Materials

Lightweight, durable, Eulithe.

Eulithe

 Eulithe is a thermosetting rigid polyurethane polymer foam, formulated with very special and sophisticated chemical compositions produced in large-sized blocks, having different densities and offered to the market cut into panels or sheets in different thickness.

The polymer basis of Eulithe® has been known to the market since after World War II. 70 years of continuous evolution has made it one of the most used synthetic products today nowadays.

Established as a Distribution Company of quartz composites in sheets, Eulithe®, a young and dynamic company, first patented and later launched a new rigid polyurethane foam as light support for stone materials and as a structural "core material" for sandwich composites.

In the following years, the technical-commercial development of Eulithe has allowed it to increase its product range so as to acquire new market sectors. In 2008 Eulithe invested in a new continuous production plant in order to meet the increasing demand for its products.

Applications

Today, its presence is almost invisible but very diffused in many everyday products in countless forms: insulating material for fridges, pillow stuffing, paints, adhesives, etc.

Up to one of the most recent evolutions discovered and developed by Eulithe®company in the furnishing, building, transport, moulding, energy and nautical fields: structural foam.

SANDWICH

Core foam has been used for 50 years in shipbuilding applications for obtaining a lighter hull shape.

Eulithe, thanks to its lightness and other mechanical characteristics, is the ideal core foam to produce sandwiches.

A sandwich consists of two rigid "sheets", which are separated by a foamed core known as "core material"

Engineering techniques teach that flexural resistance is proportional to the cube of the material thickness

The purpose of the "core" in a composite is to improve the sandwich rigidity by increasing the thickness with a small weight addition if compared to a monolithic or metallic structure. In order to achieve this goal, adhesion between the Eulithe® core and the surface sheets has to be perfect for transferring loads and stresses throughout the whole structure.

When sandwich theory applies to Eulithe®, several fields of application become possible.

WORKABILITY

All types of Eulithe®, in panels or entire blocks, can be easily machined with standard tools to obtain objects of the required dimensions and shapes.

The Eulithe® panels can be easily bonded to various surfaces of different materials, by very easy operations that can be performed according to various techniques and adhesives, thus exalting its use as a "core material".

Type of recommended adhesives: :

2-fluid-component polyurethane adhesives
2-fluid-component epoxy adhesives in the form of mastic or liquid
One-component polyurethane adhesives
Holt melt polyurethane (thermal fuse)
Two-component acrylic adhesives
Cyanoacrilic adhesives
Application techniques

Eulithe®, thanks to its peculiar and extraordinary technical properties, is an absolutely innovative and perfect material to be used in various sectors.