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

July 21, 2016 No Comments

Arched Doors

Sing Core helps door manufacturers and millworks build the best doors in any size, type or style including arched doors. The Sing arched doors aren’t like any other arched doors, because they can be any size – even large, oversized arch doors – that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or fail for 50 years no matter what the size.

The true flat professionals can assist in the creation of an arched front door that out performs all other wood round top doors made. You start with a high precision radius top door core, then make sure to include patented warp-free stiffeners to assure your arched doors remain warp-free.

Sing core arched doors are the only oversized wood arched doors that can be guaranteed not to warp over time. That’s why you see Sing Core elliptical doors in service as arched top storm doors in high end homes and as exterior arched wood doors. Because, who wants a warped round top entry door? (Nobody I know).

Large Arched Doors

Most people and arch top French door manufacturers know that if a door is over 7 ft tall, you’re going to have problems with the radius top door moving with environmental changes due to moisture and weather patterns. Unfortunately, this is the main problem with large arched top doors which compromises the radius top door’s seal and could cost in terms of extra expenditures due to energy loss.

Some large arch top aluminum door companies have countered this problem by adding weight and steel to the door to help keep it straight, but this puts added stress and strain to the door frame and structure, requiring heavy duty hardware and adding maintenance costs to the door and building over time.

Solving the Problems for Large Arched Doors

Finally, high-end arched front door manufacturers, millworks and custom arched door builders can supply warp-free round top doors to their clients that can even be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist of otherwise fail (including full structure guarantee) for 50 years!

No other Eco-friendly arched front door can achieve such high precision or high performance.

Having Sing Core Inside imbues your large arched doors with impressive characteristics, such as:

Lightweight (a fraction of other solid core arched doors)
High-strength (stronger than steel pound for pound)
Insulated (for climate control and sound dampening)

Eco-friendly Arched Doors

Sing arched doors are made in the USA. A labor of love, manufactured with natural and recycled materials expending very little energy are bonded with waterproof formaldehyde-free adhesives with the intention of helping to make the world a better place for the Earth and all creatures.

This unique, patented torsion box composite core material is changing the way large arched doors are made, as well as many other products, making the world a better place.

50 Year Warp-Free Guarantee

Only elliptical top doors with premium warp-free Sing Core inside can be guaranteed not to warp for 50 years.

Don’t you want all your arched doors to have insulated, warp-free Sing Core inside?

July 15, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Lightweight Strongest Wood and Metal

Strongest Wood

Sing Core has been countering the problems associated with natural wood characteristics, like bending, warping and twisting while also solving the issues of weight and strength while being one of the most Eco-friendly building materials.

Inventor demonstrates high strength of strongest wood garage door panel

Types of Warp-free Wood

This new, patented light wood can be made of different types of wood to make the strongest wood building material that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist and remain structurally sound for 50 years. You can have the following warp-free wood panels with SingCore inside:

Ash Wood Panels	Beech Wood Panels	Birch Wood Panels
Cedar Wood Panels	Cherry Wood Panels	Fir Wood Panels
Fruitwood Wood Panels	Hard Rock Maple Panels	Hemlock Wood Panels
Hickory Wood Panels	Knotty Pine Wood Panels	Mahogany Wood Panels
Maple Wood Panels	Oak Wood Panels	Pine Wood Panels
Port Orford Cedar Panels	Red Cedar Wood Panels	Red Oak Wood Panels
Rosewood Wood Panels	Spruce Wood Panels	Sugar Maple Wood Panels
Teak Wood Panels	Walnut Wood Panels	White Oak Wood Panels

… Just to name a few, as warp-free Sing wood panels can feature any wood surface, including rare, exotic wood(s) when available.

Lightest Wood

The patented Sing technology creates a composite made of natural vertical grain torsion box substructure filled with recycled rigid foam to create a lightweight and strong substrate that when sandwiched between two pieces of any two wood skins, results in creating a composite lightweight wood panel that can be ripped, sawn and CNC cut just like any other piece of traditional plywood.

Strong Wood

The same torsion box composite core that makes all Sing wood weigh-in at a fraction of other solid materials also creates a wood panel that has been independently tested at 660 PSI – that’s stronger than steel pound for pound – which could qualify it as among the strongest material on earth.

It is so strong, that you can see thin panels spanning large areas with little deflection without additional support.

Light Strong Wood

Now you can use this revolutionary light strong wood building material for practically any project. Of all the endless applications of Sing Core, large oversize doors are the most popular use of this light strong wood for doors. Why? Because wood fails, it warps bends and twists, creating problems throughout all phases of the construction process.

strongest wood independently tested stronger than steel pound for pound

Independent testing lab strongest wood stronger than steel pound for pound

Strongest Material on Earth

Most exciting about this patented breakthrough in materials science, is the fact that it can be made of any flat building material, like ceramic, concrete, fiberglass, glass, HPL, LVL and other materials, so it is not restricted just to being the strongest wood. You may already know that Sing Core also makes the

13 ft span 1 inch aluminum strongest metal panel little or no deflection

Strongest Metal

With just as much impact in the metalworking arena, Sing Core’s strongest metal is also the lightest metal, that pound for pound out performs other metals, even steel. So, if you’re looking for the strongest steel, the most lightweight steel is made with Sing Core inside.

Isn’t it time you considered replacing your extremely outdated heavy steel panels with Sing Core’s lightweight steel? Keep in mind it could be any kind of metal, because sing Core is that incredibly versatile.

Any metal can be made into a Sing Metal panel that is Eco-friendly, lightweight and high strength.

strongest metal 20 ft span galvanized steel lightweight high strength metal panels 50 year no fail guarantee

20 ft. span lightweight galvanized steel strongest metal 50 year no fail guarantee

Types of Metal Panels

What types of metal panels will you see with SingCore inside?

Aluminum Metal Panels	Brass Metal Panels
Bronze Metal Panels	Cold Rolled Steel Metal Panels
Copper Metal Panels	Galvanized Steel Metal Panels
Hot Rolled Steel Metal Panels	Tin Metal Panels
Titanium Metal Panels	Zinc Metal Panels

The SingCore substrate is a solid torsion box composite material with the highest precision (+/- .006 in.) and structural integrity for creating a vastly superior metal panel that is stronger than steel pound for pound.

July 1, 2016 No Comments

Bifold Doors Weatherproof Wood Garage Door

Many exterior doors – especially wood exterior doors – are problematic due to the nature of being exposed to the weather and environmental changes of heat and moisture. Exterior facing doors become even more challenging if they are over 7 ft tall or 3 ft wide.

Large warp free wood exterior doors folding sliding insulated carriage doors

Coastal home with 14 x 12 and 16 x 8 exterior door openings with insulated warp-free wood doors

Coast to Coast these warp-free wood exterior doors are not just beautiful in their appearance but are the highest precision insulated lightweight, high strength doors in the world, and they’re proudly made in the USA.

Even the most expensive high-end large door cannot be warranted not to fail if it is over 10 ft tall and/or 4 ft wide. The most exclusive millworks and custom door manufacturers will agree to make the door to architectural door specifications, but will offer no warranty, because, they say

All Doors Warp

The most savvy door manufacturers refer to SingCore to help build the doors using Premium Sing Door Blanks available in any size for any type of door, if the client demands having the best door in the world.

Large Warp Free Wood Exterior Doors

SingCore has solved the problems associated with large exterior door fails, by providing millworks and door manufacturers with the most high precision (+/- .006 in) insulated warp free lightweight high strength door core, that can be made in any size and all doors styles.

Large bifold doors exterior warp free wood doors hinged carriage doors insulated

16 ft x 8 ft door opening featuring (4) 4 ft x 8 ft bifold doors as carriage door

For instance, these carriage doors are bifold doors that feature all the characteristics of having SingCore inside. The best proof is large wood exterior doors facing both Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as we work with the best door companies from coast to coast in the USA. In this example, the exterior wood doors in this home are all perfectly straight on these weatherproof non-warping doors, even though they feature wood stave on the exteriors exposed to the moisture, sun, wind and rain of coastal weather patterns. Still these doors can be fully guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail (including structure) for a full 50 years. That’s right

Guaranteed for 50 Years

Make a Whole Wall Disappear

Then there’s this case; What if you wanted the whole exterior wall to be a door. Here’s a job where the client wanted to whole exterior wall converted to bifold doors. No problem, if they have Sing Core inside.

Just an ordinary exterior wall. Right?

Extraordinary exterior bi fold doors!

Plus, if your invisible door has Sing Core inside, you get the added safety and security of having a fully insulated sound deadening folding retractable wall which is also highly effective in maintaining consistent temperature control on either side of the building, inside or outside.

14x12 exterior door opening with 14x6 warp free wood doors insulated lightweight hinged doors

Large 14 ft x 12 ft exterior opening with (2) 14 ft x 6 ft insulated hinged doors

Large garage doors are the best example of what can be possible with would have previously been thought of as impossible doors. That is to say doors that were too large were assumed to have problems because all big doors fail. Even so, to minimize failure, they are manufactured using very heavy materials and expensive hardware to mitigate the failing doors, only to add more stress and strain on the existing structure. In this regard, the big door business is lucrative, due to the ongoing maintenance contracts associated with large door problems.

Insulated Doors

True space separation between two adjoining areas (i.e., interior and exterior) is a difficult expectation for any door. Even though a door might looks attractive from a distance, the truth of the matter is seen from the other side of the door. The built-in insulation inside the patented Sing door core not only provides effective climate control, but offers advanced sound deadening qualities. Sing door cores have been used inside soundproof doors and everything from bulletproof doors and fireproof doors.

Save Energy

Why waste energy by having a door that doesn’t seal properly as your exterior door? Everyone knows that a good door seal helps prevent energy loss saving on energy consumption. Having warp-free doors means your doors seal properly without leaking every time, regardless of the season, temperature or time of day. You can save energy – not only from the insulated that is packed inside for better temperature control – but also from having a secure door seal that does not fail due to warping, if your door has SingCore inside.

Sliding Door or Pivot Door

Reduced to its simplest form, these insulated warp-free doors could also be exterior sliding doors and/or exterior pivot doors with all the same great characteristics that come with having SingCore inside.

Click to see: Sliding Doors and/or Pivot Doors

Inside Or Outside

Only SingCore can accomplish all this – and more – providing you with the strongest, lightweight, insulated door core that can be guaranteed not to fail for a full 50 years , including warp-free and structure guarantee. No other door company can guarantee their doors, like that, unless they have SingCore inside.

If doors with SingCore inside can obtain such high performance standards as exterior doors, imagine having doors to match throughout your entire house, because our patented door core also makes the best interior doors for your home’s inside points of egress. If we can guarantee your exterior door for 50 years, we could guarantee your inside doors for 100 years.

Why not have the best?

Specify, “SingCore inside,” for all your doors.

June 17, 2016 No Comments

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June 10, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

FAQ

FAQ

What Are Sing Panels?

In the aircraft industry, they call it honeycomb. In the woodworking industry, it is called a torsion box. In the home industry, it is known as a sandwich panel. No matter what you call it, Sing Core’s honeycomb panels have the strongest, most lightweight earth friendly core to structure your Sing Core panels. Sing Core panels has more applications than any known material; use it for home construction, boat building, private jet furniture, home furniture, museum and trade show display, and doors. Patented Sing Core panels are a hybrid of torsion box, sandwich, and honeycomb panel. It has the flatness of a torsion box, the strength of a honeycomb panel, and the light weight of a sandwich panel. Sing Core panels combine all of these characteristics to form the most earth friendly panel in the industry.

How Do I Order Sing Panels?

If you are an architect, wholesale supplier, millwork, or other trade professional, submit a price quote from our pricing page.

Dear Homeowner/DIY’er, unfortunately we do not sell to individuals, only to the building trades and commercial/wholesale companies. Please contact your local millwork and request that they order your panels for you. We will then work with them to utilize Sing Core for your project.

How to Handle and Deal with Sing Products

Our best long-standing clients know how to best handle and deal with Sing Core products due to their high level of expertise. We welcome new clients to enjoy the benefits of patented Sing Core products. If you are a potential new user of Sing Core you are advised to make yourself aware of how to handle and deal with Sing Core products before ordering any patented Sing product(s).

Can I Get a Discount?

You may be able to get a special discount in exchange for professional photographs of your project. You can ask at the time you place your order, if you might like to participate in our photo marketing agreement. You will pay the price on your invoice and receive a check from Sing Core as a rebate in the amount noted on your invoice following the receipt and approval of your photos.

How do I fasten to your panels?

Our panels have a solid wood frame and block inserts can be implanted inside the panel to create secure anchoring points. Anchoring points can be used for placing hardware, overlays, and even fastening the panel.
Stiffeners can be implanted to ensure a true-flat panel. The necessity for stiffeners depends on the overall size of the panel, application, and weight.
For more information, see our custom blocking page.

What are your skin options?

Skin choice is one of the biggest factors to avoid warping.
It is important to choose a skin that is non-permeable. Permeable skins allow moisture to be trapped in the skin material causing it to swell. This can cause structural issues over time.
Wooden doors have the most problems with moisture absorption.
It is important to specify exterior grade when needed for your application.
Skin choice can affect sound deadening capabilities and is important for adhering to a certain Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating.

Can I have dissimilar skins on my panel?

Dissimilar skins may be possible depending on your panel’s thickness. Please discuss this with your sales representative for more information.

Do I need to calibrate my panels before veneering?

Yes.

How do you handle such large doors?

Oversized panels are panels with dimensions over 4’ x 8’.
Oversize panels are often more difficult to handle and more costly to ship.
Luckily, we have devised a method to overcome this. The Sing Spline allows us to ship oversized panels in modular sections that can be joined at the work site. See Sing Spline for more information.
Almost any door can be made with Sing Core. Stile and rail style doors can be made by simply adding trim or molding pieces; however it will be much stronger than a traditional stile and rail door.

What is True Flat?

All Sing Core products are guaranteed true flat; that is to say that they far exceed AWI industry standards or ¼ inch deflection to be considered flat. Specific degrees of flatness can be achieved and guaranteed based on your requirements, specifications and application. See What is True Flat? for more information.

What is the difference between your core and your Sing Core panels?


Sing Core Structural Core Honeycomb Core which is based on Torsion Box technology to be lightweight but strong. You would then add skins and edging as you desire.	Sing Core Panel – No Edge Sing Core that has a skin on the front/back of it, which improves its strength and gives you a working palette for your project. You would then edge band as desired.	Sing Core Panel – With Edge is the complete panel for your use, with core, skins and solid wood edging this is ready to then be completed and installed by you for your project.

Sing Core Structural Core

Honeycomb Core which is based on Torsion Box technology to be lightweight but strong. You would then add skins and edging as you desire.

Sing Core Panel – No Edge

Sing Core that has a skin on the front/back of it, which improves its strength and gives you a working palette for your project. You would then edge band as desired.

Sing Core Panel – With Edge

is the complete panel

for your use, with core, skins and solid wood edging this is ready to then be completed and installed by you

for your project.

What edging options does Sing Core provide?

Sing Panels can feature a 1.25 inch solid wood edging. Other sizes are available as custom options as well. Edge-banding is available at an extra charge. Sing Core panels can also be purchased without an edge.

Why Do Sing Core panels have such a long lifespan?

Patented Sing Core panels use zero formaldehyde structural glue to bond Sing Core and the surface material creating the strongest lightweight eco-friendly sandwich panel/honeycomb panel, see comparison. The patented Sing Core panel is nearly unbreakable due to being so lightweight and strong. Even if damaged by rough handling, Sing Core panels can be repaired to their original strength (Our patented structural core and stress skins are much easier to repair than solid wood, MDF or plywood).

What is the weight of your panels?

The weight of our panels are based on many factors, W x H x T, the types and thickness of the skins chosen and of course the solid wood edging as well. But for a rough ballpark estimate the weight of one of our standard panels 4’ x 8’ x 1” (finished size = 47” x 95” x1”) is somewhere in the 25 to 30 lbs range depending on the skin, which is much lighter than standard plywood of the same size/thickness.

What are the lead times for new orders?

Lead time for new orders is 6-10 weeks. Every order Sing Core manufactures is custom made, so please keep that in mind in regards to your project’s timelines.

If you require a rush order, rush fees are as follows:

Ship in 4 weeks – 20% price increase
Ship in 3 weeks – 40% price increase
Ship in 2 weeks – 70% price increase
Ship in 1 Week – 100% price increase

Rush fee times are counted beginning the day you approve the shop drawings for your project.

Exactly how strong are your panels?

The strength of our panels depends on factors like span, thickness, and skin type. They have been independently tested by the University of Washington to exceed 660 PSI, and can be custom designed to achieve over 1,000 PSI per your specifications.

How well insulated are Sing Core panels?

The R-Value of a Sing Core sandwich core using EPS Foam is 3.5 per inch. For technical specifications on our EPS foam, please visit this page. The R-value of a Sing Core sandwich core using Urethane Foam is 6.5 per inch.

How big can you make Sing Core panels?

A standard sized panel is 4 ft. x 8 ft. We also specialize in custom sizes, which are available in any dimensions, up to 22 ft. by 40 ft. or larger.

Can you join together Sing Core panels?

Yes. One way to join Sing Core panels is with a biscuit. visit this page.

Can I bond other materials to the surface of Sing Core panels?

Yes. Many of our high-end millworks adhere other surface materials to a Sing Sandwich when used as substrate. Standard lightweight plywood surfaces are easily adhered to with regular carpenter glue and cold-pressed. If your intention is to laminate other materials to your Sing Core sandwich core, you should check with us first, to make sure that you are using the proper bonding agents) to achieve the results you desire.

Are your lightweight panels weather resistant?

Our panels are resistant to the degree of its surface material and/or its coating. Sing Core panels can be manufactured to withstand the most extreme weather conditions, and are even used in underwater applications.

Where do you distribute?

We distribute to anywhere in the world, and have delivered panels to Europe and Asia.

What types of material can I laminate to SingCore?

Any substrate (skin) that is capable of carrying a load.

What is a torsion box?
A torsion box is best explained by this article.

( http://woodworking.com/ww/Article/What_is_a_Torsion_Box_8816.aspx )

What is a “board foot”?

12″ x 12″ x 1″ = 1 Board Foot

12″ x 12″ x ½” = ½ Board Foot

12″ x 12″ x 2″ = 2 Board Foot

What does paint grade not paint ready mean?

We deliver your panels as paint grade as opposed to paint ready, due to several instances where our definition of paint ready did NOT meet our customer’s definition of paint ready. Because of these issues, we now leave it up to the customer to get their panels to their preferred finished state.

What if I want 1/4″ MDF?

Instead of 1/4 inch MDF, we use our own plywood-backed MDF which is made by laminating 1/8″ plywood to a 1/8″ sheet of MDF. This still gives you the smooth MDF face to paint, hot press to, or apply other materials, like vinyl wrap(s). You get the same smooth surface with added high performance because MDF is prone to movement. If you have to have 1/4 inch MDF, we will make your panel to your specifications, but we may have to re-engineer the rest of the panel to assure high performance.

How do you ship?

LTL Freight Company – common carrier

Arrange for pickup by your preferred carrier

What wood species are Sing Core products available in?

We build to architectural specifications. So, whatever wood species is specified, we use that, if it is available. If it is unavailable, we contact the client to see if they are working with a wood shop/millwork who has the wood, and they can supply it to us. If the wood is not available via any known sources, then an alternative might be considered. The finisher, on the client’s end, should be able to match (or nearly match) the finish of existing wood on the project using a different species.

This is common with the doors we build because sometimes we are limited to length of species specified, and for large doors exceeding the length of given species, this can be a problem.

Will Sing Core’s spline joints crack?

Because of the stability of the patented Sing Core, spline joints in sectional Sing panels/doors will not crack, unlike traditional solid wood which is not stable enough to be used in this application.

May 27, 2016 No Comments

Center for Architecture & Design – Seattle, Washington

In an effort to reach out the greater worldwide community from its headquarters in Seattle, SingCore has partnered with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle in the design and building of the new 4,500-square-foot Center for Architecture and Design in the National Building located at 1010 Western Avenue in Seattle, Washington.

SingCore is offering matching funds and donations to local AIA chapters to specify patented Sing products in the designs of their local center for architecture.

As a Platinum supporter, we’re excited to be providing CFAD Seattle and AIA Seattle with donations to raise the bar for architecture and design using patented Sing products for doors, walls and furniture for their center for architecture. We are currently in the process of similarly supporting the Austin Center for Architecture in Austin, Texas.

12′ x 10′ x 5″ Custom Pivot Doors

Four 12 ft. x 10 ft. x 5 inch SingCore panels were designed for CFAD Seattle as a jumbo pivot door that splits a conference room into two halfs. Each panel weighs about 500 pounds, which allows the door to move easily as shown below. Each door was installed in less than a half an hour.

huge extreme edge pivot doors in seattle center for architecture design sing core

FAIA Mr. Peterson is a senior architect for Suyama Peterson Deguchi (SPD) responsible for providing the solutions to build the multi-function 4800 sq. ft. space by creating a gallery that could be converted to a conference room within minutes to hold secure meetings within the center itself. It needs a special pivot door when it open it is a large gallery, when those 4 doors closed it become a conference room. All the furniture, work tables, islands and counter tops are quickly and easily assembled on site

About the large pivot door: Mr. Ric was able to accomplish the door solution by teaming up with inventor, Peter Sing, whose lightweight, high strength building material made it all possible without the use of heavy equipment, lifts and cranes. After being invited to join the project, Sing offered to supply not only the doors but almost the rest of all the office furniture, partitions and even part of the dining table/work table and cabinets in the lunge and office areas – all made of patented Sing panels, same core materials to build those 4 large pivot doors.

: Completed Big Pivot Fire Doors

Green building materials are the focus point of every architecture design now-a-days. As the home of the architect and design community for State of Washington, which is the leader in high tech and advanced materials playground for searching the planet for green, earth-friendly products is essential for this new home for all designers and architects.

In the temple of Seattle’s Center for Architecture & Design, the evergreen state sets the standard for promoting the highest standards of preserving our green earth among the Pacific Northwest architectural community while seeking out new ways to approach a more sustainable approach with building products that save energy and add longevity to the overall life of projects around our local communities and the world.

The idea of a local design center is not new, but the Seattle design center is the leading edge of this new technological approach to new office designs; bringing to life the idea of a multi-functional design combining office space, media, meeting and a gallery to promote green design permeating all areas of life and our society.

It all starts with the composer / architect of the project; with Ric Peterson’s design of Suyama Peterson Deguchi, while leading the team of the designer of the total project which includes a varied line up of suppliers, general manufacturers and fabricators to tackle the most challenging job to represent the state’s finest architects and designers. When all is said and done, the resulting space in this center represents the new philosophy and concept of engineering for a better world within the office space that has superior functionality as it is easy to maintain and built with the longest lasting building materials.

The symphony’s composer is Ric Peterson, FAIA of Suyama Peterson Deguchi was charged with the challenge of creating a design center work of art. The score is conducted by general contractor / conductor of the symphony, Krekow Jennings supervising all components while acquiring and arranging the performers (trade professionals such as sub contractors) participating in the creation of the newest chapter in executing the design by using green building materials made locally, produced with less energy and waste used throughout this project. The resulting masterpiece is a modern office, meeting room and gallery in a picturesque downtown location as a perfect showcase for professional trades and an inviting exposure to the general public. The whole job will not happen if without all the support from the donor of their trade skill to help such as painters did all the paint work for the furniture, and Schuchart/Dow craftsmen did all the assembly which basically started from patented Sing Panels, all in flat-pack which is easy and takes up less space for shipping to the job site avoiding damage during transport, and the end result is a new chapter of this ornate symphony of building art; simple, functional and elegant.

These unique large extreme edge pivot doors were manufactured in Washington state using patented Sing Core as the embedded structural core material. those door had added two more layers of material on the job site to create sound deadening and fire retardant features, Even with his lightweight, high strength core material, the wall feels as though it is made of solid stone, when you knock on it. Two of the doors feature a built in man door for simple access when the area is secured as a conference room. Four doors are easily 12 ft. x 10 ft. 2,000 pound pivot doors by the time completed provide the conversion from gallery to conference room quickly and easily.

About the furnishings, desks, tables and partition walls: Office area are also with totally new design approach with new leading edge patented lightweight , high strength eco friendly Sing panels. all those office furniture are assembly on the site by use patented Sing panels all flat pack after paint by painters and hand carry to the designer center, some shelf / table top and partition wall are over 12 ft. in length. Each of the panels are designed to be able to be carried by one person.

The features of the office and lounge areas are simple but elegant in the functional execution of the artist’s design concept. All the furniture features adjustable legs to maintain work surfaces at high precision instrument grade levels. Up to 8 foot clear span work areas are neat and clean while keeping all power and other cords neatly hidden from view by an embedded wire management channel system that is an effective design component within the work areas. Single piece partitions that span up to 12 feet provide privacy and security while standing flawlessly amidst the efficiently accurate space.

Not resorting to raised level work areas provides an effective approach to cleaning and maintenance of the floor space that is both easy and saves time. all the wiring are hidden within the desk top and shelf channels, instead build raise floor as most commercial office space which takes more space and more assembly time and lose more precious space.

Completing the symphonic work, Sing and his patented product “Sing Core” is joining the team of suppliers that is bringing the dream of Seattle’s design symphony to life.

Hearing about this project might cause you to wonder how an entire facility of this magnitude could be quickly and easily assembled out of multiple integrated modular panels. This is the first time such a grandiose project has been built completely of lightweight high strength panels that are not only sound deadening but are resistant to warp, bend or twist, even while covering long spans and featuring natural wood surfaces.

Thanks to Sing’s lightweight material, it took less than 2 hours to unload and install those huge pivot doors (weighing-in at only 500 lbs.) and three craftsmen assembled and installed all the office and lounge components and furniture. Sing Core it the new Eco-friendly building material that has helped to create the strongest most lightweight office furniture ever invented in the world, creating endless possibilities to provide architects, engineers and designers the ability to provide sustainable long-life office furniture and so much more…

The advantage Sing office furniture which furnish almost the entire design center space

1 Easy to clean floors (less table legs shelf supports to interrupt the cleaning process).
2 Easy wiring management (all wires are hidden in the channel between the partition wall and desk top).
3 Some areas designed with clear span of 10 ft. plus (the shelf top and the table top are at same level) providing more working surface and elegant work space.
4 Partition walls are made of a single piece large panel (without joining to separate entire work station, offers more privacy yet simple, elegant and functional).
5 Easy to assemble on the job site (entire office lounge area constructed of Sing Panels (each piece of furniture is flat packed and installed by Schuchart/Dow).

The advantage of pivot door / partition wall

1 Change the conference room to gallery within minutes.
2 Fire proof and sound deadening patented Sing pivoted door.
3 Man door on both sides of the entrance for easy access.
4 The lightweight and strength of Sing pivot doors enabled designers to add 1,500 lbs. of additional material without compromise.

Seattle architects are renowned for their commitment to green building, energy efficiency and innovation. In the next few days, the new Center for Architecture & Design in Seattle will be featuring the newest revolution in green building products in their facility further promoting environmental awareness throughout the Pacific Northwest and the world.

Patented Sing Core^® is delivering 4 large pivot doors, all the office furniture, furnishing the lounge and lunchroom which covers most of the space in the design center.

Example: Sing Core is providing a door panel for a large pivot door measuring 12 ft. x 10 ft. x 3.5 inches thick that weighs a mere 500 lbs. plus the added benefits that come along with using the most Eco-friendly non-warping material ever invented.

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

4 men installed these large pivot doors in less than 2 hours

Four of these high performance pivot doors will swing open by an extreme edge pivot (a challenge solved with Sing Core) to reveal a large, expansive hallway; when closed will create a quiet, cozy conference room. These engineered pivot doors will be fully insulated, fire-rated, sound-deadening and guaranteed non-warp for 50 years.

All the office desks, shelves, partition walls, tables, wall cabinets and other casework are made of Sing Panels. Some tabletop/shelves are one 33 ft. piece in length and designed for easy assembly on the job site.

Sing Core is proud to support the Center for Architecture & Design in Seattle by contributing by donation and promoting sustainability and education in true green design and architectural materials.

Sing Core is proud to be supporting the artistic architectural industry in Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Northwest is a hotbed for leading edge architectural designs and architectural building products. In an effort to reach out the greater worldwide community from its headquarters in Seattle, Sing Core is partnering with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle in the design and building of the new 4,500-square-foot Center for Architecture and Design in the National Building located at 1010 Western Avenue in 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.

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.

: Installing Large Fire Doors

: Easy to install non warp office furniture

: Large extreme edge pivot door with man door access

: Sound deadeining room dividers

: Non warping wood office furniture

May 16, 2016 No Comments

New York Museums, Mansions, High Rise Condos

What do museums, mansions and metropolitan high rise condos have in common?

In the most densely populated cities, like New York City, these structures in particular require the building material specifications that are unique to Sing Core. These locales are the primary shipping destination for the world’s most Eco-friendly lightweight, high-strength building material, where you will find the best doors in New York, even atop the One World Trade Center.

You will find Sing Core deep inside the Rumney Guggenheim Gallery in Brooklyn New York.

Though New York is our number one market, this technology is also applicable and available everywhere from Hong Kong and Tokyo to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

High End Beauty and Performance

Check out this 38.5 million dollar estate which features Sing Core doors throughout the interior and exterior. Eco-friendly, proudly made in the USA and exported throughout the world.

The Most Popular Sing Applications

The lightweight and high strength aspects of Sing Core products are in high demand amongst designers and builders of the most high end real estate, like high rise condos and penthouses, mansions and luxury homes. Luxury real estate, like million dollar homes, depend on the insulated and warp-free attributes of Sing Core to deliver the results expected by the demanding homeowners in their dream homes.

Pivot Door

Pivot doors are of primary importance and Sing Core pivot door substrate is the only pivot door base material that can ensure that pivot doors (especially large pivot doors) can achieve high performance while still remaining lighter in weight than other pivot doors.

No one wants to spend ten to fifty thousand dollars on a large entrance door that is going to warp or fail, requiring constant maintenance, repair or periodic replacement.

Only pivot doors with Sing Core inside can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for fifty years.

Sliding Door

High end large sliding doors are costly and can host expensive or exotic woods. Natural wood is in the highest demand in mansions and luxury homes because of its innate natural beauty. Nothing is more elegant that the beauty of natural wood grain. Likewise, nothing is more problematic.

Natural wood grain warps, bends and twists due to its natural properties. If a sliding door (especially a large sliding door) warps, it can compromise the hardware, surface finish, and the structure itself. Plus a sliding door what warps can be impossible to maintain a good seal for separation between rooms, when used as a sliding room divider, or interior and exterior, for energy savings and protection from the elements.

Only sliding doors with Sing Core inside can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for 50 years.

Museum Walls

New York museums and the best museums in the most predominant cities in the United States depend on Sing Core to provide them with the most Eco-friendly lightweight and high strength warp-free museum wall panels, which can be quickly set up, dismantled, stored, finished, refinished, repaired and reassembled over and over again, without fail.

It is these same attributes that makes Sing modular trade show panels the most high-end solution for discriminating exhibitors at the most exclusive trade show displays in the world.

April 14, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Sing Core Definition of Terms

Acclimatization

Sing Core panels acclimatizing: According to the type of the skin. Aluminum, metal, plastic skin, concrete, and ceramic skin will be delivered in perfectly straight condition without any acclimatizing. Plywood, hardboard, and HPL will take much less time to acclimatize than MDF. The best way to acclimatize is stand panels on edge with 4” or more of equal spacing between each panel.

Eco-friendly

Contrarian Sing Core purports to introduce a new degree of Eco-friendliness in sustainable building materials, not expendable and disposable import products which dominate the present day architectural landscape. Sing Core is ecologically conscious throughout its Made in the USA manufacturing process. The factory expends very little energy, local manpower, to manufacture Sing Core which is built from the smart use of a combination of natural wood resources, insulation and formaldehyde-free adhesives in the non toxic manufacturing process of the sustainable lightweight and high strength building material designed to last for centuries.

Edges

Edges of Sing Panels can have a variety of options. They can be open-faced (no edges) which means the patented Sing core material would be exposed and visible from the edge, between the two surface materials (skins). Edges can be embedded and pre-sealed between the surface skins per specification. Standard edging is 1.25 inches solid wood. Edge-banding is commonly applied by millwork or other finishing agent.

Embedded Chases

Chases or channels for cable, electrical or other services (such as water) can be pre-installed to specifications during the manufacture of your Sing Panels. Contact your Architect or Sing Representative to make certain your embedded chases are manufactured to meet your needs or specifications in advance.

High Strength

Even though extremely light in weight compared to other lightweight honeycomb and/or substrates, patented Sing Core was independently tested for structure strength and rated at 660 PSI (which can achieve higher ratings, if necessary for your specs) making it stronger than steel pound for pound. Other lightweight materials have structure strength of 10 to 110 PSI. This is what gives patented Sing Core its stellar reputation for high strength with little or no deflection over long spans with little substructure.

Insulation

The otherwise left empty voids in traditional torsion box is filled with rigid insulation material which serves as rigid material which shores up the vertical grain torsion box walls imbuing patented Sing Core with its unparalleled structure strength, while adding insulation qualities of climate control (R-value) and sound deadening (STC-rating*) attributes. The insulation used inside the Sing Core torsion box structure grids can be altered to meet architectural specifications and/or performance expectations.

Internal Blocking

Internal blocking or solid implants can be strategically placed inside your Sing Panel or door blanks per your specifications. Please double-check your specs prior to having your Sing Panels or door blanks manufactured.

Large Door

Where Sing Core shines in the door industry is in the ability to provide a lightweight high-strength door blank to door manufacturers and millworks for doors over 7 ft. tall and 3.5 ft. wide that will not warp. Solving not only issues associated with door warp, but also minimizing the weight of large doors without compromising strength. How large can a door be with Sing Core inside? Sing Core can build large door blanks in nearly any size up to 50 ft. tall and/or 50 ft. wide, or more.

Lightweight

The average weight of a Sing panel is 1/2 pound to 2 pounds per square foot. Weight is determined by many factors including torsion box grid size, rigid insulation material and glue used as well as other components of the panel’s composition including patent pending professional warp-free stiffeners, surface materials (sins) and adhesives used in the manufacturing process. Your architect or Sing representative can present you with a projected weight estimate prior to manufacture.

Paint Grade

We deliver your panels as unfinished “paint grade” as opposed to paint ready. Under normal circumstances, Sing panels and door blanks are provided as paint grade to millworks and door manufacturers who prepare the surface area for paint if necessary or required. If you require paint ready Sing panels or door blanks be certain to specify expectations prior to manufacture.

Post and Beam

Post and beam is only represents the depiction of a specific dimensional characteristic of an otherwise normal Sing panel, where its dimensions dictate the proportions and function of it as a post or beam. When used as posts and/or beams, Sing Core offers unique advantages over traditional wood and/or metal posts and beams.

Professional Grade

Professional grade panels can be guaranteed warp-free for 50 years. Composite stiffener technology is integrated with the structural core, which prevents warping and provides a truly flat panel. Professional grade panels provide a 50-year non warp guarantee when used in appropriate applications.

RSIP

A Sing panel is classified as a Reinforced Structural Insulated Panel (RSIP) due to its underlying reinforced torsion box grids which is the heart and soul of patented Sing Core.
Sing Core

Patented Sing Core is the key to the success of Eco-friendly, lightweight, high-strength Sing products. The specifics of the design features small (2 inch to three inch) vertical wood grain torsion box grids where the voids (which would otherwise be left open) are filled wall to wall with rigid insulation material. This core material is sandwiched between two surface skins and may (or may not) be framed with wood or an alternate framing material inside the exterior stress skins.

Sing Panel

A Sing Panel consists of a substrate of patented Sing Core sandwiched between two stress skins of any available flat building material which may or may not feature exposed edges or closed (framed edges).

Size

The dimensions determining the size of any patented Sing product are determined by architectural specifications and include: length or height x width x thickness (in inches). These dimension are necessary for a preliminary price quote.

Skin

Skin refers to the flat building material that acts as the stress skin for completing the reinforced torsion box design. While the core supplies the vertical torsion box walls, the exterior stress skins seal the top and bottom of all interior boxes. Skins can be made of any flat building material including any available species of natural wood, aluminum, concrete, fiberglass/FRP, Kevlar, LVL, MDF, Metal, Steel, etc… These skins are adhered in an Eco-friendly manner using formaldehyde-free glue, cold pressed with very little energy expended and little no toxic fumes or unnecessary waste.

Storage and Protection

Store your Sing Core door in an upright position and allow to acclimate to room temperature following shipment receipt or prior to finishing or installation.

Strength of Sing Core

The strength depends on the thickness of the panel. For instance, if you double the thickness it will be 4 times the strength. The thickness of the skin could make up the extra strength but increasing the thickness to gain strength will result in added weight, which may compromise the end result. The answer is usually a combination of matching the right Sing Core width with the appropriate surface material to achieve the desired results without loss of structural integrity or unnecessary additional weight.

Structure Warranty

The structure warranty that accompanies professional grade or hot press ready grade Sing panels or door blanks warrants your Sing product against structure failure. Also ensures that your Sing products are not disposable, are reusable and can easily be repaired if damaged, often on site without disassembling using regular woodworking skills and tools.

Thickness

When Sing Core representatives reference the thickness of a Sing panel or door blank, it generally includes the thickness of the Sing Core insulated reinforced torsion box core, as well as the thickness of the exterior surface materials (skins) included.

Trade Professional

Sing Core only supplies their patented material to trade professionals, like architects, cabinet makers, millworks and door manufacturers. Sing Core does not offer materials for retail. If you are a home owner who desires to have Sing Core products incorporated in your home, contact your local trade professional (architect, contractor, builder, cabinet maker, manufacturer or door company) for more information. As you know, we do not ship finished materials and only ship to authorized finishing facilities (millworks) who are responsible for finishing your Sing products. These are the people that make us look so good.

Trimmed / Untrimmed

The default condition of Sing products is normally untrimmed. This means your sing products will arrive at your millwork or finisher with unfinished, untrimmed edges and exposed glue may be visible from the edges of the Sing panel or door blank. Alternatively, your Sing panels or door blanks can be trimmed by request, leaving a clean, smooth finish on the edges. Allow ¼ inch for trimming, if requested to be completed prior to shipping from Sing Core. Be certain to specify “trimmed” when ordering your Sing products, as they will have to be build oversized to allow for the ¼ trimming.

True Flat

True flat is what Sing clients have referred to Sing products as. It is not an industry term, but it did become common vernacular in reference to Sing products which outperform any known lightweight, structurally strong product in terms of flatness or lack of deflection under load and among long spans. True flat is considered proprietary nomenclature and does not have a scientific definition or industry-wide classification because nothing compares to Sing Core in terms of Eco-friendly, lightweight and high strength.

Turnaround Time

The standard turnaround time for Sing products is approximately four to eight weeks, so take this into consideration when you are ordering your Sing products. In a hurry? Check with your Sing representative, rush service may be available for an additional fee.

Unfinished

The standard condition for delivery of Sing products is, “Unfinished.” That is to say Sing products are not manufactured to be an end-sale product. Sing Core’s standard method of operation includes wholesaling and shipping Sing products to millworks, cabinet shops, finishers or door manufacturers who complete the process and ready the items for installation or resale. Sing products are not retail-ready and not available directly to consumers.

Warp-Free

Warp-free is the Sing Core promise for the condition of professional Sing panels which are built for specific purposes and high precision expectations. Professional grade Sing products are a concerted effort of the designers , architects and the True Flat team at Sign Core to create a Sing panel or door blank that will endure the environment and circumstances facing the regular use of said panel or door over a 50-year lifespan. A professional Sing panel built to these specifications and used for its prescribed conditions can be delivered wit an accompanied hard copy signed certificate insuring the product to be guaranteed to remain warp-free for 50 years.

Wood Stave

Wood staves (a narrow length of natural wood “stave” with a slightly beveled edge) can be utilized to form the exterior of Sing Core panels or door blanks. These can be used to replace other types of solid wood building materials. Natural wood stave species are subject to availability. Standard wood stave exterior measures 1/8 inch and is available in other thicknesses according to architectural design and specifications.

* Note: STC rating varies according to size, thickness, skin, and other factors. Sing Core does not rate doors, although we are fortunate enough to have one of the best sound testing labs in the world, here in the Pacific Northwest. If you require a specific STC rating, Sing Core can build a door to your architectural specifications and have the resulting door tested at our rating facility for an official rating.

April 11, 2016 No Comments

Consumer Reports Pivot Door Consumer Report

In side-by-side comparisons different types of pivot doors are rated according to their performance in many categories including energy efficiency, installation, safety and available materials.

The most popular pivot doors are made of Sing Core, fiberglass (FRP), steel, aluminum and wood (solid and/or composite).

	Sing Core	Fiberglass	Steel	Aluminum	Wood	Stile & Rail	Glass
Energy Efficiency	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Ease of Install	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Safety	✓	✓	x	x	✓	x	x
Surface Material	✓	x	x	x	✓	x	x
Oversize	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Affordable	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x	x
Glass Options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x
Maintenance	✓	x	✓	✓	x	x	x
Lightweight	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Warp-free	✓	x	✓	✓	x	x	✓
Insulation	✓	✓	✓	x	x	x	x
Sound Deadening	✓	x	x	x	✓	x	x
Eco-friendly	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Thickness Available	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Fast Turnaround	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x

Energy Efficiency: Sing Core’s built-in torsion box structure is more dimensionally stable than a standard stick-framed structure and they are pre-insulated for energy efficiency.

Ease of Install: Quick and easy installation. No heavy equipment or high-skilled labor necessary. Assembles fast with ease and seamless installation in a snap.

Safety: When compared to other materials Sing Core weighs much less, as much as 50% less, or more. Which means fewer injuries on the job site and at home. Safety, security and the lightweight means your children are less likely to suffer injury from door pinching.

Surface Material: Available in many different exteriors including (but not limited to) aluminum, cement board, cold roll steel, concrete, ceramic tile, fiber glass, galvanize metal, glass, MDF, metal, plastic, plywood, solid wood, stainless steel, etc…

Size: And when it comes to big pivot doors over 5-0 by 8-0, our custom oversize pivot doors continue to deliver the best results enjoyed by the top millworks and door companies in the world service the most demanding high-end users.

Affordable: Until now, pivot doors have generally been too expensive for the average homeowner to consider, but one pivot door core material is changing all that. Sing Core manufactures an Eco-friendly pivot door core material used by the most high-end architects, designers, door manufacturers, millworks and contractors for building the best pivot doors in the world.

Glass Options: Sing pivot door is basically a Sing Panel (that can be any size) custom cut for your window lights (without compromising the strength) to achieve your desired results, and can even be used to duplicate the exact appearance of any other door (and have been used in antique restorations).

Maintenance: Large doors are heavy, requiring heavy duty hardware and cause extra stress on the frame and structure. Warped doors are a common occurrence associated with large doors. This can be annoying for the end user due to the constant maintenance calls required for dealing with the warping door (though it is good for the door service business).

Lightweight: No more heavy sliding doors or pivot doors weighing in at 1,000 lbs. or more. Now you can make a pivot door – even floor to ceiling oversized large pivot door – that can be less than 20% the weight of a traditional pivot door (as little as 4 lbs. per sq. ft.) which means longer maintenance-free performance and less expensive hardware (and less door and hardware repair).

Non-warp: Say, “Goodbye,” to your warped door. Only patented Sing Core enables door manufacturers to create doors that are true flat (far exceeding AWI standards for flatness) and are guaranteed to stay flat – not warp, bend, twist or cup – for a full fifty years.

Insulation: Your Sing pivot door is pre-insulated using pre-built torsion box panels (aka Reinforced Structural Insulated Panel RSIP) and never worry about damage, compromise or loss due to mold or mildew. Insulation value R3.5 to R6.5 per inch (or more according to architectural specifications).

Sound Deadening: Standard Sing pivot doors are equivalent to STC 13-to-30 depending on the materials selected by the client.

Eco-friendly: The structure of Sing Core is 100% natural and renewable vertical grain wood fiber. There simply is no other core material that is more natural or renewable than Sing Core’s structural material. The material is manufactured in the USA with less energy and less waste than other materials.

Thickness available: Sing pivot doors are available in any thickness up to 8 inches, or more depending on architectural specifications.

Easy to machine: Sing Core is easy to work with in the shop or on-site for sawing, sanding, adding solid wood implants, gluing, cutting and fastening.

Fast turnaround: In you’re in a rush, only Sing Core can be custom made within 48 hours and is proudly manufactured for you in the USA.

Fiberglass pivot doors

The good news: Inexpensive, weather resistant, usually insulated, can look like real wood, do not dent or rust.

The Bad news: Not impact resistant, can crack over time. Limited to 5 ft. wide & 8 ft. tall size

Steel pivot doors

The good news: Inexpensive, more security, weather resistant, low maintenance, paintable and energy efficient.

The Bad news: Weather resistance breaks down over time (cold and heat can move around or through the door slab), hard to fix if dented or damaged, may deteriorate rapidly or rust if not properly maintained and you can’t stain steel doors. Limited to 5 ft. wide & 8 ft. tall size

Aluminum pivot doors

The good news: Resistant against corrosion, distortion and other harmful effects of the environment.

The Bad news: Aluminum won’t rust, but it does pit and the powder coat finish can be damaged. No insulation. Limited to 5 ft. wide & 8 ft. tall size

Wood pivot doors

The good news: Best at resisting wear and tear, least likely to dent. Scratches can easily be repaired.

The Bad news: Expensive, require regular maintenance or varnishing to maintain appearance. Shorter warranties than other types of front doors. Limited to 5 ft. wide & 8 ft. tall size

Sing pivot doors

The good news: Available in any size, any style, any flat surface material. Sing Pivot Doors can be full structure guaranteed including non-warp for 50 years.

The Bad news: Your pivot door core may not be Sing Core.