Ultimate PVC Foam Board Guide

21/07/2021
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What is PVC Foam Board?

PVC foam board is light, soft and durable board. Due to its flatness, bright, smooth surface, it is an ideal choice for construction, architecture, transpotation, signage & furniture . Its main material is PVC resin powder, activated light calcium carbonate and other foaming additives. The board has a uniform closed cell structure and many properties.

According to different applications, manufacturers produce PVC board with thickness of 3-24mm thickness, 1220x2440mm(4*8ft) size, and general density 0.30-0.90g/cm3. White is the most widely used color in PVC board. There are three production technologies in PVC production industry: free method, Celuka method and co-extrusion method. Each method has its own unique physical properties and applications.

How Many Advantages and Benefits Does PVC Foam Board Have?

1. Strong and durable

PVC board is strong and durable because the structure of its component molecules.

2. Non-Toxic

PVC foam boards are made of non-toxic and eco-friendly thermoplastic materials which is free of lead, barium, zinc, and cadmium.

3. Flammability: self-extinguishing

PVC board could prevent fire effectively compare to plywood board.

4. Water-Resistant

PVC foam board is water-resistant due to its composition.

5. Anti-Corrosion

PVC doesn't react with chemicals. This keeps its color and state intact and prevent the board from deforming.

6. Soundproof

The board can not completely insulate the sound, but it can effectively stop the sound transmission.

7. Electrical insulating

PVC is an electrical insulating material, making it a ideal choice in transporation.

8. Easily formed and painted

PVC can be easily cut to any shape or painted to any color to suit your requirement.

9. Long life span

PVC doesn't react with chemicals in humid environment. So its life span is long than other board.

10. Saving cost

These boards don't require any extra maintenance when using it.

What Are PVC foam Board Used For?

Construction & Architecture

  1. External wall panels

2. Partition boards

3. Garage doors

4. Commercial, residential, public and office buildings

Transportation

  1. The ceilings of Cars, Buses or Trains

2. Wood replacement in high-moisture Areas

3. Marine Applications

4. Ambulance sub-flooring & cabinetry

Signage & Display

1. POP displays

2. Computer lettering, screen printing, and advertising

3. Labeling, display panel, and signs industry

Home and office furniture

  1. Skirting Board

2. Chemical corrosion engineering kitchens

3. Kitchen and bathroom cabinets

How Many Types of PVC Foam Board?

Knowing which types PVC foam board is suitable for your project is important. There are 3 types pvc foam board. Now let's diving in!

PVC Free Foam Board

PVC free foam board widely used in signs & displays. The surface of pvc free foam board is not harder than PVC celuka foam board or PVC Co-extrusion board, but he price of PVC free foam board is better.

PVC Celuka Foam Board (pvc crust foam board)

“Celuka” is one of the production processes. The Celuka method uses a mandrel within the die, and there is usually little space between the die and the calibrator. The surface of PVC celuka foam board is harder than PVC free foam board, and the middle layer pvc foam is harder than PVC co-extrusion board.

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PVC Co-Extrusion Foam Board

The Co-extrusion process is an upgraded process. PVC Co-extrusion foam boards have three layers: two outer rigid layers and the middle layer is foam PVC.

Duo to its rigid layers, the PVC co-extrusion foam board has a much harder and glossy surface than the PVC celuka foam board.

What are the common quality problems of PVC foam board?

Yellowing surface & Surface impurity

Contaminated raw materials or recycled materials result in yellow surface.

Large foam cell

Qualified PVC foam board should has consitant small foam cell. Inhomogeneous foaming leads to large foam cell.

Unsmooth & Scratched surface

Premium PVC foam board has smooth surface. Instable PVC production line leads to unsmooth & Scratched surface.

Warped boards

PVC foam board should be flat and straight. If any warped boards, the worker must single the defective one out from pallet.

Wrong density

If you need 0.6g/cm3 PVC foam board, it is acceptable to offers 0.59g/cm3 or 0.61g/cm3 because of tolerance.

Uneven density in a sheet

Due to unstable production machine, the density of one side sheet is different with the other side.

Damaged edge

Poor packaging or incorrect loading leads to damaged edge.

Poor packaging

The boards must be protected by PE film and than put into pallet.

Why PVC Foam Board Manufacturer is a Better Choice?

How to find a reliable PVC foam board manufacturer in China? If it is your first time to import PVC foam board from China, this post is helpful. Click here to know how to import from China?Once you import PVC board regularly, I highly recommend to choose a pvc foam board manufacturer because of the following 6 factors:

Competitive Price

A reliable PVC foam board manufacturer is committed to optimize production and management costs so as to offer better price.

During mass production, quality inspector will test the product and advise production department . If any accident, production department can response in time.

Quality guarantee

If customer want to upgrade surface, color, thickness or other factors, manufacturer could adjust technical procedures and formula timely according to customer's requirement. Knowing details about quality guarantee in PVC board manufacturer.

Order status notification

During mass production, salesman or saleswomen will take photoes and get back to customers. Cooperating with manufacturers you can know your order status at any time.

Stable delivery time

Every manufacturer has a production plan. The worker in manufacturer can check the production plan and advise customer of delivery time. The delivery time can guarantee except accident.

Advanced technology

R&D deportment staff is specialize in upgrading technology. If you want to know more details about high technology of PVC production line, kindly review Upgrading PVC Poam Board Production Line post.

Optimizing Loading Schme

More and more customer chooses to order 40HQ because of freight cost. 40HQ can load approximately 25tons boards while 20GP loads 10 tons.

PVC Foam Board Loading Plan

Good communication

The supplier can always understand what you need better and inform you of professional industry knowledge & suggestions.

How to Pack & ship PVC foam board from China?

Packaging

Good packaging can prevent the board from being damaged during transportation. Usually manufacturer will use PE film to protect its surface, then put them in pallet and finally packaging. Regarding about more information about packaging and shipping, kindly review our Shipping PVC Foam Board to Portugal post.

Shipping

Decent order

PVC will be shipped to customer in container by sea. 40HQ is better than 20GP.

Trail order

Trail oreder was acceptable if they have the board in stock or have similar production plan. If you want place trail order to manufacturer, you'd better check whether they have boards in stock.

sample

Almost each PVC foam board manufacturer has showroom. Different density, color & thickness of samples are available. Just tell them your samples requirement with courier account, they will arrange everything for you.

What Is The Difference Between PVC Foam Board & Plywood?

longevity and durability

As we all know, PVC foam boards and Plywood boards are widely used in kitchen cabinet. That means the boards of PVC & Plywood are heat-resistant & moisture-resistant. Nowadays, more and more people tends to choose PVC foam boards used in kitchen because of longevity and durability. Plywood may split when the atmosphere is moisture or hot.

Production process

The material of PVC foam board is Polyvinyl chloride, polyurea, Caco3 and other additives. Whiles Plywood is glued by two or three wood sheets.

Price

PVC foam board's price is competitive than plywood. In addition, PVC foam board scrap can be recycled to save cost.

flexibility

PVC foam board is more flexible. It is easy to shape and cut. PVC board can be cut to any shape you want, but is is hard to do the same shape with plywood. PVC boards do not need any polish works before installing it.