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Intelligent Alternatives to Conventional Construction
Advantic manufactures a suite of advanced polymer
composite materials that give our customers
significant competitive advantage in the design and
delivery of infrastructure projects around the world.
Our foundational expertise is in the production of
lightweight, high performance cast polymers that
provide many mechanical properties which exceed those
of conventional and ultra-high performance concrete.
ADVANTIC+ BENEFITS
Advantic’s proprietary materials solutions and advanced
structural systems allow customers to design, bid,
and build more competitively by reducing shut-down
duration, as well as design, labor, and material costs.
• Meets flame, smoke, and toxicity
requirements for building construction
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• Provides the strength of concrete at 75% less weight
• Reduces supporting infrastructure costs
• Installs quickly and is readily modified in the field
• Low maintenance: non-corrosive, non-absorptive,
impermeable, chemically resistant
• Comparable to fiberglass insulation as a thermal insulator
• Integrates easily with conventional building
materials through intelligent detailing
• Transparent to radio frequency communication
Manufacturing New Materials +
Leading-Edge Structural Systems
PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY
Advantic materials and systems have been developed
to provide exceptional performance while satisfying
regulatory requirements for infrastructure applications.
We employ cutting edge material science to enhance
our product offerings, including adaptable polymer
resin systems, tailored glass and carbon fiber
reinforcements, high strength microspheres, energy
absorptive coatings, and durable finishing technologies.
Our proprietary materials are cast, cured, and finished
at our manufacturing facilities in Dayton, Ohio USA.
Don’t see exactly what you need?
Advantic structural engineers, material scientists, and
polymer chemists will partner with you to conceptualize,
design, and deliver products or systems that meet
target performance and budgetary requirements.
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When you contact Advantic to discuss feasibility, your project will be reviewed by our engineers to ensure
that no key details have been overlooked. We’ll discuss your structural system, provide thoughts on
integration and detailing, and give you an honest opinion on the opportunities and limitations of an
advanced polymer composite solution. And if we think Advantic is a good fit, we’ll tell you that, too.
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STRUCTURAL BASE MATERIAL SYSTEMS
Advantic provides a suite of three base material
systems that alone are fully functional and provide
impressive mechanical performance. These cast
polymer materials are comprised of a filled thermoset
resin system with proprietary performance-enhancing
additives tailored to the construction industry.
Advantic’s three base material systems are:
Advantic+35, Advantic+40, and Advantic+55.
These systems are delineated by weight and
provide performance at densities of 35, 40, and
55 pounds per cubic foot (pcf), respectively. Even
for the heaviest of systems (Advantic+55), this
is a massive weight savings over conventional
concrete at 150 pcf. Key mechanical properties
are given in Table 1 for each of the systems.
Table 1 | Comparative Properties of Unreinforced Advantic Base Material to Concrete
Compression
Flexure
Tension
Density
Modulus
Strength
Modulus
Strength
Modulus
Strength
Concrete
150
(2400)
3,645,000
(25,131)
4,000
(27.6)
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480
(3.3)
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400
(2.8)
Advantic+35
35
(560)
160,000
(1,103)
4,000
(27.6)
215,000
(1,482)
3,200
(22.0)
200,000
(1,379)
2,200
(15.2)
Advantic+40
40
(640)
220,000
(1,517)
8,000
(55.2)
335,000
(2,310)
4,000
(27.6)
330,000
(2,275)
3,750
(25.9)
Advantic+55
55
(881)
270,000
(1,861)
11,500
(79.3)
475,000
(3,275)
5,400
(37.2)
450,000
(3,102)
4,500
(31.0)
System
pcf (kg/m3)
psi (MPa)
psi (MPa)
psi (MPa)
psi (MPa)
psi (MPa)
psi (MPa)
Material properties are unfactored. Density is ±2 lb/ft3.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE FEATURES
Advantic+fst™
For those applications which require
compliance with governing fire codes,
Advantic+fst has been tailored to achieve
a Class A fire rating when tested per
ASTM E84 with flame spread index less
than 25 and smoke developed index of less
than 450. Mechanical properties of Advantic+fst
are comparable; however, density values are
moderately higher due to the inclusion of flame
retardant additives.
Advantic+ins™
While numerous material solutions exist to impede
the transfer of heat from one surface to another,
few are concurrently capable of independently
supporting high structural loads. Advantic+ins
provides a thermal conductivity of 0.089 W/(m-K),
which equates to an R-value of 1.62 per inch.
This is more highly insulative than nearly all
structural building materials. A comparison of
common building materials is provided on the
adjacent chart. Advantic+ins is often considered
for use as a structural thermal break.
Comparative Thermal Conductivity
1.5
Conductivity (W/m.k at 25ºC)
1.2
0.9
0.6
0.3
0
Exanded Fiberglass
Polystyrene
Advantic
Panel
Hardwood
Autoclave
Aerated
Concrete
Material
Glass
Brick
Concrete
Advantic+uv™
For exterior applications where exposure
to ultraviolet radiation is anticipated,
Advantic+uv includes coating or additives to
mitigate the degradation often experienced
by exposure to natural elements.
Flexural Performance Improvements
Advantic+frp™
Does your application have critical deflection
requirements or long spans? Do you require
additional ductility in the failure mode? Do
you have significant in-plane shear loads?
Advantic+frp may be the right solution.
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Base Advantic+35+frp
Two sides reinforced
Fiber reinforced polymer, or FRP, systems are
comprised of carbon or glass fibers embedded
in a polymer resin, and aligned to provide
efficient stiffness and strength tailored to the
design loads. When coupled with the shear and
bending performance of the Advantic structural
polymers, a powerful system is born.
Base Advantic+35+frp
One side reinforced
Advantic+frp is a laminated panel system that
is lightweight, non-corrosive, non-conductive,
and highly energy absorptive. Reinforcing one
face of an Advantic structural polymer plate
provides a significant improvement in stiffness
and strength with substantial post-yield
energy absorption capacity. Reinforcing both
faces provides nearly an order of magnitude
improvement in strength and stiffness.
Base Advantic+35
Displacement
Advantic+ht™
For applications where thermal control is valuable, Advantic has demonstrated and delivered products that provide
radiant resistive heating capability across a surface of varied geometry. Advantic+ht panels provide resistive heating
elements embedded at a shallow depth within the section, providing protection to the critical components. Advantic+ht
features are often coupled with Advantic+frp panels for use as flooring or walls in the transportation and temporary
structures industries.
Advantic+ab™ and Advantic+br™
Anti-ballistic and blast resistant design is an area of significant interest to designers of critical infrastructure and
capital equipment in the modern era. Due to their high energy absorptive capacity Advantic materials have a track
record of performance as blast mitigants for both vehicles and structures. Additionally, these materials couple well
with built-up polymer composite and metal alloys for ballistic penetration resistance. Anti-ballistic Advantic+ab and
blast resistant Advantic+br systems are continuously in development for a variety of customer-specific applications.
WiFi Signal Loss
Advantic+rf ™
Wireless communication saturates our
environment, and the rate of growth of
bandwidth-dependent technologies is staggering.
Unfortunately, conventional construction materials
tend to impede radio frequency communication
across the frequency spectrum. Advantic+rf is
tailored to provide nearly imperceptible signal
loss – less than a single pane of glass.
15
2.4 GHz Signal Attenuation
12
9
6
3
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1″ Advantic
Single
Panel
Pane Glass
Window
Interior
Drywall
Partition
Glass Wall
with Metal
Frame
1.75″
Wooden
Door
Material
Brick
Wall
Cubicle
Concrete
Wall
Conversely, your project may demand signal
filtering or blockage. Advantic can tailor a custom
product to filter all but a critical frequency, or
block part or all frequencies as required.
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ADAPTABLE CUSTOM FORM
Just as conventional precast concrete can assume any desired
geometry to meet project requirements, Advantic can deliver
products in nearly any form and material combination. Some clients
desire to receive cast polymer materials in large planar form, similar
to sheathing, varying from less than one half-inch to several feet
in thickness. Other clients desire a near-finished form, including
tolerance machined geometry, high performance coatings, and
integrated mounting connectors. Still others seek integrated systems
of materials, including cast polymers, fiber-reinforced laminates, and
conventional steel sheeting, and which requires the design of primary
load-bearing adhesive bond lines and mechanical connections.
Advantic excels in the selection, design, validation, and manufacture
of single- and multi-material systems, and their subsequent
integrated performance within built infrastructure. The choices are
limitless, and Advantic works with our customers on each project to
develop a custom product form.
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Product delivery is more than just material procurement. At Advantic, we recognize that advanced polymer composites
are new to many in the building and construction industries. This includes engineers, architects, contractors, owners,
and permitting officials.
Advantic supports our customers in all phases of a project, from conceptual design, through submittal and approval
processes, to installation. We can provide professional engineering design services as well. Our staff has decades of
experience in both design and project management as well as field work in virtually all types of construction, from heavy
infrastructure to high tech facilities.
Not Quite a Fit?
Do you like what you see, but have a thought outside the lanes of our current product offerings? At Advantic, we’re
always open to a conversation with our clients to discuss their thoughts on how advanced polymer composites may play
a role in meeting the challenges in their industries. Coupled with Advantic’s professional engineering design services,
many of these conversations have turned into fruitful long-term strategic partnerships.
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www.advanticllc.com
Intelligent Alternatives to Conventional Construction