Professional Partnership by

FONDERIA MASPERO SRL

Head Quarters and Production

Via Ercolano 2

20900 Monza MB – Italy

tel: (+ 39) 039 20 45 21

fax: (+ 39) 039 59 64 588

Sales: Pietro Solarino

pietro.solarino@maspero.it

niccolo.arnaboldi@maspero.it

25 minutes to Milan Airport

ALUMINUM FOAMHydroformed tubes filled with aluminum foam

Aluminum foam

is a structure of aluminum with a large volume of gas - filled pores. Inside of an alloy obtained by solidification of a liquid foam.

• 75-95% of thevolume is air, soit is an ultra lightmaterial

DIVISIONE R&D DELLA FONDERIA MASPERO srl

FONDERIA MASPERO srl R&D DIVISION

Tech

Field of application

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY : car body knot - crash absorbers

RAILWAY VEHICLES: crash absorbers - floor wagons

BUILDING INDUSTRY : fire protection – floor and wall elements

ENGINEERING: vibration absorbers

SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY: doors - ribs – structures - hatches

DESIGN: decoration - adornments

CLOSED CELL FOAM

PROPERTIES

• High energy absorption during crashes

• High vibration damping

• Good thermal isolation

• Good acoustic isolation

ALUMINIUM FOAM

The aluminum foam is amaterial with superiorcharacteristics comparedto conventional materials,a result which is achievedin function of the internalcellular structure.The aluminum foam is, ingeneral, much more stableand resistant to hightemperatures comparedto conventional materials.Its application can beadapted to various fields,from automotive todesign. Aluminum foamsexcellently absorb energyas vibration, impact andsound due to their cellularstructure. At the end oftheir useful life, the foamcan be recycled withoutproblems.

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4

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1- table with the

different stages atdifferent temperatures

2- beam filled with

different foam

3- behavior at different

levels of energyabsorption

4- handlebar foam

filled

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CELL FOAM WITH SYNTHETIC RESIN

WITHOUT FOAM

WITH FOAM