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

October 21, 2013 No Comments

Fiberglass FRP

Large Panel Flat Fiberglass Sliding Door

Sing Core is the revolutionary fiberglass (FRP) substrate that supersedes all other fiberglass reinforcement while being lightweight, stronger than steel and eco-friendly.

Working hand-in-hand with architects, designers, contractors and end-users, Sing Core FRP substrate helps to solve the structural challenges often associated with fiberglass-work, while maintaining the highest levels of structural integrity and minimizing construction and maintenance costs.

frp-fiberglass-panels

Applications include:

Aircraft
Bathrooms
Casts
Cladding
Displays
Doors
Equipment enclosures
Hot tubs
Marine
Pivot doors
Roof systems
Trade show tables
Water tanks
Walls
Weatherproofing

For more information see Sing FRP & Plastic

Ceramic

Sing Core is the revolutionary ceramic laminate substrate that supersedes all other ceramic reinforcement while being lightweight, stronger than steel and eco-friendly.

Working hand-in-hand with architects, designers, contractors and end-users, Sing Core ceramic substrate helps to solve the structural challenges often associated with ceramic-work including remaining true-flat, while maintaining the highest levels of structural integrity and minimizing construction and maintenance costs.

Applications include:

Bathrooms
Ceramic tile floors
Commercial kitchens
Countertops
Doors
Floors
Laboratories
Marine
Pivot doors
Refrigeration floors
Saunas
Stair treads
Tables
Wall art
Walls

Our Sing composite ceramic skinned panels are ideal for use as fireproof doors. With the Sing Honeycomb as a substrate it will reduce the impact which is the major cause of cracking on ceramics. See our YouTube channel to see the unbreakable mirror video by Sing Honeycomb. This is the same principle that will keep ceramic panels strong.

Other Sing composite panel solutions can be found as other building materials.

October 20, 2013 No Comments

Concrete

Sing Core is the revolutionary concrete substrate that supersedes all other concrete reinforcement while being lightweight, stronger than steel and eco-friendly.

Working hand-in-hand with architects, designers, contractors and end-users, Sing Core concrete substrate helps to solve the structural challenges often associated with concrete-work, while maintaining the highest levels of structural integrity and minimizing construction and maintenance costs.

Applications include:

Blocks
Doors
Fence
Floor substrate
Footings
Foundations
Parking/garage
Lofts
Marine
Pivot doors
Posts
Tile floors
Refrigeration floors
Roof systems
Art & sculptures
Stairs
Structures
Walls

Other Sing Core concrete solutions include cement board applications.

October 19, 2013 Ian Sage No Comments

Hurricane Door

Applications -> Building Components -> Doors -> Hurricane Door

The Sing Core Hurricane Door is the best extreme weather condition door designed to be hurricane-proof without compromising the beauty and elegance of a solid hardwood door.

The secret of the Hurricane Door is in the utter strength of this special door. Certainly there are other hurricane-resistant doors, but their strength comes at a high price: Heavy weight. Sing Core Hurricane Doors are lightweight, yet stronger than steel pound for pound.

Simple Elegance

Steel hurricane doors are extremely heavy, and frankly unattractive. The beauty of the Sing Core Hurricane Door is also incorporated in the overall design of the door. The French door design is sleek styling that is inviting as well as attractive in appearance.

There are unique interior and exterior views of the door. The Sing Core Hurricane Door’s exterior surface is weatherproof fiberglass (FRP) and the interior hosts the natural solid hardwood surface of your choice.

Superior Strength

Breaking down the Sing Core Hurricane Door design, we begin with a core of patented Sing Core material, endowing the door with both lightweight, super-strength and anti-warp attributes. The core is then sandwiched between two wood skins.

The exterior surface is covered in weatherproof fiberglass (FRP) and the interior surface made of a beautiful, natural hardwood in your choice of Maple, Cherry, Oak, VG Fir or Walnut.

Your Sing Core Hurricane Door is avalable in the following Hardwood Species:


MAPLE	CHERRY	OAK	VG FIR	WALNUT

Other hardwood species or interior surfaces are available upon request.

Completely Customizable

Your Sing Core Hurricane Door can be modified to your specifications. The interior surface of your extreme weatherproof door can host nearly any material. Some of our more popular variations include aluminum, steel, plastic, fiberglass and concrete, amongst other special requests.

Any Size Door

The Sing Core Hurricane Door is available in any traditional size, and we manufacture hurricane doors up to 50 feet.

Hurricane Rating

Customer will need to perform lab tests to certify hurricane rating for local code compliance.

September 7, 2013 No Comments

Lightweight High Strength Eco Friendly Metal Pivot Doors

When professionals seek out extraordinary, unique and/or oversized modern steel doors the most conscientious purveyors settle on a Sing Core metal pivot door.

While exquisitely masterful in their design, modern metal pivot doors present many challenges. The first challenge to overcome is that of excess weight. Due to the size of the door – if it is constructed simply of metal – the door is just not practical due to its excessive weight.

What you want is an

Extraordinary metal pivot door with a unique, bold and striking appearance

(see samples of contemporary metal pivot door finishes to the right…)

That has these characteristics:

Lightweight
High strength
Eco-friendly
Affordable

To combat this challenge door manufacturers seek out composite materials to incorporate into the design of the metal pivot door to deal with the heaviness of the door that causes a strain on the structural integrity of the frame, the hardware and project overall.

Solid steel pivot doors, while impressive, are just not practical, yet engineers have found ways to circumvent the obstacles in an effort to retain the appearance of being a solid steel pivot door.

The next challenge to overcome is that of strength. By compromising the metal pivot door’s integrity by not being constructed of solid metal, other cores are considered to reduce the weight of the metal pivot door.

Normal alterations include, using a lesser-strength metal core. Using a metal tube substrate or honeycomb core will match the structure of the metal door, but compromises the overall strength, while resulting in a metal pivot door that is still extremely overweight.

Engineers in search of a more lightweight solution, then consider composite materials to fill the core of your metal pivot door. These include natural solutions, like wood, or manufactured solutions, like foam. While wood products are an option, if solid, are still too heavy to result in a lighter weight solution, and still cannot compare to the strength of a solid steel door. And though foam is lightweight, it simply has no structural integrity and fails the test of strength altogether. Also, over time, these core components tend to lose their integrity, and rarely (if ever) produce an end product that is true flat.

Another consideration is that of excessive energy and harm to the environment expended in the creation of your metal pivot door. The process of creating a metal pivot door with metal interior components requires a lot of wasted energy consumption and highly-skilled laborers (welders) that not only makes the door non-eco-friendly, but results in a very expensive end product.

Sing Core can host any metal material, like stainless steel, iron, copper or aluminum and is the solution for all these considerations, providing the designer, contractor and end-user with all these benefits, and more…

Sing Core, when used as the substrate of your metal pivot door will not compromise the exterior metal beauty and magnificence of your door, which is the primary concern of this exciting, bold design choice.

LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH-STRENGTH & TRUE FLAT

Sing Core is extremely lightweight, yet stronger than steel over any given spans and is the primary reason why it is selected over other types of composite core materials by high-end users; solving both the challenges of lightweight and high strength. It also creates a surface that is true flat, and retains its flatness over time. Every Sing Core metal pivot door comes with a 10 year warranty.

ECO-FRIENDLY, MADE IN THE USA

Sing Core is also eco-friendly. As Sing Core is manufactured, the process uses very little energy, utilizes renewable materials and produces little or no waste. Sing Core is also proudly manufactured in the USA.

INEXPENSIVE

Sing Core is economical to use. Using less-skilled labor to create Sing Core makes it an affordable option. Not to mention the reduction in costs of hardware and installation.

Don’t we all want a beautiful metal pivot door that is a bold design feature revered in modern architectural circles?

Shouldn’t yours be lightweight, have high strength and be earth-friendly?

Certainly, we would expect to pay more for this technology, but Sing Core is so affordable, think of what more good you could do for the world by saving costs of production and installation, let alone your bottom line.

Sing Core’s lightweight, high strength, eco-friendly metal pivot doors are the unequivocal answer for the discriminating modern pivot door designers today.

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August 22, 2013 No Comments

Structural Improvement

1-2 Sing Core vs. Other Cores

Compared to other material Sing Core is possibly the most significant Eco-friendly, renewable structural advancement in the last century increasing the strength and reducing the weight of any solid structural material.

When compared to solid material, Sing Core:

uses less solid material
environmentally sound
structurally stronger
lasts longer
less expensive than most solid material
easier to work with

The conclusions in the following chart are based on our independent analysis. If you do not agree with any comparison results, please let us know. If you agree that these conclusions are accurate, please share this with your friends to help us build a better, more sustainable world.

Sing Core Comparisons Based on 2″ x 2″ Grids

	Sing Core	Foam	Aluminum	Balsawood	Nomex	Plastic	Cardboard
Insulation	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Sound Deadening	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Lightweight	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Strength	✓	x	✓	✓	✓	x	x
Solid	✓	✓	x	✓	x	x	x
Eco-friendly	✓	x	x	✓	x	x	✓
Renewable	✓	x	x	✓	x	x	✓
Oversize	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Dimensionally Stable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Affordable	✓	x	x	x	x	x	✓
Waterproof Upgrade?	✓	✓	✓	x	✓	✓	x
Fire Retardant Upgrade?	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	x	✓
Bullet-proof Upgrade	✓	✓	x	x	x	x	x
Thickness Available	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Skin Options	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Easy to Machine	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x
Fast Turnaround	✓	x	x	x	x	x	x

Insulation: Sing Core has built-in insulation value with an R3 to R6.5 rating per inch, depending on client’s needs/specifications.

Sound deadening: Sing Core’s filler material has natural sound-deadening properties. Other sound-deadening options are available at customer request.

Light weight: When compared to other materials Sing Core weighs much less, as much as 50% less, or more, as little as 4 lbs. per sq. ft. yet eco-friendly. This advanced technology used in the aviation industry is now available for use in your home.

Strength: Sing Core based on 2″ x 2″ grids and 3/4″ thick = 660 PSI. For instance, aluminum 3/8″ grids = 30+ PSI (smaller grids should be more strength). Sing Core’s superior strength comes from its advanced torsion box design.

Solid: Sing Core is solid like a rock. While the vertical wood grain torsion box core may be compared to other hollow honeycomb cores, the Sing Core voids are not hollow as they are bonded wall-to-wall and filled with recycled foam for a strong, solid substrate.

Eco-friendly: Sing Core is manufactured using natural wood fibers, no formaldehyde, or toxic chemicals, is created using less energy than any other core material with little or no waste.

Renewable: The structure of Sing Core is 100% renewable (nature-grown) clean fiber and/or recycled material.

Oversize: Sing Core excels in area of large oversize products due to its unique properties and can be up to 50 foot length.

Dimensionally stable: Sing Core is the most dimensionally stable building material allowing us to create large, oversize products (i.e., doors, up to 50 ft.) that are true flat exceeding AWI standards and can be guaranteed to be true flat. Large oversize panels can be truly dimensionally stable without any movement due to temperature and moisture change.

Affordable: Even though Sing Core technology is used in high-end applications, we make it affordable for broad use in a large number of applications. Sing Core performance is comparable to any high-end core but could be as little cost as low-end wood product core.

Waterproof upgrade: Sing Core is available in waterproof upgrade, to accommodate your specific water resistant requirements.

Fire retardant upgrade: When used in fire retardant applications, the Sing Core fire retardant door is the lightweight, super-strong, eco-friendly alternative.

Bullet-proof upgrade: In high-security end products, most cores used in bullet-proof applications are heavy in weight, causing strain on the infrastructure, unlike Sing Core.

Thickness available: Sing Core is readily available in many thicknesses, up to 6 inches in standard thickness, with custom thicknesses available.

Skin options: 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…

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 24 hours and is proudly manufactured for you in the USA.

Even though Sing Core is less expensive than most solid material, the end result is more structurally sound, lightweight, will not compromise over time and reduces the amount of man-hours and equipment to install.

Sing Core is a honeycomb sandwich panel composite material with built in structural grids. Sing Core could have the exterior surface skin of any material including, but not limited to wood (seen in photo), metal, plastic, glass, Kevlar, even concrete and cement. The strength of our design is due to the structural grids made of naturally abundant, renewable, vertical grain veneer wood fiber. Sing Core is constructed in a fashion similar to torsion box technology most commonly found in the aeronautics and space exploration industries.

This technology is what allows our panels remain strong, lightweight, and flat without denting, cracking, and warping. See a comparison here. Inventor Peter Sing uses this torsion box technology, along with wood fiber and foam to create patented Sing honeycomb core: the incredibly strong, true flat, lightweight, renewable composite material of the future. Check out our products section to see a few different applications.

Engineering Myth-busters

Heavy is not equivalent to strong
Lightweight is not equivalent to weak
Expensive material does not ensure high function
Solid material is overused and not ecologically responsible

Most construction is a waste of materials, natural resources and has a negative impact on our planet. Solid materials are overused in an attempt to increase the strength or lifespan of the project. This excess of materials and resources is not necessary… and can be likened to killing a fly with a machine gun.

It may be hard to believe, at first, but for the first time in our history, a truly responsible structural alternative can be found in Sing Core technology. Many of our clients were skeptical when they queried us about our lightweight and strong solutions to their design challenges.

That is why Sing Core is the secret ingredient found in the homes, offices, estates and showrooms of royalty, political and religious high-end environments. Once you try the Sing Core alternative, you will never go back to traditional building materials in some cases.

Traditional honeycomb panels have come to the rescue addressing the lightweight needs of industry. Sing Core is compatible to (if not well out-performing) most honeycomb technology in terms of weight, but no other honeycomb core can compare to Sing Core in terms of strength. None.

Before today, you did not know about Sing Core’s environmentally responsible solutions to function and sustainability. Now that you do, what will you do with that knowledge?

Take the Sing Core challenge.

August 12, 2013 No Comments

Sing Panel Q & A

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1) Are Sing Panels like other honeycomb core panels?

· Only in appearance. Other honeycomb panels do have a grid system, but generally the grids are left empty.

· Sing Panels feature vertical wood grain torsion box to form the grids. The voids are bonded and filled wall-to-wall with resilient recycled foam (a variety of foams are available to meet your specifications).

· Only Sing Panels are solid as a rock. (Warning: Do not kick a door made with a Sing Panel, you will break your leg before you break the door.)

2) What is the R-value of the Sing Panels?

· The R-Value of Sing Panels using EPS Foam is 3.5 per inch. The R-value of Sing Panels using Urethane Foam is 6.5 per inch.

3) How strong are Sing Panels?

· Very strong. In fact, they are the strongest affordable lightweight building material.

· 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.

4) Do Sing Panels have solid wood edges?

· Yes. Sing Panels feature solid wood (or other solid material) edges. If solid edges are not necessary, consider Sing Sandwich panels.

· The wood edge is visible between the exterior surfaces (or “skins”) on the edges. Edge-banding is available at extra charge.

5) What surface materials are available for Sing Panels?

· Our standard surface material is Luan (lightweight plywood).

· Sing Panels are available in basically any flat exterior building material and is limited only due to availability.

6) What thicknesses are available?

· Standard thickness of Sing Panels are 3/4 inch to 8 inches thick.

· Custom thicknesses are available to meet your required specifications, up to 12 inches and beyond.

7) How big can you make Sing Panels?

· Standard sized Sing Panels are 4 ft. x 8 ft..

· They are available in any dimensions, up to 22 ft. by 40 ft. or larger.

· Note: When ordering oversized Sing Panels be certain to confirm that the panels that you order will meet your performance specifications.

8) Are Sing Panels weather resistant?

· Sing Panels are lightweight, high strength and weather resistant only to the degree of the surface material.

· Sing Panels can be manufactured to withstand the most extreme weather conditions, and are even used in underwater applications (consult with Sing sales staff prior to ordering waterproof Sing Panels).

9) Can Sing Panels resist the heat of powder coating?

· Yes. Sing Panels can be designed and manufactured to withstand the heat of powder coating.

10) Can I bond other materials to the surface of Sing Panels?

· Yes. Many of our high-end millworks adhere other surface materials to Sing Panels when used as substrate.

· Standard Luan (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 Panels, you should check with us first, to make sure that you are using the proper bonding agents) to achieve the results you desire..

11) Can I use Sing Panels to make furniture?

· Yes. In fact many leading edge furniture manufacturers are joining the Sing Panel revolution. See: Sing Furniture.

12) Can I hot press Sing Panel?

· Yes. We just finished up a 40 run of hot-press veneer for one job. Tip: When using a wood veneer, some warping could occur. Our expert staff encourages adding a thin later of aluminum between the core and the skin.

Sing Core mission statement: To make life easier, Sing Panels are simple to build with, simple to use and are built to last and this makes them beautiful, so Simple is Beautiful.

August 8, 2013 No Comments

Transportation

Stronger than Steel, Lighter than Steel.

Your door doesn’t have to be steel to be strong. SINGCORE Metal Composite Panels are stronger and lighter than solid steel panels. SINGCORE Aluminum and Steel Honeycomb Panels are also stronger and lighter than overhead steel garage doors, which can be dented by something as small as a golf ball. Sing offers pricing competitive with steel panels of any type.

The torsion box core holds the Sing Metal Panel flat so that it will not warp and sag. A 16lb steel hammer will easily dent a steel or vinyl door, but not a Sing Metal Panel. Because Sing panels are efficient to produce, they are more affordable than solid steel panels.

Advantages:

Eco friendly – Sing Core uses more renewable materials than any other type of composite panel. Sing Core also last many times longer than most of its competitors. It takes very little energy to produce Sing Core panels with our recycled and renewable structure material.

High Strength – Sing Core is much stronger than paper honeycomb ,aluminum honeycomb, and plastic honeycomb. A 2 in x 2 in piece of Sing Core was tested by the University of Washington and reached 660 PSI. The core grid is more than 10 times the strength of aluminum honeycomb with the same size of grids.

Lightweight – As light as 4 lbs per cubic foot.

True Flat – Sing Core aluminum will stay straight even the drastic swing by temperature and moisture change.

Fully Insulated – With EPS or urethane foam (R3.5-6.5 per inch).

Sound Deadening â€“ Sing Core panels feel like solid wood panels, they do not sound hollow like other types of honeycomb core.

Transportation – Ships, railcars, semitrailers, truck bodies, aircraft, luxury yachts

Fast Delivery – Any thickness and almost any length, less than 5 ft wide, can be made with in 48 hours if it is rush order.

Build the best

You can make the best lightweight concession trailers, food carts, coffee kiosks and espresso stands without the extra weight but with the durability. Click here to learn more.

Truck Roll-up Doors

We love seeing Sing products on the highways and byways across the United States and abroad. Think about Sing Core, the next time you upgrade your truck fleet’s roll-up doors, and make sure they have Sing Core inside.

RV Slide Outs

Insulated, lightweight, stronger than steel pound for pound, designed to last for years without fail and eco-friendly the patented SingCore is perfect for RVs. To learn more click here

How to Buy

SINGCORE Metal Composite Panels are easy to order. You may choose from our stock panels or order custom sized panels. Our price is based on the length, width, thickness, and quantity. Submit a Work Order by fax or email, and we will give you a quote within one business day. If you have a tight budget, give us a call, we might have an alternative solution tailored to your needs.

Choose Sing for all your Door Panels! When using Sing Panels, you design your own door by adding the trim, paint, and hardware. Sing Door Panels are great for millwork shops and door builders. Great pricing is available to distributors and retailers.

**Wholesale prices available to licensed dealers/installers.

Aerospace
Boating
Decking
Marine
Rail cars
RV panels
Sidewalls
Temperature-controlled environments
Truck/trailer doors

July 23, 2013 No Comments

SingCore the Secret Empowering Your Imagination

If you can imagine it, Sing Core can help your dreams come to life.

In the world of architecture and design, many creative and artistic people come up with beautiful designs that are difficult to transform into reality due to structural or design details that keep the project from being seen through to fruition.

Sing Core can help you overcome some of these obstacles.

LIFGHTWEIGHT

For instance, if your requires lightweight components to make it manageable, Sing Core is an obvious choice over existing products that may have the strength required, but lack the ability to be lightweight, as weight is commonly the trade off for strength.

SUPERIOR STRENGTH

The structural advantages of some materials, like stainless steel are well known but the cost to your project is in the added weight. In this circumstance stainless steel can have a Sing Core interior, giving you the advantage of increased strength over long spans, while being extremely lightweight.

The lightweight structural integrity of titanium is also understood, though when combined with sing core, the end product is not only more lightweight but is also stronger that titanium alone.

ECO-FRIENDLY

The process of manufacturing and using Sing Core in your projects help promote sustainability and green living for our planet. Sing Core is manufactured with less energy, in less time, with less heavy equipment, waste and fewer man-hours. Sing Core is manufactured out of reclaimed natural resources and recycled material, and is completely recyclable.

LONGEVITY

Sing Core is also designed to last for lifetimes, unlike popular building components that breakdown over s=time resulting in products that need to be fixed, repaired or replaced.

MADE IN THE USA

Sing Core is the superior building material that is 100% manufactured in the USA.

PATENTED TECHNOLOGY

Sing Core is protected by patent, and is also one of the few (if not the only) American Made building material that is exported to other countries to solve their challenges in design and buildings.

Let Sing Core help your creations com to life.

Contact Sing Core today and we will help you get from here to there.