TECU Bond - KME
TECU Bond - KME
TECU Bond - KME
COPPER
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TECU BOND ®
PRODUCT
INFORMATION
APPLICATION AND
PROCESSING
KME Germany GmbH
COPPER DIVISION
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TECU® Bond
Product Information
Application and Processing
April 2019
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KME Architectural Solutions - TECU® Technical Consulting Team
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TECU® Bond
Product Information
Application and Processing
PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
PROCESSING
1. INTRODUCTION 4 SHAPING
2. MATERIAL 5
3. DESCRIPTION 5 1. PREPARATION
4. TECHNICAL DATA 5 Calculation of the dimensions to be milled 13
5. MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION 2. PRECUTTING TECU® Bond PANELS
AND GENERAL BUILDING APPROVAL 6 Sawing 15
6. EXPANSION BEHAVIOR 6 3. MILLING
7. PRODUCT TOLERANCE 6 a) Determining the dimensions 16
8. SIZES AND AVAILABILITY 6 b) Technique 16
9. SOUND INSULATION 6 c) Milling and folding 17
10. RANGE OF APPLICATION 6 4. NOTCHING AND DRILLING/PUNCHING
11. EXTREMELY SIMPLE PROCESSING 7 a) Automated 18
12. PROTECTIVE FILM 7 b) Manual 18
13. STORAGE AND TRANSPORT 7 5. ROUNDING AND BENDING
a) General instructions 18
BEFORE APPLICATION b) Techniques
Rounding 18
NECESSARY PREVENTATIVE MEASURE 8 Bending with a brake press 18
HANDLING THE TECU® BOND PANELS 8 Bending with a folding machine 19
PRODUCT-BASED PREVENTATIVE MEASURES Bending on mills 19
a) Direction of installation 8
b) Contact with other materials 8 JOINTING/FIXING
2. TOOLS 12
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TECU® Bond
Product Information
Application and Processing
1. Introduction
A new approach in façade cladding: TECU® Bond is an
economical, flexible and durable solution for numerous
building applications. Its simple processing goes hand in
hand with high durability and a high-quality surface.
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2. Material 4. Technical Data
The composition of the TECU® Bond panel is simple TECU® Bond is highly corrosion resistant and offers nu-
and efficient: merous technical and design advantages. TECU® Bond FR,
whose bright core material includes mineral components,
Two sheets of copper or copper alloys are joined to is available for improved fire resistance.
both sides of the core in a matured manufacturing
process that optimally protects the material and TECU® Bond is characterized by a relatively low linear ex-
guarantees high durability. pansion coefficient, and by its easy processing features. It
offers all the excellent mechanical characteristics of cop-
The result is an ideal façade material that is easy to per, such as greater impact resistance and breaking strain.
process for a multitude of different purposes, and is Fabricated elements made of TECU® Bond are lightweight
absolutely easy to install. and extremely rigid.
Unless otherwise confirmed, the visible side is delivered Characteristics for TECU® Classic_bond, FR
with a protective film that effectively protects the material • Standard - Nominal Panel Thickness 4.0mm
from contamination during the machining and construction • Face sheets thickness (outer face) 0.3 or 0.5mm
phases • Face sheets thickness (inner face) 0.3 or 0.5mm
• Core material thickness 3.4 or 3.0mm
TECU® Bond is the perfect combination of durability and • Core density 1.640 kg/m²
efficient material consumption. The so far unknown ex- • Panel weight for face sheets out of Cu DHP:
treme rigidity and flatness of the material, gives the 10.90 kg/m² for 0.3mm and
natural copper surface an even nobler character. 13.90 kg/m² for 0.5mm
• Panel weight for face sheets out of Brass:
13.40 kg/m² for 0.5mm in TECU(R) Brass
3. Description
TECU® Bond is a composite panel consisting of two outer 5. Building Material Classification
layers of Cu-DHP or copper alloys, which are glued on both Classification of TECU® Bond FR in accordance with DIN EN
sides to a core made of plastic and mineral components. 13501-1:2002 as prescribed by European Union guidelines
The adhesion between the core and outer layer is accom- is
plished by a combination of chemical and mechanical B-s1,d0
forces and gives the TECU® Bond panels excellent resis-
tance from delamination. Fire behaviour Smoke production Burning droplets
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6. Expansion Behaviour 9. Sound Insulation
TECU® Bond is suitable for use in a temperature Ventilated, insulated TECU® Bond façades contribute sig-
range from -50 to +80°C. The linear expansion nificantly to the improvement of sound insulation. For ex-
coefficient is 1.7 mm / m ∆T 100K. ample, sound insulation is doubled by a porous concrete
wall. The sound absorption are 4 times better than with an
7. Production Tolerances equivalent copper sheet. Measured noise attenuation at 4
TECU® Bond panels are manufactured with the mm > 26 dB (A).
following tolerances:
for Panels with 4.0x1000x3000mm
Thickness : 0 / + 0.2 mm 10. Areas of Application
Width : 0 / + 2.5 mm a) TECU® Bond in architecture
Length: 0 / + 20 mm TECU® Bond is particularly suitable for façade design as
Deviation of the diagonals: ± 3 mm well as for interior applications in new buildings and in
renovation. It offers plenty of opportunities, such as:
8. Lieferformen • Ventilated façade constructions
TECU® Classic_bond • Sandwich elements (as curtain wall infills)
TECU® Oxid_bond • Façade cladding, forming roof structures
TECU® Patina_bond** • Implementation of flat or curved canopies
TECU® Patina Variations _bond** • Siding of balconies and tunnels
TECU® Brass_bond* • Façade cladding, design of roof structures
TECU® Classic_coated_bond
TECU® Brass_brownished_bond* The advantages of TECU® Bond are especially convincing
TECU® Iron_bond** in large-scale implementations that have special
requirements for flatness and rigidity.
* only with face sheet thicknesses of 0.5 mm
** only without protective film b) TECU® Bond in Corporate Design
Design (CID) and sign & display applications.
Optionally supplied with:
double layers with thicknesses of c) TECU® Bond in industry and transportation
0.3 mm or 0.5 mm and a bright FR core TECU® Bond also offers engineers in industry and
transportation a variety of innovative applications.
Panel - Dimensions
4.0 mm x 1000 mm x 300 0mm,
other dimensions on request
depending on the face sheets
max. width up to 1250 mm possible
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11. Extremely Easy Processing Fig. Packaging for storage and transport
TECU® Bond can be processed using conventional
techniques: sawing, drilling, milling, stamping,
bending (mechanical or manual). Installation also
takes place in traditional manners by screws, rivets
and glue. The processing of TECU® Bond can be done
in the workshop or at the construction site, which
means considerable potential savings in freight and
packaging costs.
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BEFORE APPLICATION
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MACHINES AND TOOLS
1. MASHINES
The machines suitable for the different processing methods of TECU® Bond to meet specific criteria and requirements are
listed in the following table:
Punching / Notching
Cutting of small
Countersinking
Additional cuts
Cutting of big
throughputs
throughputs
Machinery
Rounding
Riveting
Drilling
Milling
A Panel saw X X X
C Jig Saw X
G CNC Punch X
H Drill X X
I Drill / Riveter X X
A Panel Saw
Achieves sufficient precision cutting to be suitable for work
in large scale production.
Some models can be equipped with a milling device.
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B Hand-held Circular Saw D CNC Machining Centre
Particularly efficient in construction, easy to use. All machining steps on TECU® Bond panels can be perfor-
med in a gentle fashion on a single machine: a machining
The use of special blades, suitable for processing of nonfer- centre with numerical control (see Figure below).
rous metals, with hollow ground teeth and a negative rake
angle ensures clean, accurate cuts. Special software allows the precise control of various
process tools, so that efficient production is possible
Saw blades are made of high speed steel (HSS) or carbide without re-clamping the panels and tools. Depending on
cutting disks (HM). the machine‘s features, almost all forms required for the
facade elements can be produced, even the precise milling
C Jig Saw of arc-and ellipse shapes.
Particularly suitable for smaller incisions, allowing the
cutting of complex shapes and openings. Fixation of the panels on the table is carried out by
means of a vacuum. All TECU® Bond delivery formats
It is recommended to make samples before beginning a can be easily modified with high precision.
series to verify the final quality. This allows one or another
parameter to be varied in order to achieve better results. E Hand-held milling machine
Vibrations arising from the saw or a poor attachment of Normally, ordinary panel sawing / milling (universal,
the work piece must be avoided in all cases. vertical and horizontal) with appropriate disc cutters
are used for the cutting of TECU® Bond panels.
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F Benchtop milling machine
Because of its portability, it is well suited for use on the
site for reprocessing or smaller works. Portable machines
allow the cutting of grooves in the larger plates or milling
on the edge (folded over edge, raised edge). The use of a
guide rail or a stencil improves the accuracy and allows
the repeatability of the process
G CNC Punch
For TECU® Bond machining is mainly used for producing
special punched holes, especially when exact repetitions
are required, such as single punched holes, ornaments
with larger hole-spacing or apertures and notches in pre-
viously cut and milled panels. A remarkably good quality
of cut is achieved during punching due to the excellent
properties of the material and the lubricating function of
the plastic core.
H Drill
The drilling of TECU® Bond panels can be done with the
same machines and spiral drills, such as those used for
the drilling of steel and copper panels. The chips are
carefully removed using an industrial vacuum. If the hole-
quality is insufficient, the cutting and feed speed must
be reduced. The final quality can be checked by tests.
I Drill / Riveter
Combined Drill/Riveters are important and flexible machi-
nes, usually battery operated for use on construction sites.
They can be used for riveting cassettes and other elements
as well as for attachment during installation. The selection
of riveters, pneumatic or electric, and even for small batch
production, the mechanical hand tool depends on the rivet
or material / dimension. For visible rivet fastening the use
of rivet attachment jigs is recommended, in order to avoid
marking the outer face sheets.
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Fig. Rounded TECU® Bond
The use of rotary machines has proven to be gentle on A variety of tools suitable for processing of TECU® Bond
the material and therefore very suitable. The minimum is available in the market. Equipment manufacturers and
bend radii achieved will be influenced by the lengths of suppliers usually provide a wide range of suitable tools
the elements to be rounded and the machines used. for their machines.
Other machining possibilities exist by circular bending in Saw blades, milling cutters, drills, etc. must as an essen-
specially modified bending presses or folding machines. tial characteristic be suitable for use in the processing of
panels of nonferrous metals, copper and copper alloys.
It must be ensured that to avoid mechanical damage to The operation of the tools must be possible without
the surface a more stable protective film is additionally additional coolant and cutting agents. The specified feed
inserted. rates must be observed to avoid damage to the tools and
material.
The minimum bend radius for 4 mm thick TECU® Bond is
about 40 mm. There are great differences regarding the service life of
these tools.
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PROCESSING
SHAPING
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b) Example: folding and back folding 90°
3 mm 3 mm
4 mm TECU® Bond with a 0.5 mm face sheet thickness
milling with a 3mm bevelled channel:
0.8 mm
The problem is different for a folding with back folding
(always the work must be done on the panel‘s backside, a b c
regardless it is an open or a closed folded section). In the
case of an open folded section the axis is always in the
middle of the milling. However, the folding does not occur
0.5 mm
around this axis, but towards the outside, whereby the
0.8 mm
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Fig. Panel saw - horizontal and vertical cuts Fig. Panel saw - working on the panel‘s reverse side
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3. MILLING Information shown for 0.3 mm
face sheet thickness
a) Determining the dimensions Ø 8 mm
As described in 1. PREPARATION, calculation of the
dimensions to be milled, the required dimensions
for the processing of each format must be deter-
mined.
b) Procedure
Milling machines run at much higher speeds than
those encountered in sawing, thereby facilitating
a more accurate and clean processing. 90°
The milling method is usually determined accor- 3 mm
ding to the available machines and the work to be
r = 3 mm
performed. 0.6 mm
14 mm
r = 7 mm
1.3 mm
Fig. form millers
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Hand-held milling machine: c) Milling and folding
Not to be confused with a saw! When milling and folding, V-shaped or rectangular grooves
are milled into TECU® Bond panels using form millers. This
Due to its low rotational speed, the mere mounting of a makes on-site hand panel folding possible without the use
saw with a disc mill instead of a saw blade is not sufficient of a folding machine.
for an accurate processing of TECU® Bond.
The edge can be facilitated by a self-made folding bar,
Always when using a saw, the face sheet will crack or tear which consists of a U or H-section with a folding lever.
at the start of cutting or at intersections.
Milling of grooves:
No specific setting is required when using a hand-held Depending on the selection of the milling technique and
milling machine. The cutting depth can be selected easily. groove geometry, folding radii between 2 mm and 10 mm
are possible.
However, an additional 30 mm plate must be placed on the V-groove:
work surface. This plate must be wider and longer than the Allows you to perform a folding radius of only 2 mm. The
TECU® Bond panel to be milled. For good processing qua- angle of the groove can be 90° or 135°.
lity, the surface and flatness of this additional plate should
be flawless. In practice, the use of 20 mm thick Okoume Important: In order to sufficiently remove core material
slats screwed to 10 mm thick plywood has stood the test for 90 ° edges, it is recommended to make a 3 mm wide
of time. Always the processing is done on the plywood channel at the bottom of the groove.
side, which can tolerate some „handling errors“ and can
be replaced at low cost. Other types of grooves:
A straight groove with a curved bottom allows, depending
For the milling of large TECU® Bond panels it is recom- on depth, folding radii of between 7 mm and 10 mm. A test
mended to prepare a board with supporting brackets. They run is needed to get the radius right. Core material can be
are screwed onto the panels and can be exchanged when removed using step cutters, followed by plastic solder for
worn. They can be made for example, from leftover TECU® stabilization.
Bond pieces.
The outer layer of the visible side must remain intact
Attention: When milling, do not use the stops provided for regardless of the groove geometry! Therefore a minimum
sawing. The milling axis is offset from the edge of the bla- core thickness must be left in the groove channel. When
de. Since the machine is equipped with several stops, they milling a V-shape, the residual thickness is 3 mm. For a
must be calibrated separately for sawing and milling work. straight milled groove with a curved bottom, it is between
0.5 mm and 1 mm.
You can manage this by marking the mill‘s point of impact
on the suction hood. This allows a more accurate setting
and limits the „free play“ during milling.
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4. NOTCHING AND DRILLING/PUNCHING The protective film on the visible side should not be remo-
ved when rounding and bending TECU® Bond. Depending
In the technological process, notching and drilling / pun- on the load, it is recommended to enhance the protection
ching of TECU® Bond cuts is generally done before folding. with an additional sturdy layer of resilient material with a
thickness of 1 to 2 mm.
a) For large quantities both operations can be process con-
trolled using the machining centre. b) Procedure
(A) Rounding x x x
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Bending with press brakes Bending with a folding machine
d
r
Bending is by lowering a punch by a predetermined dis- Radii between 2 and 10 mm can be achieved with the tech-
tance. The bending radius and angles are determined by nique of bending after previously milling (described above).
the punch diameter, the punch hub and the width of the die.
This technique consists of executing V-shaped or straight
In this type of bending, the TECU® Bond panel is protected grooves using form cutters on the back side of the TECU®
on both sides by a flexible film with a hardness of at least Bond panel. See the sections „milling“ and „folding“.
60 Shore and a thickness of 1.5 mm or more. Through
this protection, the panel can be moved into the cavity of Intermediary radii of 10 to 60 mm can be achieved by a
the die without at the same time leaving imprints from the similar processing technology. Known as „surface rejuve-
punch and die at the contact points. nation“, the technique consists of removing a strip of the
top layer from the panel‘s back side.
The minimum bending radius for TECU® Bond is calculated
at a radius of 15 times the panel thickness. The width of this strip results in the processing of the radi-
us to be achieved. The milling depth must be determined
C Bending with a folding machine on prototypes.
For this kind of bending, the panel is clamped at a spe- Note: This technique requires experience in the proces-
cially designed upper bar. The upper bar‘s removable slide sing of TECU® Bond panels.
rail thereby forms the bending radius. The protruding porti-
on of the panel is bent to the upper bar in the usual way. Measures for reinforcement should be designed in order to
compensate for the loss of stiffness in these areas.
Larger radii can be achieved by a programmed panel feed
and maintaining the bending angle. Convex and concave Completely closed ring parts (360°) can only be made by
shaped profiles are created by turning the TECU® Bond rounding.
panels.
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JOINTING / FIXING
Fasteners for use in the façade, which include the fol- In outdoor structures, a free play of at least 3 mm
lowing, require a general building inspection approval! between the rivet diameter and the hole diameter in
the TECU® Bond panel must be present to adequately
It is especially important when working with TECU® Bond account for elongation behaviour. The use of a drilling
panels to use rivets and bolts made of metals that do not template for designing the sliding point is recommended.
corrode when assembled with copper and copper alloys,
and that meet all structural strength certificate require- Centring drills are very well suited to achieve perfect
ments. coaxial holes.
1. RIVETING
d d
Träger Träger
TECU Bond TECU Bond
ca. d
D
Ø = 14 mm min. 10 mm Ø = 14 mm min. 10 mm
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2. SCREWING 4. GLUING
Screwed connections with self-locking nuts are the easiest a) General Information
way to connect and fix the panels. The use of adhesive systems is enjoying ever increasing
popularity thanks to improvements in gluing technology.
As with rivets, the same materials considerations in screws, Gluing allows invisible connections between panels as well
nuts and also washers must be considered (see 1. RIVE- as with a wide range of support materials such as metals,
TING). plastic products, composites and painted surfaces.
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There are three main techniques for surface preparation
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GLOSSARY
Flattening Edge
Designation for a thin flat or rectangular portion.
Flattening
Flattening
d
Groove Milling
Träger
The grooves correspond with subsequently bent edges TECU Bond
Deburring
Processing to remove the burrs that arise in the shape
Ø = 14 mm min 10 mm Ø = 14 mm min 10 mm
cutting.
Punching
Method in which the material is torn through. Two tools are
aligned with each other: the upper is called the punch, the
other the die. In conjunction with TECU® Bond, the process
is used almost exclusively for punching or notching of the
panel.
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photo . Eckhart Matthäus
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