Piedmont Marine Grade® Aqua-Steel®

AQUASTEEL Your Plastic Experts Piedmont Plastics is your primary source for marine solutions. Complete all of your projects from block out panels to bulkheads with our line of substrates and accessories. Piedmont carries a comprehensive assortment of the best brands and breadth of products to service your plastic needs. With over 45 years of marine industry experience Piedmont is a leading supplier of plastic sheet rod tube and film throughout North America. PMG AquaSteel Aqua-Steel was formulated to be used where safety and mission critical backer plate applications require maximum holding power. This material is extremely strong and easy to process. General MFG Tolerances Thickness .156 to .375 .020 Thickness above .375 to 1.000 .030 CNC Shaped Size Length - Width .020 Drill Diameter .003 Drill Depth .020 CNC Hole to Hole .020 CNC Hole to Edge 1 Oper .020 CNC Hole to Edge 2 Oper .030 Routing - Slots Width and Length .015 Routing - Slots Depth .020 Aqua-Steel can be drilled and tapped when challenged with critical blind fasteners. Fire Test Data Fastening Point Applications Thickness 0.250 Flame Spread Index - ASTM E84 BLDG .030 Bow Rails T-Tops Smoke Developed Values - ASTM E84 BLDG .020 Swim Platforms Blind Fasteners Fire Rating B Bow Eyes Engine Blocks Standard Product is Class B Trolling Motors Seat Mounts Hard Tops Cleats Marine Specific Data AquaSteel VS Aluminum Soak .75 Swell .57 14 Screw Retention PSI 5284 14-20 Bolt Retention PSI 5923 Half the weight of aluminum Can be installed during lamination FIND YOUR NEAREST BRANCH piedmontplastics.comlocations AQUASTEEL TECHNICAL DATA PROPERTY 38 INCH 12 INCH FLEXURAL STRENGTH ASTM D790 MD psi 20000 30947 CD psi 16000 25435 FLEXURAL MODULUS ASTM D790 MD psi 120000 1572175 CD psi 900000 1250511 TENSILE MODULUS ASTM D638 MD psi 18000 26361 CD psi 12000 19104 COMPRESSION STRENGTH ASTM D3410 MAXIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH PSI ULTIMATE COMPRESSIVE STRAIN CHORD MODULUS 0.1 - 0.3 PSI PERCENT BENDIN

G AT 0.2 STRAIN PERCENT BENDING AT 6 STRAIN 14 INCH Machine Direction 22100 13.0 2120000 1.31 3.17 Cross Direction 20100 13.6 1480000 1.52 4.34 THICKNESS PROPERTY TEST TEST REQUIREMENT 38 INCH 12 INCH Water absorption ASTM D570-98 2.5 2.50 NA Soak data - 2.5 NA 0.75 Swell data - 2.5 NA 0.57 Resistance to boiling water NEMA 3.5 No Effect No Effect No Effect Resistance to high temperature NEMA 3.6 Slight Effect No Effect No Effect Ball impact resistance NEMA 3.8 75 90 NA Wear resistance NEMA 3.13 400 Cycle minimum 700 Cycle NA 14 Screw retention PSI ASTM D6117-97 1700 1700 5284 14 Screw retention LB - - NA 1482 14 - 20 Bolt retention PSI - 1700 NA 5923 14- 20 Bolt retention LB - - NA 1659 0.3 Maximum 0.25 NA 0.7 Maximum 0.50 NA DIMENSIONAL CHANGE Dimensional change Length Dimensional change Width NEMA 3.11 WEIGHT PER UNIT AREA Lbsft2 - - 2.6 0.08 3.46 0.13 Kgm2 - - 12.66 0.45 16.88 0.61 FIND YOUR NEAREST BRANCH piedmontplastics.comlocations