{"id":1078,"date":"2015-10-14T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graphicdisplayusa.com\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2015-11-16T13:21:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:21:17","slug":"fruit-bowl-explores-the-flexibility-of-dibond-aluminum-composite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/blog\/fruit-bowl-explores-the-flexibility-of-dibond-aluminum-composite\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Bowl Explores The Flexibility Of Dibond Aluminum Composite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMore Fruit<\/a> is an exploratory product design by Belgian designer, Ruben Deriemaeker. The project utilizes Dibond aluminum composite waste material that is cut, milled and folded to produce a fruit bowl. Interestingly, the fruit bowl only fits together when fruit is in the bowl, without it, it collapses.
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\nThe substrate can be accurately folded by hand after a simple routing operation is done on the back skin. This fabrication method is called “Rout and Return.” It is unique to metal composite panel fabrication. Do not use a press brake for tight folds of the substrate. The material may be routed by using one of the two following methods:
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\na. Hand operated routers equipped with modified 90-105 degree “V” bits (See figure 1) can be used effectively to remove material for folding.
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\nb. Table or circular saws can be equipped with a special blade (See figure 2); these blades referred to as “V” routing blades produce very close tolerances at a much faster rate than hand routers.
\n\"Dibond<\/a>
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\n2. Small Radius Bending (By Routing)
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\na. A very small radius can be achieved by \u201cV\u201d routing and folding. The depth of the \u201cV\u201d rout is critical. As a general guideline, the exterior aluminum skin should be visible through the polyethylene core at the valley of the rout; this visual appearance should be consistent along the entire length of the rout (See figure 3). Constant depth of the rout ensures a good smooth line when the fold is made. Extreme care should be taken not to score the exterior aluminum skin with the cutter.
\n\"Dibond<\/a>
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\nb. By changing the shape of the cutter used, a larger radius can be achieved. A flatter, wider cut will result in a smoother bend (See figure 4).
\n\"Dibond<\/a>
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\n3. Making Corners
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\na. An aluminum composite panel requires a \u201cgrooving\u201d operation along any fold line prior to bending. This operation can be done with a custom saw blade or a customized router bit. Regardless of the tooling used, the groove is commonly called a \u201crout.\u201d The most common rout is a modified \u201c90\u00b0 V\u201d with a flattened (1\/8″ wide minimum) bottom. The reason for this modification is so that the aluminum skin does not overstress during the bending process. Once correctly done, this V-Rout allows the composite panel to be folded along the rout from 0\u00b0 to 90\u00b0 easily.
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\nb. A rout made with profiles other than 90\u00b0 allows the substrate to be bent to various angles. These profiles eliminate fabrication problems and combine to create different joining techniques. Two additional common router profiles discussed in this document are the 135\u00b0 and the Flat Rout.
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\n4. Common 90\u00b0 V-Routed Corner
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\na. The most common corner is a 90\u00b0 Rout and Return. This corner is made by folding a V-Routed panel to a 90\u00b0 angle.
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\nb. It is critical that the modified V-Rout is made to the correct depth to create a good return angle. \u201cSpring back\u201d will occur if the rout is not deep enough, however, extreme care should be taken not to score the exterior aluminum skin with the router bit or blade during the routing operation so that the aluminum skin is not weakened. The depth is correct when the exterior skin is intact with approximately 1\/64″ of polyethylene in the bottom of the V-Rout and the return does not \u201cspring back\u201d when folded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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