GFRP

Most GFRP wall and ceiling installations require no pre-engineering. The Arcoplast dry build method keeps the process clean and efficient, generating minimal dust and waste, with no complex on-site preparation like surface coatings, sanding, painting, or long drying times.

Repurposing or modernizing a facility is just as straightforward. Ready to install GFRP panels attach directly to the existing surface using A-2020 structural adhesive, and after four hours, A-1010 Bio-Seal seals and finishes the panel joints. Before attaching panels to any surface, confirm it’s clean and able to support the new panels.

• Back Plate Lining System (5mm, 9.5mm, 12.5mm, 19mm): Lining or relining a facility is quick and clean. GFRP panels and back plates attach directly using A-2020 structural adhesive, with A-1010 Bio-Seal sealing and finishing the joints and seams. Fasteners secure the back plate or spline to the substrate or framing without penetrating the barrier surface. Before attaching panels to any surface, confirm it’s clean and able to support them.
• Spline System (9.5mm, 12.5mm, 19mm): Seismic and non-seismic corner and wall splines position GFRP panels using fasteners and VHB tape, with A-2020 adhesive bonding the panels and spline assembly to the framing. A-1010 Bio-Seal finishes the joints, forming a seamless, single membrane barrier.
• Direct Attach: Fixtures and MEP devices attach directly to the primary barrier using A-2020 adhesive and A-1010 Bio-Seal, with fasteners and brackets as needed. Once fixed, a fixture can only be removed by cutting the panel.
• Penetrations: A-1010 Bio-Seal forms an air and water tight, seamless seal around any penetration in the barrier.
• Repair: Accidental damage can be repaired in situ, restoring the barrier to new condition.

GFRP primary barriers are built for a long service life, maintaining structural integrity without the need for replacement. The surface resists physical impact, chemicals, high humidity, and toxic saline environments, and it doesn’t delaminate, flake, shed, peel, or separate, keeping a continuous, smooth surface for the life of the barrier.

That durability also means low maintenance. GFRP holds up to rigorous cleaning methods, including mop and bucket, high pressure wash downs, chlorine dioxide, formaldehyde gas, and hydrogen peroxide vapor, standard procedures across life sciences, biosecurity, biosafety, medical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage facilities, all without requiring rejuvenating maintenance programs. The result is a barrier built to support continuous operations and consistent production quality.

GFRP Lead Shield panels are built without a laminated construction method. Instead, manufacturing relies on a wetting out process for glass fiber and resin, applied in multiple layers to reach the specific thickness, strength, and mechanical properties each panel needs.

Lead sheets are incorporated into the panel during that same process. As the panel cures, glass fiber mats, fire rated resin, and lead sheeting fuse together into a single unit, fully encapsulating the lead shielding in a permanently sealed panel.

GFRP Lead Shield panels feature the Arcoplast high gloss GelCoat antimicrobial surface, available in most PMS colors, with Pristine White as the standard.

Panels are safe to handle, since the lead sheeting is fully encapsulated inside the panel core. When trimming or cutting an Arcoplast Lead Panel, all stipulations from architects and engineers, along with health and safety precautions, must be followed.

Panels install using the Arcoplast dry construction method, fixed to the framing or substrate with a combination of A-2020 structural adhesive, splines, and or back plates. Fasteners and VHB tape locate and hold the splines and panels in position while the adhesive cures, a process that takes at least four hours.

Ready to install Lead Panels require no surface preparation. A soft plastic film protects the surface during installation and peels back before the panels are sealed and finished with A-1010 Bio-Seal. Once cured, three days later, the result is a seamless primary barrier built to ABSL-3, BSL-3, BSL-3Ag, and BSL-4 specifications.

Seams and Panel Joints: At the union joint, where two panels meet, lead shielding wraps around all sides of the metal stud. See shop drawing.

MEPs and Penetrations: A chicane, a series of boxed blind corners, allows MEPs like cables and amenities to enter the room without letting X-rays escape.

Security and secure storage are integral to a facility’s day to day operations, covering toxic and reactive chemicals, flammable goods, incompatible substances, storage temperature and flash point requirements, explosive materials, drugs, and protection against forced entry.

GFRP Steel Core is a 19mm solid core panel made of glass resin with an embedded steel wire mesh security barrier, finished with the Arcoplast high gloss GelCoat surface and available in most PMS colors, with Pristine White as the standard. The panel is built to withstand heavy impact and impair forced entry, within limits, and is applicable to secure storage rated up to CL3, PC3, ABSL-3, BSL-3, PC4, and BSL-4.

GFRP Steel Core panels are built without a laminated construction method. Manufacturing relies on a wetting out process for glass fiber and resin, applied in multiple layers, with steel wire mesh incorporated during the same process. As the panel cures, glass fiber mats, fire rated resin, and steel wire mesh fuse together into a single unit, fully encapsulating the mesh in a permanently sealed panel.

Panels install using the Arcoplast dry construction method. A-2020 structural adhesive bonds splines and or back plates to the framing, while fasteners and VHB tape locate and hold the panels in position as the adhesive cures, a process that takes at least four hours. A-1010 Bio-Seal then seals and finishes the panels, and once fully cured, three days later, the result is a seamless primary barrier built to ABSL-3, BSL-3, BSL-3Ag, and BSL-4 specifications.