Knowledge Transfer
Dena has developed a technology that brings together materials by a patented process that causes a surface reaction at the molecular level along with proprietary mixing and homogenising brings together materials that don’t want to bond with each other. However because of this technology an incredibly strong but versatile material is extruded.
Time Required To Train People To Use The Lines
These lines are relatively easy to operate as the most complex parts of the process are automated and managed via CPU.
The length of time to train an operative is approximately one week.
Nano Tile And Traditional Roof Tile Comparison
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Dena Nano Roof Tile Material |
Slate or Ceramic Roof Tile |
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100% water resistant (water will not penetrate or be absorbed) |
Some Terracota tiles over a period of time will allow some egress of water then the tile will fragment as the weather freezes. |
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100% Insect proof |
100% Insect proof |
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Fire Resistant |
Fire Resistant |
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Ultra Violet resistant |
Ultra Violet resistant |
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Superior flexural strength |
Will break or shatter if undue pressure applied or dropped |
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Will not absorb most petrochemical products can be wiped clean |
Will stain and be very difficult to clean |
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Resistant to salts of all types |
Resistant to salts of all types |
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Designed to be reusable hundreds of times (finished products can be recycled several times to manufacture new products) |
May be re-usable but will never be as new again |
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Ideal for weather insulation (heat, sun radiation) |
Poor insulative properties retaining and transmitting hot and cold weather |
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Good sound insulation |
Poor sound insulation |
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Ideal in humid areas. Breathable material |
Poor in humid location and encourages condensation leading to damp |
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Several lengths available. Designed as standard sizes or as special request sizes (subject to quantity) |
Fixed sizes inflexible material bespoke sizes would be very expensive to make |
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Easy to clean |
Special equipment and special detergents required to clean |
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Totally safe to use |
Heavy to handle easy to break giving the fitter a greater chance of accident |
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Impact proof |
Easily broken by dropping or through trying to fix to the roof spars |
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Can be drilled, nailed and screwed or sawn |
Difficult to nail can’t be screwed directly or cut to size without an angle grinder |
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Supports adhesive use |
Cannot be glued instead the use of cement is applied and this is not flexible but becomes brittle and will cause further problems at a later date |
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Paint and coating is not needed to our products. However, if needed can be done |
Can be painted |
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Easily to change the softness or the hardness of the materials by changing formulations to suit the product applications |
Cannot change the rigidity for differing application |
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Available in various colours and shapes |
Fixed to colours and shapes |
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Can be walked without fear of breaking the tile because of its flexibility |
Cannot be walked on without fear of breaking the tiles |