How is Sing Core “Green”, and why is it the most earth-friendly way to use both natural and man-made materials?
LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) provides a “cradle to grave” measurement of a product’s environmental impacts from raw material extraction and manufacturing through distribution, use, maintenance, and disposal. An obvious example is a coffee or tea cup made of Styrofoam compared to a coffee mug made of the same material but enclosed in a solid container. Solo cups are only used once then disposed of after use, unnecessarily filling our landfills. Imagine that the same Solo cup material put into a permanent coffee mug, could last ten years without being replaced. Sing Core protects the foam inside durable wood frameworks. LCA studies show that using wood is less harmful to the environment than steel or concrete in terms of embodied energy, global warming potential, air emissions, water emissions, and solid waste production. Sing Honeycomb core structure is made of 100% natural vertical grain wood veneer. This sets us apart from our counterparts who use only paper, particle board, aluminum, and plastic. Here at Sing Core, environmentally friendly construction is our mission.
Low Energy Production
Sing Core’s patented manufacturing process is the most efficient and economical way to make sandwich panels with a veneer torsion box core. The materials used in Sing Core sandwich panels use low energy to produce. The adhesive used in Sing Core panels is produced in a much more efficient way than the minerals for nails are mined. The veneer is made of scrap material from Washington mills and the foam core is 20% recycled.
Renewable
Sing Core’s structure is made of natural vertical grain wood veneer. This sets us apart from our counterparts who make cores with particle board. It requires energy to break wood down into pulp and reconstruct it into particle board. Veneer uses the natural strength of the wood fiber. Life Cycle Assessment studies show that using wood veneer is less harmful to the environment than steel or concrete in terms of embodied energy, global warming potential, air emissions, water emissions, and solid waste production. Here at Sing Core, environmentally friendly construction is our mission.
Non-Toxic
The structural glue and finishing stains that we use are all non-toxic and formaldehyde free.
Recycled
Our foam core has a recycled content of 20% and is 100% recyclable.
Energy Saving
Insulated, draft-free sandwich panels save your heating costs Sing has a long term stable R-Value. Sing Core panels assemble and install quickly, saving you man power and time.
Long Lasting
Sing torsion box sandwich panels are warrantied for ten years*, but may last much longer. This means Sing Core products will not need replacement or disposal for many years, cutting down on the resources used to manufacture panels. The foam used in Sing Core panels comes with a 20-year thermal performance warranty, dimensional stability, compressive strength, and water resistant properties. See instructions for repair and recycling.
This is a Sing Core overhead garage door panel compared next to a typical steel overhead garage door panel. Same size and thickness but as you can see the steel panel buckles with only a few pounds put on it while the Sing Core panel holds almost all of Inventor Peter Sings weight without any problem.
Sing Honeycomb plank method doors are our most expensive doors. These doors look like solid wood, and can be any height and any width. These doors have thicker veneer than wood grain. These are formed by making separate planks, then connecting the planks separately.
Above: Individual planks ready to be connected
Above: Connect Sing Honeycomb planks before gluing
Above: Finished Sing Honeycomb plank door
Above: Sing Honeycomb white cedar oversized plank method Door
Pricing
Our plank method doors are the second most expensive doors. We custom create quotes for individual projects. Please contact us to get started.
Wood Grain method Sing Honeycomb doors are our second most expensive finished doors. These oversized panels are joined together with a hidden Sing Honeycomb biscuit (see paint grade method to learn more about the Sing Honeycomb biscuit), and finished by covering our wood substrate with wood planks.
Left: Wood Grain Finished White Oak oversized Sing Honeycomb Door
Right: Side view of wood grain finished white oak oversized Sing Honeycomb door
Left: Stained vertical grain Cedar wood grain finished Sing Honeycomb Door
Pricing
Our wood grain method doors are the second most expensive doors we offer. We custom create quotes for individual projects. Please contact us to get started.
Paint grade method Sing Honeycomb panels are our second least-expensive finished doors. These oversized panels are joined together with a hidden Sing Honeycomb biscuit.
Left: Sing Honeycomb oversized doors utilize Sing Honeycomb biscuit to connect pieces together
Connecting the Sing Honeycomb pieces together:
Left: Finished paint-grade oversized circle is ready to go
Paint-grade method doors need to be finished after being received by our customers. Typically this just means using putty on the joint, sanding, and painting.
Above: Oversized paint-grade method door ready to be shipped
Pricing
Our paint-grade method doors are the second least-expensive doors we offer. We custom create quotes for individual projects. Please contact us to get started.
Sing Honeycomb doors that come pole barn method are oversized doors that are made of standard 8′ x 4′ panels, connected through trim or molding. This makes the seam(s) of the door visible.
Left: Sing Honeycomb Pole Barn method over-sized door is ready for trim!
Right: Sing Honeycomb over-sized pole barn doors with trim are ready to be painited!
Left: Industrial pole barn door styled sliding door
Pricing
Our pole barn method doors are the least expensive doors we offer. We charge standard 4′ x 8′ panel for the entry price point.
The simplest and least expensive way to join sing panels is to join in any way according to your budget and/or expertise.
Due to Sing Panels being so straight and true it is easier to join panels together because they line up perfectly unlike other building materials.
In many cases, for instance, standard 4×8 panels can be nailed, glued or channel-joined quickly and easily with satisfactory results.
Other options for fastening panels may include cam locks (see examples left and right) that can be pre-installed, making assembly and joining easy and more secure.
The Sing cam-lock panel solution is a high-demand solution for panels that are routinely assembled and disassembled, especially in moveable walls, trade show booths, and various wall cladding applications. See: Cam Lock Panels
Connect multiple panels together in any configuration
Add lightweight high strength Sing modular shelves
4-way Connection
X Connector
Lightweight + Strong
L & T Connectors
X Connector 4-way
T Connectors
Thru-bolt Joining
One of the most inexpensive and secure ways to join sing panels is by utilizing a simple nut and bolt connection method, especially, if the panels will be routinely or repeatedly assembled and disassembled.
Stainless steel nuts and bolts offer the safety and security when joining sing panels.
Biscuit Joining
In many cases, Sing Panels can be pre-configured for biscuit joining at your site of factory.
Especially for large projects, this enables Sing Core panels to be sent individually, reducing shipping and handling costs, for assembly at your facility or job site.
See images below for example of biscuit assembly of Sing Panels
Unless specified Sing Panels do not ship edge-banded as 93% of our wholesale customers do their own edge-banding when finishing their Sing Panel.
Edge banding can take many forms from vinyl and plastic to wood and steel. Sing Panels are not intended for use as an un-banded product and may not qualify for our 50 year warranty if un-banded.
If your intention is to get the best, most long-lasting performance from your Sing Panels, feel free to take advantage of our free consultation to be guaranteed to achieve the results that you desire.
Insulated metal roofing panels
Edge Banding Options Include:
T Molding
Here is an example of a large lightweight high-strength non-warping sliding door.
Note the steel T molding being installed to complete the door’s composition.
This door is guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail due to being properly engineered and manufactured to exceed the specifications of this oversized architectural door.
T Molding
L Molding
Flat Molding
U Channel
Photo courtesy of Vancouver Doors
Advanced Large Panels
Sing Core specializes in extremely large panels (up to 50 feet) that are extremely true flat and use our nearly seamless assembly process.
This is the most high-end and expensive process where we perform the highly specialized meticulous work in our factory yielding the high level of perfection that many of our most discerning clients require. See: our clients.
These must be manufactured in our plant to ensure accuracy with tolerances within thousandths of an inch and are more costly to ship due to the nature of their being larger than multiple panels that can be assembled on-site.
Connectors for Connecting
Cam-Locks
One of our many features is the ability to add fasteners/locks to our panels…one example of this is the “S-Hook Lock” with a turn of the hex wrench you can fasten or unfasten your panels quickly.
The “S-Hook” fastening lock that is attached to the side of these panels to allow for easy assembly of the wall system.
With a quick turn of your wrist on the hex key your panels will be attached to each other.
Barn Door Assembly or ‘H’ Channel
If you are planning to keep your panels as a permanent structure you may choose the H-Channel attachment feature. Apply your adhesive the slide panel into the channel on each side then either veneer over the panel and channel or you may choose to putty, sand and paint your panels to cover over the H-channel.
Tongue and Groove
Tongue and groove is another fastening choice especially if you using our panels for flooring or ceiling. Make a nice almost seamless connection but give wood veneer a hardwood flooring appearance.
Biscuit Joint
This is a modified biscuit joint attachment. Similar to the H-joint the you are using a single long “beam” as the connector and gluing them together. Best use is for oversize tables (such as vacuum tables) and oversize doors as well. Because our panels are made of honeycomb rather than solid wood, they will not warp. Our honeycomb is light and strong.
Ship Lap
The ever popular ship lap as a connector alternative.
With the wide variety of applications for Sing Core panels, posts and beams, and equally diverse selection of fasteners are used in practical installations.Here are some of the most popular fastening systems used today:Norse Inc. LatchesNorse latches are designed for concealed installation in Sing Panels. Multiple configurations of latches and receivers are possible to suit many applications, and offer numerous advantages.Click Here for More Information …Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
More than a century of experience to the design, manufacturing and distribution of functional hardware, storage-related components, and ergonomic products for original equipment manufacturers of the Tite Joint Fastener Draw Bolt.
An International leader of innovative threaded fastening solutions. Developers of the Draw Bolts and Zipbolt™ tight joint fasteners. They are constantly testing and developing fasteners that are easier, faster and less costly to use.
Over the past five years, FastCap has grown exponentially and has expanded its products base from the Fastcap to a vast array of woodworking products and tools, like the FlipBolt Tite-Joint Dog Bone Fastener Tool-less Draw Bolt.
The range of panel fasteners and plastic clips available from ITW Fastex is designed to fill most fastening requirements. The range of applications is wide from machines, appliances, and computers to recreational vehicles and point of purchase displays.
Shur-Lok fasteners and components are designed to satisfy customer requirements in two general application ideas: secondary structures, such as interior stow bins, lavatories and galleys, and primary structures, such as aircraft engines, engine pylons, landing gears, wings, gearboxes, transmissions and helicopter rotors–all critical applications.
Special and bespoke bonding fasteners. In addition to Veck Fasteners standard range of popular bonding fasteners, we provide purpose-designed special and bespoke bonding fasteners for customers who have specific requirements which cannot be fulfilled from our standard range.
CEL FASTENERS are innovative tools to anchor and attach and remove sandwich panels easily and quickly.
The advantages of CEL’s fasteners are:
Possibility to attach and detach the panels quickly to carry out maintenance work or substitution
Invisible bolts
Precise positioning and multiple removals
Quick assembly
Cost reduction
Initially developed in compliance with to the needs of shipyards, this anchoring system is more and more used in different sectors:
Shops’, hotels’ and trade fairs’ assembly
Lifts
Transport: buses, trains, vans, etc.
Carpentry
Furnishing
Implants
Solid wood implants can be placed anywhere inside your custom Sing Panels for attaching hardware or other anchoring, including lock blocks and the like.
Individual connection inserts can be specified at specific locations to meet all your connection method needs. These can include, potted inserts, Rivnuts, Helicoil inserts, blind inserts with tabs and spool inserts, just to name a few.
Liability disclaimer
The above data are to the best of our knowledge correct and are intended to give information about our products and their potential applications. No warranty is given or implied in respect of certain properties of the products or their suitability for a particular application. We reserve the right for technical changes without further notice. We guarantee impeccable product quality under our terms of sale.