.

Load and span tables for the 42 inch wide panel are printed for steel supports of 16 ga, 14 ga and 12 ga, and each is given for facer gauge combinations of 26/26, 24/26, 24/24, 22/26, 22/24 and 22/22.

The KS Series vertical CAD set was revised through 1/30/26 and the horizontal set through 1/30/26 as well. Both start with panel profiles and fastening patterns, then expanded and engaged panel joints, intermediate supports, and joints with Leo-Klip and Leo-Klip+ clips and fasteners, with isometric views.

• Vertical set: flush bases, base at notched concrete, overhangs with base support, base angle or J extrusion, marriage bead base isometric, outside and inside corners in flat trim, profiled trim or extrusion, endwall terminations, framed opening heads, jambs and sills with flat or two piece trim or extrusion, an interior partition framed opening, stack joints including trimless end and one or two piece extrusions, and parapets.
• Horizontal set: flush cut base with trim, flush base and overhang with extrusion, J base details including notched concrete, CMU variants of each base and corner, outside corners with flat trim, factory folded corners, standard cut ends or extrusion, inside corners with flat trim, gasket, jamb extrusion or corner extrusion, trim laps, and endwall terminations.
• Standard trims: a standard trim with two breaks is cut from a 10 foot length; its dimension A is the panel thickness plus 1/4 inch, with a stretch-out of 5 1/2 inches for a 2 inch panel, 6 inches for 2.5, 6 1/2 inches for 3, 7 1/2 inches for 4, 8 1/2 inches for 5 and 9 1/2 inches for 6. Trim is ordered in 26, 24 or 22 ga, stucco, Azteco or smooth embossing, and standard Kynar, MP/SMP or other finish.

The KS Series installation guide covers Optimo, Azteco, Granitstone, Mini-Wave, Mini Micro-Rib, Micro-Rib, Shadowline and Vektra. The range is one of the insulated metal panel wall systems for commercial and industrial buildings.