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40 AKYVER PANEL

4.1PREPARING THE SHEETS

The AKYVER PANEL
® sheets are delivered on a pallet and protected from dust and damp by a polyetilen cover.Do not store the pallet in the sun, to prevent polymerization of the protective films on the surface of the polycarbonate, as well as excess condensation in the cells when the weather is wet. All cutting and gluing must be done indoors, keeping the protective films on the panels; removing only when fitting is complete. • Use a fine-circular saw which is well sharpened and aspeed of 3200 rpm (minimum linear speed of 48 m/s).• If the sheets are recut in width (last AKYVER PANEL

CUTTING RECOMMENDATIONS

AKYVER PANEL
® ),the cutting line must not be more than 5 mm from the last vertical strut located beside the cutting line. In all other cases, you have to include a U-shaped aluminium reinforcement.• The
5 ® sheets are usually delivered cut tosize and do not need to be cut again. If this should be necessary on-site, it is essential to remove dust and shavings by blowing with dry compressed air with no oil content.• Before fitting, the upper and lower edges of the AKYVERPANEL
® sheets must be sealed with a l um ini um o r m i c r ope r fo r ated adhesive tape to protect the cells fromdust. As polycarbonate is permeable to water vapour, somecondensation may occur in spite of all the precautions used in fitting but does not justify complaint.

4.2 OUR RECOMMENDATIONS

I n dust ri a l bu il d in g w i t h st r o n g ri sk of dust ( dust< 50 µ ) o r po ll uted e n v ir o n me n ts : sealedusing dust-proof tape at the top and bottom of the sheets Spo r ts bu il d in g o r a n y pub li c bu il d in g : sealed using micro-perforated tape at the top andbottom of the sheets Sw i mm in g poo l o r damp atmosp h e r e : it is best to avoid sealing it with adhesive tape. Ratheruse aluminium U-shaped profile or polycarbonate which promotes the evacuation of condensate and cell ventilation.
DS SMITH KAYSERSBERG

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