Nimbus Lite
NIMBUS LITE
A single layer reflective shield that uses patent refraction techniques to deflect and therefore reduce received temperatures.
Supplied in a basic maximum size of 910 x 1160 mm nominal.
Construction: single aluminium sheet double embossed
Material: 0.4mm 1050A ‘O’ grade aluminium
Material Thickness: 0.4mm
Product Thickness: 3.6mm
Area Density: 1.24 kg per sq metre
Thermal Conductivity @ 150C based on BS874 pt. 2: 0.27 W/mK
hot plate temp drop @ 150C as per SAE J1361 hot plate test: 72.3C
internal exhaust test: horizontal flat sample, source-receiver distance 25mm, source-shield hot face distance 12.5mm, receiver: black painted 2.6mm steel
sample size 25 x 8cm, receiver size 15 x 10cm, source running at constant power
no shield:
source 300C receiver 144C
source 500C receiver 274C
new Nimbus Lite:
source 355C receiver 72C
source 591C receiver 72C
Nimbus Lite dirt impinged: source 362C receiver 48C
(coated with standard dirt mixture: source 596C receiver 72C
at approx 69 gsm)
surface emissivity @ 150C
new Nimbus Lite 0.28
with accelerated salt spray 0.25
Acoustic:
impact noise generated from supported 30 x 21cm flat sample struck by 0.9g steel ball dropped from 50mm: 103.2 dB(A)
attenuation as per Iveco 18-8304 part 4.15: 4.3 dB(A)
mechanical: stone impingement as per SAE J4007D (5 chips, 1-3mm diameter)
tensile strength parallel to primary corrugations (x) 76 MPa
tensile strength parallel to secondary corrugations (y) 51 MPa
tensile modulus x direction 287 MPa
fully recyclable