What is a “composite material?
It’s a blend of thermoplastic alloys that is used in place of wood, vinyl, or aluminum to build the frame of AMSCO Renaissance® Series windows. The composite material is encased in PVC capstock, which helps ensure that it won’t fade, chip or scratch. The end result is a window that won’t warp, peel, rot or leak.
A composite is created by combining different materials to create a new one. A rudimentary example would be mixing mud and straw and forming it into a brick shape to make adobe bricks. It takes two materials which, by themselves, wouldn’t usually be used for the same purpose as they are when combined into a composite material for building. In construction trades, concrete would be a slightly more complex composite of stone mixed with cement. If you add re-bar (strong steel rods), it becomes a three-phase composite that adds both strength and flexibility. In engineering, an engineer may design something that is under certain stresses that require the uses of a material that is a composite (either because conventional material can’t meet the stress demands or could be too heavy for the purpose it has been designed).
