Transportation Applications

Nidaplast honeycomb cores are used in sandwich panel structures for trailers, vans, caravans, ambulances, fire engines, horse boxes, and anything else that needs to be light weight, stiff, and impact resistant. 

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We can also use rigid foam as the sandwich panel core, or in combination with a Nidaplast core, for insulated applications.  Ask us how we can help with your refrigerated trailers, ice fishing houses, ice cream trucks, or whatever else you have in mind.

Sandwich panels utilizing Nidaplast core make the walls and floor on these trailers seamless, beautiful, and extremely easy to keep clean.  The class A finish on the exterior is practical and beautiful.

Aluminum extrusions are used like a Lego kit to join the sandwich panels and run electrical wiring through.

Sandwich panels are great for transport applications such as partitions, roofs, rear-doors, side-panels, cabin panels, floors for heavy goods and light vehicles.  Use them for anything that needs to be lightweight, stiff, impact resistant, and water proof.

Customize:

-Fiberglass reinforced skin on both sides of the core

-Core material

-Core thickness

-Panel shape/dimensions

-Pre-drilled mounting locations

-Embedded mounting receivers

FRP skins are used alone or to create sandwich panels.  Thicknesses range from 1/16" (1.6mm) to about 3/16" (4.7mm).  Fiberglass chop strand mat and woven roving reinforcements are available to suit your cosmetic or structural needs.  

Skins are available in any solid color or custom design, matte, high gloss, textured, anti-slip, fire retardant, self extinguishing, and low density. 

It's amazing that the only difference between these two sandwich panels is the core.  Nidaplast honeycombs offer more impact resistance than any other core we're aware of.

The Earth Cruiser is made to run with precision and reliability over any terrain you can throw at it. Every design, engineering, and sourcing decision was made with intention and informed by years of overlanding experience.  Composite Essential Materials is thrilled that Earth Cruiser relies on Nidaplast honeycomb in its rugged construction!  Learn more about the Earth Cruiser at https://earthcruiser.com/

We can thermoform all thermoformable materials including ABS, TPO, Polycarbonate, Acrylic, Kydex, HDPE, PETG, and Styrene for example.  Fenders, spare wheel covers, propane covers, storage compartments, doors, windows, and many other applications can benefit from the low cycle time and relatively low cost of the thermoforming process.

We offer structural MMA, Epoxy, and Cyanoacrylate adhesives whether you need a 5 minute or 50 minute working time, 25% or 125% elongation, custom color, custom viscosity or thixotropy, or need to bond to unique materials.

Ask us how we can help with your fire retardant application.