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Panel Design Questionaire

I. Customer Information

Company

First Name

Last Name

Street Address

City

State/Province

Zip

Country

Phone

Fax

E-mail

Website

What is your project timing?

II. Design Objectives

1.) Please indicate the intended use for this panel.
Decorative
Structural
Non-Structural
Other (explain below)

2.) What is your price objective?
$

3.) How many panels do you need?

4.) Explain application:

5.) Is a part drawing available?

6.) What is the current material being used?

III. Physical Characteristics

1.) Please indicate panel dimensions:
Width:
Length:
Thickness:

2.) What is maximum allowable panel thickness?
in.

3.) What is minimum allowable panel thickness?
in.

4.) What is maximum allowable total panel weight?
lbs.

5.) What is minimum allowable total panel weight?
lbs.

6.) Please indicate panel type
Plain, flat panel, (no edging, no frame)
Flat panel, decorative edging
Flat panel, framed
Contoured panel

7.) Are there any visual requirements?

8.) What type of surface finish is required?
Plain mill finish
Painted
Peel ply
Other (explain below)

9.) Do you have requirements for:
Cut-outs How many?
Holes How many?
Treaded inserts How many? What size?
Localized panel interior reinforcements

10.) Desired panel dimensions:
The desired tolerance for length and width is:
The desired tolerance for panel flatness is:
The desired tolerance for thickness is:
The desired tolerance for flatness is:

11.) Panel edge and insert design concepts, check all that apply and indicate a material type (i.e. metal, wood, plastic):

A	Material type:
B	Material type:
C	Material type:
D	Material type:
E	Material type:
F	Material type:
G	Material type:
H	Material type:
I	Material type:
J	Material type:
K	Material type:
L	Material type:

IV. Support Configuration

1.) Please indicate how the panel will be supported by:
A. Selecting the most appropriate sketch from figure 2
B. Completing the dimensional information on that sketch

Simple Support - 2 short sides Dimensions:
Simple Support - 2 long sides Dimensions:
Plate Support - 4 sides Dimensions:
Cantilever Support Dimensions:
Fixed Support - 2 sides Dimensions:
Fixed Support - 4 sides (plate support) Dimensions:

V. Loading Characteristics

1.) What is the total load on panel?
lbs.

2.) Please indicate type of load from the below figure 3.
Point Load simple or fixed support
Uniform Load simple or fixed support
Cantilever with point load
Cantilever with uniform load

3.) If point load condition, please indicate:
A. Point load is distributed over local area of sq. ft.

B. Point load is located at (use x,y coordinates from figure 4)
C. If more than one location, please list or indicate all locations

4.) What is the maximum allowable panel deflection?
in.

VI. End Use Environment

1.) What is maximum temperature exposure?

2.) What is minimum temperature exposure?

3.) Is temperature constant?
How does it vary?

4.) Will the panel be exposed to moisture?

Continually?
Intermittently?

5.) Will the panel be exposed to chemicals?

A. If yes, please list:

VII. Certification

1.) Any quality testing/certification required? Specification #

2.) Any prototypes required?

VIII. Panel Composite Options

Core Materials:
Plascore PC Honeycomb Core
Plascore Aluminum Honeycomb Core
Plascore PP Honeycomb Core
Foam Core Type:

Facing Materials:
Aluminum Alloy. 3003 Mill finish
Aluminum Alloy, 3003, Painted
Reinforced Epoxy
Reinforced Phenolic
Reinforced Polyester
Stainless Steel
Galvanized Steel
High Pressure Laminate
Decorative Thermoplastics
Plywood
Other

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