News | Non-warping patented wooden pivot door, sliding door, and Eco-friendly metal cores

November 17, 2015 No Comments

Truss Trade Show Booth Alternative

One of the most popular solutions for building a flexible trade show system has been the trade show truss displays. This has offered a degree or flexibility in altering the layout and design of a trade show booth that was unavailable in previous traditional trade show booth systems.

The popular conundrum in trade show design and management is that of lightweight and high strength. In most cases, the engineering and design staff will have to sacrifice either weight or strength having to choose one over the other depending on the expectations of the exhibitor.

This led to success of trade show truss systems that weigh less than a stick-based carpenter-built trade show display that would be disposed of following the trade show because it weighed less and could be knocked down and re-assembled for use in the next trade show event.

For many years the trade show truss system has set the standard for portable trade show displays; that is until Sing Core introduced the best trade show booths imbuing trade show engineers and designers with a whole new level of prolific design options without sacrificing due to the limitations of materials lacking in either lightweight or high strength.

The Best Trade Show Booths

This new generation of trade show displays has made a decisive impact on trade shows and the trade show designers who are always on the lookout for leading edge trade show booth ideas. Imagine a modular building material that is lightweight yet stronger than steel (660 PSI) pound for pound, taking trade show design to a whole new level.

These exciting new components for portable trade show displays consisted of the most advanced high precision display panels that are also the key component used in making the best trade show tables, trade show flooring as well as trade show walls.

These new trade show booths were completely modular, could quickly and easily assembled, disassembled flat-packed, transported and stored ready for the next trade show. See a 70 ft. trade show display including two offices, assembled by one man in less than an hour. See the video.

But the technology did not stop there. The unbridled savvy trade show engineers and designers pressed Sing Core through to an even greater level of high precision composite technology…

T Slot Trade Show Booths

A staple in high-end industrial applications is the t slotted aluminum extrusion when enabled engineers and designers to create high precision projects. Still, with all the benefits of the aluminum t slot stiles and rails, the project could (and probably would) fail due to the instability of the other structure material that was weak or had the potential to warp, bend, twist, rot or otherwise fail over the lifespan of the project.

Sing Core is the secret ingredient in the most high performance t slot projects industry-wide. The lightweight high strength attributes in tandem with t slot empowered the most advanced architects specify the most complex components that would not have been able to meet the most stringent performance specifications.

It was no surprise to see this new technology spill over into trade show booth design, which faced the same design limitations of trade show truss displays.

Now, trade show designers are able to use the most sophisticated modular trade show structure system to build the ultimate trade show booths, including multiple stories and mezzanines that are lightweight, high strength and can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for 50 years!

If you’re ready to have the best award winning trade show booth at your next presentation, contact us, for more information.

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November 13, 2015 No Comments

T Slot Doors

Sing T Slot Doors are based on the same T Slot Panel system that is used in our T Slot Panel Modular Buildings and caters to the most high end structurally sound engineers and contractors serving major industrial clients, including aerospace and military applications.

The stringent demands of these clients include high precision technology that is lightweight, high strength and damage resistant; all the same reasons why anyone seeks out Sing Core to deal with the challenges of strength and weight issues that face users of all other traditional building materials.

The Sing t slot system uses all the same components that are already in use throughout the t slot extrusion community. Very little custom engineering will ever have to be done because all the necessary t slot components and t slot accessories are already well known and have impressive track records in the industry.

Why Use a Sing T Slot Door?

Sing T Slot Doors are specified by architects who are well familiar with the special attributes associated with Sing T Slot Panels and this t slot system can accommodate t slot doors of any size.

T Slot Sliding Doors

Sing T Slot Sliding Doors are extremely high precision thanks to the patented core (.006 inch tolerance) that provides a rock solid substrate for a superior sliding door that outperforms any other sliding door even in the most strenuous applications that are insulated and stronger than steel (+600 PSI) pound-for-pound.

High performance T Slot Sliding Doors means ease of installation and little (if no) maintenance over the service life of the lightweight t slot sliding door.

T Slot Pivot Doors

Pivot doors are one of the fastest growing types of doors in our product arena. Pivot doors present a unique set of challenges that Sing T Slot Pivot Doors are the perfect solution for. For instance pivot doors are usually oversized. Big doors are usually heavier, requiring extra engineering and heavy duty hardware that tends to require regular maintenance and will fail over time.

Large pivot doors also have a tendency to fail (not long after installation) due to warping resulting in seal compromise. Any door is less effective once the seal loses its accuracy. That’s why the Sing T Slot Pivot door solution is perfect for those who seek only the best pivot doors made.

Large T Slot Doors

One of the tremendous features of super large doors, like those used in factories, airplane hangars, military installations and large industrial projects, the problem with size is not a burden for Sing Core because it is our specialty.

Another advantage of using the Sing’s t slot system is to utilize the advantage of modular large door design because even though Sing Core can manufacture a door of any size (up to 50 feet) shipping can become problematic.

Using the Sing t slot system, large doors of any size can be shipped in t slot modules that can be assembled and installed on site without compromising high precision and can still be covered by our 50 year guarantee not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail.

T Slot Training Facility

US Navy Training Facility Outfitted with Sing T Slot Panels

Modular T Slot Doors

Sing modular t slot doors are reduced to manageable t slot door components (t slot panels) that can be easily flat packed and shipped via truck to any location for installation.

November 12, 2015 No Comments

Sliding Partition Wall

Sing sliding partition walls are the ultimate solution for defining and redefining any space on demand. This lightweight high strength sliding partition wall is also fully insulated to provide acute room separation while offering superior sound deadening qualities.

The best sliding panel room divider works just like a sliding door, except for like having many sliding doors in succession that can be removed, reconfigured and stored for the ultimate sliding partition wall.

Why not have a sliding partition wall that is manufactured in the same material and fashion as used by the most high-end architects in the most elegant environments in the United States (and the world) that can also be guaranteed not to warp, bend twist or fail for 50 years.

Our professional sliding panels room dividers can be specified with upgraded materials to your specifications to meet or exceed your performance expectations and may include any flat surface material including (but not limited to) aluminum, brick, concrete, copper, fiberglass, FRP, glass, granite, HPL, Kevlar, LVL, Masonite, metal, stainless steel, stone any wood surface material, even exotic woods, just to name a few (subject to availability).

You can have the most high-precision sliding interior walls by utilizing patented Sing sliding partition panels that can be manufactured to any shape or size. For enormous large oversized sliding partition wall panels request a free consultation with our oversize specialists for the composite sliding partition panels that will give you the results that you want, guaranteed.

The best sliding partition wall for home, office, hotel or gallery is clearly the Sing sliding dividing wall system that is straight and true weighing a fraction of the weight of other sliding partition walls.

Consider using the same patented system that is used for Princess Diana, the Guggenheim Gallery and by the most famous architects, like I M Pei.

Rumney Guggenheim Gallery in Brooklyn New York

Not strangers to supporting the greater artists’ community with lightweight, high strength Sing Panels for use as art canvases of a rather large size, Sing Core was called upon by the designers of the Rumney Guggenheim Gallery in Brooklyn, New York to overcome some of the challenges due to weight and size ratios throughout the renovation of the former Williamsburg Bank building located at 834 Driggs Avenue.

The race was on for Santiago Rumney Guggenheim (great-grandson of legendary arts patron Peggy Guggenheim) to rehab the former bank building built in 1875, transforming it into a luxurious gallery to showcase exclusive works of art in Brooklyn by the October 8, 2015 opening night debut.

Sing Core was honored to solve the architectural problems associated with size vs. weight and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results.

Amongst the art that was introduced on opening night, we were quite impressed with The Little House exhibit by Moral Turgeman, a 20 x 24 piece of work that takes our tiny house concept to a whole new level, leaving art enthusiasts breathless at the mirrored surfaces and offering a unique experience for attendees to explore Turgeman’s visionary interpretation from the inside out.

Inventor Peter Sing is a fan of neon lights; and it was an honor to see Olivia Steele’s neon art in full regalia on Rumney Guggenheim’s menu opening night. As a matter of fact once piece by Olivia Steele was nearly a tribute to Sing’s Sing Core entitiled, “Heart Core.”

Transforming the Space

To make Guggenheim’s dream of having an elegant place to bring works of art to New York, he had to re-create the wide open pallet of the bank building into an almost liquid piece of art itself.

The answer to having space that could change shape and form on-demand included Sing’s lightweight Museum Panels that can be moved, connected and slide-mounted. Using Sing’s cam-lock assembly method, panels can be linked together to make any size wall, and due to the light weight and high strength, an enormous space, like Guggenheim’s gallery, can be completely designed and redesigned on-the-fly with very little labor involved.

Every Sing Museum Panel in the Guggenheim Gallery served up art on its walls like a silver platter.

Showcasing the art on inventor Peter Sing’s works of art was the perfect solution for architect Rita Eng AIA of David Scott Parker Architects who was in charge of the former bank building’s metamorphosis into the evolving art gallery.

Sing’s museum panels are built to last for centuries, are the strongest, lightweight and eco-friendly wall panels ever invented; only Sing’s panels are non-warping and can be guaranteed true flat for 50 years, which is by far the best warranty.

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October 5, 2015 No Comments

Center for Architecture & Design Seattle, Washington

Proud to be the newest Eco-friendly architectural building product that is more lightweight and stronger than other traditional building products, Sing Core is a part of this forward thinking movement that is creating an advanced attitude that embraces high tech while maintaining a green perspective.

“The Center is shared home and place of collaboration for AIA Seattle, Design in Public, Seattle Architecture Foundation, and AIA Washington Council, as well as a place for our partner organizations to convene events and conversations relevant to design and our city.”- CFAD Seattle

To help support the efforts of all progressive architects and designers in the Northwest, Sing Core has donated $36,000 in its patented Eco-friendly architectural building materials thus far.

We are honored to be joining forces with Suyama Peterson Deguchi, Krekow Jennings and OAC Services. Seattle Architecture Foundation, Design in Public and AIA Washington Council will also be joining the project later this year.

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: Installing Large Fire Doors

: Easy to install non warp office furniture

: Large extreme edge pivot door with man door access

September 29, 2015 No Comments

T Slot Panel Modular Buildings

Insulated 4 X 8 Ticket Booth T Slot Panels Lightweight High Strength Sing Core

4 x 8 Ticket Booth T Slot Modular Building

Sing T Slot Panel Modular Buildings are the perfect high precision (+/- .006 inch tolerance) high performance truly modular structure systems designed to be an Eco-friendly choice of an insulated lightweight structure that is stronger than steel (with 660 PSI Sing Core) pound for pound.

Patented Sing T Slot Panels are not hollow; they feature a uniquely composite of torsion box structure, where unlike other torsion box configurations (where the voids are left hollow), with rigid foam insulation adhered wall-to-wall to create a solid insulated structural substrate that is resistant to warp, bend, twist, cup, rot or otherwise failing.

This Sing Core is the main ingredient in the modular T Slot Panel used in our T Slot Panel Modular Buildings.

Using our standard components, anyone can design and build any conceivable modular building in very little time with the highest precision and performance standards available.

Designed for our clients who depend on us to provide solutions from beneath the sea (U.S. Navy) to outer space (NASA) and everywhere in between, we make this technology available to others who demand nothing less than the very best insulated modular buildings available.

Modular Buildings

With all the many options available you can design a t slot panel building to fit your needs, like the…

Amazon Box Theater

The 10 ft. tall Amazon box theater in the Jet Blue terminal at the JFK airport is a frameless structure made with patented 1.5 inch T Slot Panels.

The giant insulated portable structure is modular, lightweight and high strength. Perfect for any travelling movie theater.

Standard Modular Components

Standard thicknesses in our stock Modular T Slot Panels are 1.7917 inches and 3.6234 inches, including a .040 aluminum surface on both sides. In most cases the thicker panels are used for the floor and roof.

• 4 x 8 Panel
• 2 x 8 Panel
• 2 x 4 Panel
• 4 x 8 Window Panel
• 4 x 8 Door Panel

Using these standard modular T slot components you can design nearly any structure configuration for free standing insulated structures, including many T slot connection and accessory options readily available to your designers and engineers.

Examples of T Slot Panel Structures include

Portable buildings, Shelters, Mobile office, Gate house, Ticket booth, Modular buildings, Cleanroom, Environmental control, Observation deck, Conference rooms, Mezzanines, Modular offices, Work platforms, Distribution centers, Portable office buildings, Parts storage, Smoking shelters, Bus shelters, Inplant offices, Guard booth, Training rooms, Watch towers, Parking booth, ISO clean room, Modular cleanroom and any other configuration for any application calling for insulated modular buildings.

Custom Modular Components

Though we focus most of our attention on our standard modular components, our custom factory produces modular components to architectural specifications.

This is to say that components can be built in any size (up to 50 ft.), in any configuration and with any surface material available.

Examples of custom surface material includes

Aluminum, brick, ceramic tile, fiberglass, FRP, galvanized steel, glass, HPL, Kevlar, LVL, marine grade plywood, metal, plastic, stainless steel, wood or any other available flat building material specified.

T Slot Training Facility

US Navy Training Facility Outfitted with Sing T Slot Panels

Unique T Slot Modular Building Characteristics

Unlike other portable buildings, Sing T Slot Modular Buildings are

Insulated

Sing T Slot Modular Building panels come standard with R 6.25 insulation, but could be upgraded to meet your architectural specifications. This insulation provides temperature separation preserving the interior of the structure environmentally protected from the exterior conditions (a huge advantage in extreme conditions, like on scientific expeditions on the polar caps).

Sound Deadening

Increasing the quality of the intended use of your modular buildings, it is a huge added benefit to enjoy the sound deadening qualities of Sing T Slot Panels further providing separation from the modular building’s exterior for added convenience, privacy and peace of mind no matter where your modular building is located, whether it is amidst heavy air traffic or an in plant office in a noisy factory.

Lightweight

Sing T Slot Panel Modular Buildings weigh a fraction of the weight of other solid core structures because of the patented torsion-box/foam-insulation composite structure of Sing Core.

High Strength

4 x 4 T Slot Modular Ticket Booth

High precision Sing Core is the strongest interior structure base material that enables panels to span large distances with very little (if any) additional supporting structure with little or no deflection. Only the patented torsion box composite substrate could accomplish the feats attributed with this newly invented building material.

How Strong is Sing Core? It was independently tested by the University of Washington at 660 PSI (that’s stronger than steel pound for pound); well over 6 times the strength of other composite materials used in the aerospace industry.

Long Lasting

When you’re making a substantial investment in insulated modular buildings, they need to be durable, especially if they are to be assembled, disassembled, transported, stored and reconfigured repeatedly. Your Sing T Slot Modular Building can be guaranteed to last for 50 years without fail, and you will always be able to get additional components to add to your structural components as your need for portable buildings and/or shelters increases.

Isn’t it time that you made a major improvement upgrade in your modular buildings?

: 4 x 6 Ticket Booth

: 8 x 8 Booth

: 8 x 16 Structure

: 8 x 12 Drive Thru Kiosk

: 8 x12 Double Drive Thru

: 8 x 10 Drive Thru Kiosk

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How to Connect T Slot Ends

September 17, 2015 No Comments

Man Door Access Doors

About Man Doors

Man doors are doors within doors. For instance, you can have a large sliding door, say 14 ft tall and 20 ft wide. You might not want to slide that big door back and forth every time you access the space. No problem. Just install a separate egress point (a man door) inside that large oversized door and you have simple method or entering and exiting the space without having to articulate the mother door.

Man doors can be tricky because the host door (which can be very large, potentially up to 40 ft or more) must be built with very high structural integrity so as to accommodate the regular and potentially heavy use of the man door.

That’s why the world’s best large doors with man doors are made with Sing Core, because using Sing Core is the only way to build such a door which can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail, and you need this high precision dimensional stability to accomplish such a feat, over time.

That’s why inventor Peter Sing guarantees his warp-free large door solution to remain warp-free for 50 years. No other lightweight, fully insulated, sound deadening and climate control large door in the world can make such a claim. Not only is Sing Core the best way to do it, it is the only way to do it.

Metal-Sliding Hot Rolled Steel Metal Door-Man Door

A Man Door is a man-sized access door that is pre-built ~ or after market modified ~ in a larger door to provide access of an individual without having to open the entire large door, exposing the entire area. Man Doors are also referred to as pedestrian doors, pass doors and/or access doors. Man doors are one of the absolute best ways possible to add additional functionality and character to your high end residential and commercial locations. What’s more, you can order your man door in any skin, even metal skins, like hot rolled and cold rolled steel, aluminum, bronze, brass, and copper.

Sing Man Doors

Large extreme edge pivot swing doors with man door Center for Architecture Design Seattle singcore — Large extreme edge pivot doors with man door

Sing Core makes the best man doors. Why? Because our Eco-friendly high-precision lightweight and high strength core material allows door manufacturers to create doors of enormous size while keeping them straight and true. So perfectly straight and true, in fact, that Sing Core offers a free large door consultation that can result in a professional large door that can be guaranteed true flat and to remain true flat for 50 years.

When you have a super large door (could be as big as a hangar door) in many cases you don’t want to open the entire door area just to access the space. That’s where the Sing Man Door comes in. There’s no doubt that Sing Core is the go to source for insulated large doors of any size that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for 50 years.

It is quite common for someone who seeks out the services of Sing Core to request that a large oversize door come with an access door that allows egress without having to unsecure the entire big door area. In most cases Sing Man Doors are simply Sing Metal Doors incorporated into the design of the original oversized door.

Very few companies can compete with Sing Core when it comes to man doors, because of the extremely high precision, strength, and lightweight characteristics required in making a man door suitable for use for decades to come. Our Professional Man Doors come with our 50 Year Warp Free Guarantee and are 100% made in USA using materials sourced from USA. We pride ourselves on making the best man doors in the business.

Large doors with articulating access panels are common, and are increasing in popularity amongst garage door companies who use Sing Core as their substrate material for their large garage doors.

Man Doors can be includes in all types of doors, including (but not limited to) large sliding doors, overhead doors, large pivot doors, large swing doors, large carriage doors, and more…

Maybe it’s time you thought about having pedestrian access via a specially designed pedestrian door to be used as a pass door allowing access to your space in a smart, more economical and secure fashion.

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September 15, 2015 No Comments

Spec Homes

It is common for self/home contractors of spec home projects to contact Sing Core for Eco-friendly insulated building materials that are lightweight and stronger than steel pound for pound.

You might be surprised that many spec homes have been built completely out of Sing Core materials, everything from the foundation to the roof and everything in-between including the doors and interior furnishings. All built to last for centuries.

You might think of Sing building materials as panels (which is understandable because our true flat panels are most popular around the USA and the world) that are used mostly as doors, floors, walls and roof panels.

Avid true green spec home builders and Sing supporters use a combination of Sing Panels and Post and Beam for every conceivable portion of the home build and even the furniture inside the home.

Spec Home Builders Partner with Sing Core

If you are a qualified Spec Home Builder, Sing Core has the expertise to assist you utilizing this patented Eco-friendly building material that will last for centuries in many – if not all – components of your spec home.

Qualified Spec Home Builders deal manufacturer direct, eliminating the middlemen, so that you can have complete control of your design build spec home and do it yourself.

Insulated Wood Floors

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Wood Interior Walls

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Insulated Doors of Any Kind

: Sing Core Panel Copper-Skin Door

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Insulated Garage Doors

: Sing Core Panel Carriage Door

See Carriage Doors

Insulated Wood Roofing Material

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Sing Beams Stronger than Steel

See Sing Post and Beam

Insulated Sound-deadening Ceilings

: Sing Panel Cloud Ceiling

See Sing Ceilings

Exterior Insulated Wood Walls

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Exterior Insulated Walls with Window Cut Outs

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Don’t forget the furniture

: Sing Core bookshelf

: Sing Core bookshelf tower

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Eco-friendly Sing Core Spec Homes

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September 10, 2015 No Comments

T Slot Panel

The Sing T Slot Panel is an extraordinary composite of leading edge technologies resulting in a nearly unlimited variety of configurations.

The good news: You can create to your heart’s content ~ and ~ much of the work has already been done, because most (if not all) of the imaginable components have already been designed for integration with the Sing T Slot Panel.

Insulated Lightweight and High Strength

Standard Sing T Slot Panels come packed with insulated rated at R3.5 per square inch. Foam can be upgraded from our standard EPS foam (R3.5) for even more insulation per your specifications by using Polyurethane foam (R6.5), Polyisocyanurate (R7.5), Phenolic (over R8) or other more advanced foams that may be available to meet your specifications.

Insulated Sing T Slot Panels are the only panels that offer not only lightweight and strength but also offer excellent temperature control. The unique attributes of the Sing Core material offer insulated isolation between the separate sides of the T Slot Panels providing a protective thermal barrier between interior and exterior surfaces. Keep cold on one side and heat on the other effectively with insulated Sing T Slot Panels for advanced climate control.

The sound deadening characteristics are added benefits – especially for temporary equipment enclosures, structures and portable clean rooms or emergency shelters – providing added safety, security and an additional barrier from external sources.

Modular Buildings

With many options in building a T slot modular building you can create what fits your needs. For more information on T Slot Panel modular buildings click here. Patented T Slot Panels were used in this:

Amazon Box Theater

The 10 ft. tall Amazon box theater in the Jet Blue terminal at the JFK airport is a frameless structure made with patented 1.5 inch T Slot Panels.

The giant insulated portable structure is modular, lightweight and high strength. Perfect for any travelling movie theater.

T Slot Panels for Modular Walls and Structures

With Sing T Slot Panels you can quickly assemble and disassemble the most basic – or highly sophisticated – structures for any purpose from casual to critical high precision. Our most popular high performance modular T Slot Panels are surfaced in aluminum, but can host any flat building material as the working surface as well as complex composites to achieve your desired levels of performance.

No need to re-invent the wheel; all the hardware, necessary connectors, gasket seals and hundreds of accessories are already available for making your T Slot Panel project come to life.

: Sing T Slot Panels

: Modular T Slot Panels

: Sound Deadening T Slot Panels

: Portable T Slot Panels

: Quick Assemble T Slot Panels

: Stronger than Steel T Slot Panels

T Slot Training Facility

US Navy Training Facility using Sing T slot panels

US Navy Training Facility Outfitted with Sing T Slot Panels

Integrate Sing Products Easily

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Sing Beams

T Slot Beams

It is easy to integrate the full family of Sing Products into your T Slot Panel design to complete your project with the fully insulated high precision Sing family of products to make the most diverse field of applications come to life; including (but not limited to) structure components, like doors, walls, ceilings, floors and roofs as well as Sing Beams for stronger than steel structural support.

The combination of the many Sing products can make your entire structure, artwork, furniture or industrial project completely modular, portable and reuseable.

T Slot Panels’ Nearly Unlimited Options

Let your design creativity flow with all the options that are readily available. You can make nearly anything lightweight, high strength and perfectly flat that can last for centuries with Sing T Slot Panels.

Wood T Slot Panels with Latch Connectors

T Slot Wood Panel

T Slot Panel Latch Connectors without skins applied

T Slots without Wood

Easy Access to T Slots

Sing T Slot Panels have a variety of options available for accessing otherwise unused T Slots hidden from view due to being positioned under the surface skin of the panel.