Protection Films
Novis Luma
Black & White ACP Panel Protection Film
Novis Luma is a UV-stabilised black and white polyethylene protection film for aluminium composite panels. Applied at panel production, it protects the coated surface through fabrication, transport and facade installation — including outdoor exposure on site — and removes cleanly after the building is closed.
ImageRoll of black and white Novis Luma protection film beside stacked aluminium composite panels
Overview
Built for the months a panel spends outdoors.
ACP protection film has a harder job than indoor fabrication film. The panel is cut, routed, folded and installed, then sits on a facade in direct sunlight until the building is finished. That can be months.
Ordinary polyethylene fails that exposure. UV embrittles the film so it tears into strips instead of peeling, and it drives the adhesive into the coating so that what remains has to be scraped or solvent-cleaned off a finish that is now part of a completed facade.
Luma is UV-stabilised and specified around removal after weathering. The black-and-white construction reflects heat and makes protected panels identifiable across a site.
UV-stabilised for outdoor service
Resists the embrittlement that makes ordinary PE tear into strips instead of peeling after sun exposure.
Clean removal after weathering
Specified around peel behaviour at the end of outdoor service life, when removal actually happens, not at day one.
Survives routing and folding
Holds through panel cutting, routing and tray folding without lifting along the groove or the formed edge.
Heat-reflective surface
The white outer surface reduces heat build-up on panels standing in direct sun before installation.
In detail
ImageACP facade panels still covered in protective film during building installation
ImageBlack and white protective film peeled back from an aluminium composite panel
ImageAluminium composite panel being routed with the protective film still applied
Specifications
Technical data
Values marked On request are confirmed against the specific grade and consignment. Batch test data is supplied with every delivery.
Construction
- Film typeBlack and white surface.
- Co-extruded UV-stabilised polyethylene
- Thickness
- 50 – 80µm
- Adhesive
- On request
- Roll widthTypically matched to ACP coil widths.
- On request
- Roll length
- On request
Performance
- Outdoor service lifeFrom application, under direct exposure.
- On request
- Peel adhesion, initial
- On request
- Peel adhesion, after UV ageingThe value that governs clean removal.
- On request
- Elongation at break
- On request
- UV stabilisation
- On request
Application
- Suitable substrates
- PVDF and polyester-coated aluminium composite panel
- Application
- Applied at panel production, in line
- Application temperature
- On request
- Shelf life
- On request
Applications
Where it is used
- ACP facade cladding panels
- Panel routing, grooving and tray folding
- Signage and shopfront panel fabrication
- Site storage and facade installation
- Export transport of coated panels
- Aluminium sheet and coil protection
Questions
Novis Luma FAQs
Why does protection film tear into strips instead of peeling off?
UV embrittlement. Ordinary polyethylene loses elongation under sunlight, so instead of stretching as it peels it fractures across the width. That is why an outdoor panel film has to be UV-stabilised, and why indoor fabrication film should not be used on facade panels.
What removes adhesive residue left by an over-aged film?
Prevention rather than cure — once adhesive has aged into a PVDF coating on an installed facade, removal means solvent cleaning at height, with a real risk to the coating. Specifying a UV-stabilised film and removing it on schedule avoids the situation entirely.
Can Novis Luma be used on other coated metals?
Yes — it suits coated aluminium sheet and coil generally, not only composite panel. Confirm compatibility against the specific coating system before a full run, since coating chemistry affects both adhesion and removal.
Is Luma suitable for laser cutting?
No. For laser cutting of stainless steel, use Novis Apex, which is specified for beam reflection control and cut-edge behaviour.
Technical reading
Before you specify
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