Corelite (canoe hull material)
 

On 27 Jun 2006 10:27:19 -0700, "Oci-One Kanubi"
wrote:

My guess is that the P. Mouldings Ltd is the
manufactring company and P. US is a distribution subsidiary.

That's good to know - thanks.

Al D

Corelite (canoe hull material)
 

A link to a tradeshow with Pyranha boats

http://translate.google.com/translat...%3D %26sa%3DG

And from DIAB's own website:

http://www.diabgroup.com/americas/u_..._Marine_TB.pdf,
page 8.

Divinylcell is "...thermoplastic PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) and crosslinked
(or highly bonded) thermoset polyurea, or for short, a crosslinked PVC (ex.
Divinycell, Klegecell, Airlite)." For the non-chemist out there, Corelite
looks like it is a PE sandwich with a pvc expanded foam core (divinylcell).
It could be lighter than an expanded PE foam core and the PE skin is cheaper
than ABS--hence, the incentive to use it. Looks like it is good stuff; a
bona fide competitive composite to Royalex from an established and credible
company that knows what it is doing.

PS


"Alastair D." wrote in message
...
Al D wrote:

I'm looking at canoes made in the UK from a material called Corelite.
I'm having trouble finding information on the material except that it
is some kind of foam sandwiched between an inner and outer skin of
some kind of plastic.

I am not a trademark specialist but a trademark search showed that there
were 4 companies that had applied for the Corelite TM and all cases have
been abandoned in the US. There were no applications in the UK and none
here in Canada. Corelite is also a name used in fluorescent lighting
applications but clearly that falls well outside the domain of boat hulls.

One applicant in the US was a company called Divinycell International,
Inc which doesn't seem to exist anymore but a company called Diabgroup
(www.diabgroup.com) has a product called Divinycell. Diabgroup makes
core materials for boats with composite structure ranging from
superyachts, through coast guard rescue boats to military attack boats.

Wenonah Canoes apparently uses composite material from Diabgroup in the
manufacture of one of its models. Have a look at


http://www.diabgroup.com/americas/u_...ar/wenonah.pdf


Alastair

Corelite (canoe hull material)
 

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:08:30 GMT, "--------------"
wrote:

A link to a tradeshow with Pyranha boats

http://translate.google.com/translat...%3D %26sa%3DG

And from DIAB's own website:

http://www.diabgroup.com/americas/u_..._Marine_TB.pdf,
page 8.

Divinylcell is "...thermoplastic PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) and crosslinked
(or highly bonded) thermoset polyurea, or for short, a crosslinked PVC (ex.
Divinycell, Klegecell, Airlite)." For the non-chemist out there, Corelite
looks like it is a PE sandwich with a pvc expanded foam core (divinylcell).
It could be lighter than an expanded PE foam core and the PE skin is cheaper
than ABS--hence, the incentive to use it. Looks like it is good stuff; a
bona fide competitive composite to Royalex from an established and credible
company that knows what it is doing.

PS

Thank you! That all seems somewhat encouraging.

Al D