Strandex Classic – PVC; Performance and Longevity
The use of Strandex Classic - PVC will result in development of products with minimum profile weights and long post-to-post spans. Other materials cannot meet these standards without significant and costly reinforcement. Since the early 1990s, products extruded using Strandex Classic - PVC technology, have been leading the way with a track record of strength, durability, innovation and quality. The first coextruded or capped deck rail in the composite industry was produced by a Strandex licensee in the early 1990s.
What you need to know about Strandex Classic - PVC:
- Strandex die designs allow for the extrusion of hollow, complex shapes without the use of calibrators and pullers. This keeps tooling costs low and enables you to be in production quickly.
- Strandex engineers use Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to assist you in the design of your railing systems and assuring a code compliant product will be the result before the first extrusion die is made. This saves you precious time, development costs, and testing costs.
- Polyvinyl Chloride is a base resin for Strandex Classic – PVC technology. Use of our experience in formulation technology results in products with properties of high stiffness, great mechanical strength, economic cost, and weather resistance.
- Profiles extruded using Strandex Classic – PVC, have the highly sought after features which allow designers the freedom to use a combination of innovative shapes and material properties to meet and exceed building code requirements.
- Strandex Classic – PVC tooling technology from Strandex allows for continuous operation with minimal down time for die purging and cleaning, which traditionally has been a problem in composite extrusion.
- Strandex Classic – PVC may be coextruded with a wide array of high performance polymers including PVC, ASA, PVC/ASA alloys, and acrylic-based formulas.
Strandex Classic – PVC technology has been used in numerous special applications where high stiffness and flexural properties are required, including a dock board (used in the bridge pictured above) designed specifically for the United States Navy. This profile is the largest WPC production that we are aware of today!