Compact Laminate and HPL Honeycomb Panel, Which One is Better?
Can you distinguish compact lamiante from HPL honeycomb in the picture above?
Jialifu provides compact laminate and HPL honeycomb panel for toilet cubicle. These two materials are two of the most popular among our customers. From pictures, you may have got a impression roughly. But what exactly the difference between them? Which one should you choose for your facility? Here are some tips for you.
Different from natural materials such as wood and metal, compact laminate and HPL honeycomb are completely artificial materials.
Comapct Laminate
Compact laminate, also known as phenolic, solid phenolic and high-pressure laminate board. It is made by several kraft paper malemine resined and decorate paper cover in a high pressure of 1450 psi and high temperature of 150℃. While kraft paper is always regarded as the strongest paper in the world, The compact laminate made by kraft paper is also tough and ready for any situation.
A standard compact laminate panel is usually black core with no edge banding (compact laminate some times get a appearance of colorful core which make the compact laminate looks more fashion but several times expensive as well, Jialifu don't provide this kind of panel). In fact, compact laminate doesn't need edge banding, born in high pressure and high temperature, compact laminate panel suit well in wet and heat environments with a high density at about 18kg/m3. So, it is also very heavy and hard to be recycled.
HPL Honeycomb
HPL honeycombpanel, gets a HPL cover and aluminum alloy honeycomb core. The HPL cover is usually in 2.5mm as Jialifu provides and also banded with aluminum alloy. For years, the honeycomb structure had proved itself a stable, light and strong structure.The HPL cover make the panel water-proof and fire-proof. Compared to compact laminate board, HPL honeycomb board comes to be lighter, but more expensive at the same time. Different from compact laminate, HPL honeycomb mainly made by aluminum alloy, most of them are recyclable.
With a wide thickness range from 12mm to 25mm, compact laminate toilet cubicle is widely used in school, hospital and hotel, which have proved that compact laminate is a economical and practical material. With a good care, compact laminate toilet cubicle can serve you for 20 years.
HPL honeycomb toilet cubicle takes you much but also provides a longer service time and better experience. The special structure and alloy banding making deformation almost impossible. With a normal use, HPL honeycomb toilet cubicle can serve you for 25 years at least. Compared to compact laminate, HPL honeycomb can be considered as a more advanced material, high grade resorts, hotels, commercial center and office buildings choose HPL honeycomb the most.
How we deal with the HPL material left? All of them will be sent to the industrial incinerator to be burned.
These are the differences between compact laminate and HPL honeycomb, hope it would help you.
If you get any problems about compact laminate and HPL honeycomb, or you need a quotation of our product, be free to contact us at sales@cntoiletcubicle.com.
