Aluminum Honeycomb Panel Group Buy?

[jdybnis]

Is aluminum honeycomb plate of interest to you guys? I'm in Gaungzhou, China at an export trade fair. There is a manufacturer of aluminum honeycomb sandwich plate (mmmmm....honeycomb sandwich) called Bolliya. The pricing is a fraction of mcmastercarr.com.

They sell 4'x8' sheets in thickness ranging 6mm-25mm, price range 56.25-85 USD per sq.meter depending on the thickness. Specs on the 25mm plate are: weight 7.8kg/sq.m, rigidity 22.17KNsq.m/m, section modulus 24cu.cm/m.

I don't think minimum order size is a problem. The manufacturers here seem willing to sell "samples" during the fair. I don't know shipping cost. I'll enquire how much putting them on the proverbial slow boat would be if there is interest.

[posix]

there's your chance to experiment with carbon and alu honeycomb sandwich instead of ceramic tiles guys! and you'll never beat this combo for stiffness. not with todays technology anyway.

[joecarrow]

Yeah, man! Some of this with a neodymium driver, and you could make a "Backpacker's subwoofer" :B

If you can get a piece of the 25 mm variety in a square shape 60 cm on a side shipped to the San Francisco area for less than $60, please let me know! This would not be for a speaker project.

Posix- I think I finally got it in my head that rigidity is good, but damping is better. At least, that's how the nummbers come out on my budget.

[jdybnis]

Looks like a no-go. I only got one request other than Joe's above.

[cjd]

I thought of a million things I would love to play with it for, and promptly realized they would never happen... :| I just do not have the proper facilities or equipment.

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