A large producer in swimming pools produces high quality swimming pools primarily for residential use. They do not use reinforcing webs for stiffness, which means they can be nested for transportation and storage after fabrication. The pools also have contoured corners that make them easier to clean and better looking.
Why Coremat?
By using Coremat as a thin core in the laminate, enough stiffness is added that there is no need for reinforcing frames. This has several advantages:
- no print through of the frame
- nesting of pools for transport is easier
- pools can easier absorb ground movement with no localized distortion.
This additional stiffness could have been achieved with the addition of more glass laminate, but this would have increased weight and costs.
Why Coremat XM 2 mm?
Coremat XM 2 mm is a very even product and therefore ideal for applications where surface quality is important. The high microsphere content and low resin absorption result in a very low shrinkage, which is again very important for a high quality surface finish.
Coremat XM 2 mm conforms very well into the contoured corners, which makes impregnation of XM easy and it prevents resin rich corners and reducing shrinkage.
Laminate build up
- isophtalic gel coat
- 2 layers of CSM
- Coremat XM 2 mm
- 2 layers of CSM
