Honeycomb Core Wood Panels Archives

Types of Core Materials, Skins & Frames

Posted on December 4, 2024January 6, 2025 by Kunjal Patil

Choosing the Right Materials for Lightweight Panels: Strength, Durability, and Versatility

When it comes to Lightweight Panels, selecting the right materials is essential for achieving the ideal balance of strength, durability, and flexibility. Whether you’re designing for commercial, residential, or specialized applications, Think Lightweight offers a range of core, skin, and frame materials tailored to meet the unique requirements of each project. In this blog post, we’ll explore the different materials available for our Lightweight Panels and how they can benefit your next design.

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Lightweight Panels for Retail Projects and Environments

Posted on November 20, 2024January 6, 2025 by Think Lightweight

Revitalize Your Client’s Retail Space with Custom Panel Solutions Crafted to Meet Your Unique Needs

Retail environments demand a unique blend of aesthetics, functionality, and adaptability. Think Lightweight custom panel solutions are crafted to transform retail spaces, enhancing visual appeal. Our Lightweight Panels constructed using hollow-core technology provides a modern, durable alternative to traditional materials, ideal for custom displays, point-of-sale fixtures, and merchandising systems.

In today’s fast-paced retail world, ease of installation and the ability to modify layouts quickly are essential. Think Lightweight Panels offer the perfect solution. Our Wood Panels, made with revolutionary hollow-core technology, reduce weight by up to 80% compared to particleboard, plywood, and MDF. This lighter structure not only cuts installation time and costs but also reduces the environmental impact through less material usage and transportation energy.

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Lightweight Panels for Doors: The Future of Door Design

Posted on November 4, 2024November 5, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

When it comes to crafting doors, whether commercial doors, architectural doors, or sliding doors, Think Lightweight Hollow Core Wood Panels offer cutting-edge solutions that are reshaping the industry. Our Lightweight Panels are designed to significantly reduce weight without sacrificing strength or durability, making them an ideal choice for a wide range of door applications.

Revolutionizing Commercial Door & Sliding Door Design with Lightweight Panels

At Think Lightweight, we specialize in innovative door panel solutions that redefine traditional door construction. Our Wood Panels make doors and sliding doors easier to handle, transport, and install, streamlining the entire process from start to finish.

Customizable to Meet Your Needs

Our Lightweight Panels can be tailored to your specific project requirements. With customizable size, thickness, and finish options, you’re able to create doors that perfectly fit your design vision. The internal structural blocking in our wood panels ensures that they are compatible with a variety of hardware, accommodating sliding mechanisms, handles, locks, and more.

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Lightweight Wood Panel Manufacturer

Posted on October 15, 2024October 28, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

For over 40 years, Think Lightweight has been a trusted partner in Lightweight Wood Panel manufacturing, serving diverse industries such as healthcare, office, tradeshow, retail, hospitality, education, and architectural projects. Our extensive expertise and innovative approach to lightweight engineering enable us to transform traditional solid wood applications into advanced, lightweight solutions that are adaptable and stronger than conventional materials.

Sustainable, High-Performance Panel Solutions

At Think Lightweight, sustainability is at the core of our manufacturing process. We pride ourselves on using materials that would otherwise be discarded and sent to landfills. Our Lightweight Wood Panels not only take less energy to produce but also require less fuel for transportation, helping reduce our environmental footprint while maximizing performance.

Our Hollow Core Panels offer superior strength-to-weight ratios, making them ideal for a wide range of applications. By using fewer materials without compromising on durability, we’re able to provide efficient solutions for industries seeking both sustainability and performance.

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Key Applications for Lightweight Composite Panels

Posted on September 16, 2024September 23, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

Our Lightweight Composite Panels are an ideal solution for a variety of industries, thanks to their adaptable nature. By customizing the panel facings and cores, they can be tailored to meet specific requirements, ensuring maximum performance across different applications. When planning your next project, it’s essential to understand the various options available to leverage their benefits effectively.

Key Applications of Lightweight Composite Panels

Our Lightweight Composite Panels are celebrated for their low weight and high strength, making them suitable for a wide range of uses. Here are some of the primary applications:

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Laminated Panels: Specialists in High-Volume Commercial Lamination

Posted on July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

At Think Lightweight, our journey began in 1984 with a singular laminating press. Today, we are one of the leading laminate panel and component manufacturers in the USA and Canada, renowned for our commitment to performance with purpose. Our multiple lamination lines and processes ensure the swift delivery of an extensive range of panel specifications, meeting the diverse needs of our clientele.

High-Pressure Laminate (HPL)

High Pressure Laminate (HPL) stands as the cornerstone of our offerings, boasting both aesthetic allure and robust durability. Engineered to endure the rigours of daily use without compromising on visual charm, HPL emerges as the premier choice for surfaces subjected to heavy foot traffic.

Ideal for environments spanning retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education sectors, HPL variants feature notable attributes such as chemical resistance and wear resilience. Moreover, for applications entailing elevated fire risks, we proudly supply fire-rated laminate panels, ensuring safety alongside style.

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Think Lightweight and Cedarcrest Wood Products Win Bronze for Sustainability

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

We are thrilled to announce that Think Lightweight and Cedarcrest Wood Products have been awarded the EcoVadis bronze medal for our outstanding commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). This prestigious recognition highlights our dedication to environmental stewardship, ethical practices, and sustainable procurement.

EcoVadis, a globally recognized assessment platform, evaluates businesses’ sustainability performance across four key categories: environmental impact, labor and human rights standards, ethics, and procurement practices. We are proud to report that in 2024, our score improved and increased by 18% compared to 2023, elevating us to the 80th percentile.

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Honeycomb Core Wood Panels – Lightweight Panels

Posted on July 9, 2024July 22, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

What is a Honeycomb Core Wood Panel?

Our lightweight honeycomb core wood panels, manufactured in Canada, offer innovative weight-saving solutions. By utilizing MDF skins and a corrugated honeycomb core material, these panels can reduce weight by up to 85%. This makes them ideal for a variety of applications including wall panels, acoustic panels, doors, shelves, gables, and ceiling beams.

Available in thicknesses ranging from 3/4” to 3-3/4”, and sizes up to 5 ft x 12 ft sheets, these wood panels provide both versatility and efficiency. Standard finishes include laminate (HPL), raw ready to be veneer or painted and acoustic felt ensuring that there is an option to suit every design need.

Typically constructed with five layers: Face, skin, honeycomb core, skin and face. Our lightweight panels can be customized with a variety of core materials to meet specific design requirements. Adhesive varies widely by application: high strength, high temp, low temp, etc.

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Types of Lightweight Panels

Posted on June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 by Kunjal Patil

The Importance of Weight in Architectural Interior Design

Understanding why weight is crucial in architectural interior design can enhance the strength, longevity, portability, and cost-effectiveness of your projects. Here’s a closer look at why weight matters and the innovative materials that make lightweight construction possible.

Strength-to-Weight Ratio

Traditionally, heavier materials were considered more durable and stronger. However, advancements in engineering and design have shown that lightweight materials can offer exceptional strength. For example, in construction applications like bridge reinforcement and seismic retrofitting, carbon fiber composites are used because they provide exceptional strength with minimal additional weight, significantly enhancing structural performance without substantial weight increases.

Our materials can reach lengths of up to 144″ with minimal bending and deflecting.

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