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Panel materials

When classic wood reaches its limits, RAKU^® TOOL panel materials offer woodworking an attractive alternative.

The panels are “Made in Germany” at RAMPF’s Grafenberg site. The RAKU^® TOOL portfolio offers a vast selection of properties for numerous applications in the woodworking industry.

Polyurethane (PUR) is the basis of our panel materials. This highly versatile polymer enables us to develop products with a great variety of properties and to manufacture these with a uniform, high quality.

Applications

Bathroom and wet areas
Outdoor: garden, decking, fences, and privacy screens
Buildings, facades, and cornices
Window and door construction
Interior work, wall and ceiling cladding
Handrails, sectional strips, end strips, skirting boards
Furniture
Design objects
Yachts and shipbuilding
Interior fittings for railway and aviation
Caravans, campers, and motorhomes

Advantages

100 % moisture resistant
No swelling, rotting, warping
No splinters or cracks
Resistant to fungal and insect attack
Flame retardant (fire protection classification C-s2, d0.13501-1)
Very easy to process manually and by machine, also with conventional wood-working tools
Various surface finishes: very good paintability, applying of precious wood or laminate veneers, imprinting, and foiling
Easy to insert screws and nails: threads and fittings can be inserted directly
Thermoformable; significant material savings for curved geometries
Large selection of material properties such as density (volumetric weight), hardness, mechanical properties
Consistent high quality with outstanding mechanical stability
Quick availability, no tree is felled

RAKU^® TOOL Panel Materials

The universally applicable panel materials are suitable for indoor and outdoor use and start with a light weight of only 80kg / m³. As the weight of the panel material increases, so do the mechanical properties.

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