Laminated Type Gypsum Board – R-Panel
GB/T 23451-2023
Laminated Type Gypsum Board – R-Panel have the advantages of lightweight, thermal insulation, fire prevention, sound insulation, convenient processing, good construction performance, and increased usage area. Therefore, they are widely used in various industrial and civil buildings, especially in high-rise buildings as interior wall materials and decoration materials. For example, maintenance of public facilities such as residential communities, commercial partition walls, factory workshops, office walls, entertainment space partitions, catering space partition walls, schools, etc
R-Panel (Known as Reconstruct-able Laminated Wall Panel) is based on the concept of a tensioned fabric roof system in taking high tensile load under a large span and extreme light weight. The idea is to develop a fabric wall system so that it has a tensioned fabric working inside as wall structure. The wall system is made from gypsum, synthetic mesh fabric, rock-wool, perlite, or polystyrene internal core with suitable additives and water (depending on the Model type). It is composed of at least two meshes in-built gypsum panels with mesh extended beyond the panel from at least two adjacent edges, while the centre is made up of rock-wool, perlite, or polystyrene infill in between alternate layers of gypsum panels for a multiple-layer model. Its major characteristic relies on its in-built mesh fabric extended beyond the panel edges from at least two sides, which has ensured the achievement of a seamless, continuous wall panel, even though the system is made up of multiple pieces. Therefore, the R-Panel system maintains its unique characteristics of impact-resistant, seismic-resistant, carrying load at any point on all wall surfaces, even at panel joint locations, and behaves like one intact wall panel with easy construction. The panel itself has met the British Standard of BS5234 Part 2 in heavy-duty standard. The water-repelling R-Panel is suitable for internal and external sheathing applications with protection under a water barrier and weathering coating. The R-Panel is a new environmental friendly 4 “R” product.
If R-Panel is used to replace the traditional block wall, besides the low carbon emissions of the raw material itself, it reduces the use of steel reinforcing bar and concrete volume on the supporting structure, which would help to cut down the carbon release as well as the tonnage of site garbage. R-Panel becomes the least carbon-releasing and environmental friendly partition system.
Recycle – Gypsum is used for the manufacture of R-Panel. Gypsum is a recyclable material and can be fabricated from FGD gypsum waste by-product.
Reuse – Demolished R-Panel wall can be cut into regular pieces and reused for the reconstruction of a new wall as required. This is how the name of the product is called.
Reduce – The use of material for panel fabrication is reduced to the least required for functional partition as desired.
Replace – R-Panel is used as a better replacement for traditional high-energy-consuming products like brick, concrete block, gypsum block, AAC block, or even gypsum board wall in high load-carrying capacity.
Importantly, R-Panel has been adopted in Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) for both interior walls, external furring walls, and 1-hour floor slabs. In this application, R-Panel reduces conventional MiC weight from 23–27 tons to approximately 4 tons, significantly lowering structural demands on steel supports and foundations. A showroom showcasing R-Panel is now open at the MiC Display Centre in CIC – Zero Carbon Park, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong.
