ATL New Website

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ATL Composites is pleased to announce the launch of the new updated website specifically dedicated to DuFLEX Composite Panels www.duflex.com.au

The site includes information on the panel options available in the range, basic applications techniques, down-loadable data sheets and projects.

DuFLEX Composite Panels were developed by ATL in the early 1990’s to reduce construction time and optimize structural weight in the production of lightweight composite structures.  Time consuming laminating, coring and vacuum bagging steps normally required to fabricate high performance composites are avoided, and material waste, labour and tooling costs are greatly reduced.   Over the years, DuFLEX has become widely accepted in the marine industry, and hundreds of projects have incorporated the system, both in Australia and Internationally.

In more recent years, lightweight DuFLEX panels have been incorporated into architectural and transportation applications where is also a demand for lighter, stronger, stiffer, more durable structures.  Complex forms can be created relatively easily, broadening design freedom and offering rapid processing and construction to significantly lower fabrication costs.

Standard DuFLEX panels are 1200mm x 2400mm cored with rigid end-grain balsa or structural foam cores, and laminated with a high-performance epoxy resin reinforced with multiaxial E-fibreglass or carbon fibre skins.  Fibre orientation and ply schedules are based on design or engineering specifications to best meet weight targets, stress and impact loads, and other design parameters. 

Our product range is continually assessed and revised, and in addition to the Standard Panel range and CNC Routed Kits, new value-added services are now available to expand the advantages of using the DuFLEX System.  High Density Inserts and Full Size Component Packs can now be supplied to reduce build times for fabricators working to tight build times.

ATL Composites is ISO 90001:2015 certified and our production facility and techniques have been audited by International Certification Group DNV-GL and have been issued with Shop Approval # KBZ 1095 for The Production of Composite Panels.  DuFLEX Panels are manufactured in a controlled environment and under-go strict Quality Inspections at all stages during the manufacturing process to ensure customers consistently receive high quality products and services.   

To view our new website and read more about DuFLEX Lightweight Panel Solutions, please go to www.duflex.com.au

Dragonfly 25 – Corsair

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Kevin Green

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Trimarans are ideal boats for Australia’s shoal waters thanks to their shallow draft, large deck space and performance, so the Dragonfly 25 should feel right at home here, writes KEVIN GREEN.

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Sydney Boat Show 2018

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Showboating @ Sydney

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Dad was still relatively young when Alzheimer’s began to take him. At the point where they said he might have as little as a year left, I took compassionate leave to spend more time with him. I struggled with the injustice of it. He was being robbed of the long and enjoyable retirement he’d worked so hard for. 

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ATL News

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50th Anniversary of Gougeon Brothers, WEST SYSTEM products.

2019 is the 50th Anniversary of Gougeon Brothers Inc, USA.  1969 marked a point in the Gougeon brothers’ careers when they applied all they had learned about wooden structures and epoxy technology to manufacturing—for the first time—a wood/epoxy composite boat.  Adagio, the first large, all-epoxy bonded and sealed wooden boat built without the use of fasteners, was launched in 1970. Adagio has stood the test of time and 2019 will see her begin her 50th season and she will again be a serious contender in the Great Lakes Mackinac regattas in the USA.

Before Gougeon Brothers Meade and Jan got involved, early epoxy systems were difficult to apply as a coating. This led the brothers to look seriously at epoxy formulations with the goal of solving wood’s most difficult problems: its tendency to absorb moisture, and swell.  The Gougeon Brothers developed the formulations that became the basis of the WEST SYSTEM group of products in 1971.  As they say, the rest is history. WEST SYSTEM epoxy products are now internationally recognised as the leading marine epoxy.

ATL Composites, the licensed manufacturer of WEST SYSTEM epoxy for the AustralAsian region, will be showcasing WEST SYSTEM products in the Princes Wharf Building, at the 2019 MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival, from February 8 through 11.  Our experienced Technical team will be available to answer your questions on the best products and techniques for you to use to increase the life-span of your new wooden boat build, or repair/maintenance project. 

In addition, you will have the opportunity to see the classic Joel White designed Haven 12.5 that will be built using WEST SYSTEM epoxy products at the Tasmanian Wooden Boat Centre, by North West School of Wooden Boat Building, USA.  The Haven will be on display at the Festival and will be auctioned at the end of the show to support the free, public event.

Join us in Hobart to celebrate the 50th anniversary of WEST SYSTEM epoxy products at this wonderful event on Hobart’s historic waterfront.