Alucobond is one of the main suppliers of aluminium composite panel sheets, a prefinished material, traditionally in a smooth finish that spans up to 4000mm Wide. A very durable product that comes in 3mm and 4mm thicknesses, suitable for modern custom garage doors. The product commonly consists of two materials, combined to make one product, being thin aluminum cover sheets and a core material that usually made of polyethylene. Each layer of aluminum located on each side of the core. The core layer can be a fire-retardant and non-combustible but needs to be specified.
The core layer makes the material flexible. It is also the reason why it works so well with garage doors. The two perfect characteristics of this material are described as a smooth finish product, that is pre-finished in a broad range of colors, in flat, metallic and satin finishes. When comparing standard color bond garage doors with aluminum composite panel doors, there is really no comparison. Most colorbond doors are made from 0.40 - 0.50mm thick steel (as it sits from BlueScope steel, in a pre-finished product), where the aluminum composite panel product is 3-4mm in thickness (7.5-10 times the thickness). The composite panel sheets then need to sit on a designated frame – again only adding to the durability and quality of the finished result, making it a premium, high-quality product in the garage door range. As a result, there is really no comparison between traditional garage doors and Alucobond garage doors.