Inspiring Entrance Sculpture of Composites at Halls Head Central Shopping Centre

The newly redeveloped Halls Head Central Shopping Centre adorns a 3.5 x 2.5 m core composite spiral ribbon. The ribbon represents the corporate logo of one of the co-owners of the shopping center, Vicinity Centres. The Spiral ribbon outside the center incorporates Diab core materials with structural engineering completed by CCG’s Australian office. It was manufactured by Mouldings Design from Henderson, Western Australia. The design of the logo as a helical ribbon, although simple in concept, proved difficult to manufacture in more traditional materials. The use of sandwich composites allowed the complex shape to be easily achieved by the team at Mouldings Design. CCG was able to provide Mouldings design with developed shapes for the core composite ribbon to speed the manufacture. The ribbon itself consisted of a Divinycell Matrix IPN foam core with stitched E-glass skins using a vinylester resin. The ribbon weighed in at 72 kg and the total sculpture at 155 kg. For identifying Growth Opportunities in the Global Advanced Composites Market, please visit http://www.lucintel.com/advanced_composites_market_2017.aspx