Sunshades, louvers and grilles featured in Metal Construction News’ May 2020 issue.
Airolite Co. LLC
Airolite’s Storm Class SCC550 combination louver is 5 1/2 inches deep and features horizontal exterior blades and vertical interior blades. Horizontal exterior blades allow for a wide range of sightlines and conventional to nontraditional appearances. Interior vertical blades yield high ventilation rates and provide weather protection. It is manufactured with extruded aluminum.
Draper Inc.
Draper’s FlexLouver Rack Arm System shading system has louvers that are tilted in fine increments to control light. It can be operated with motors or cranks, and installed on vertical, horizontal or inclined glazing. Racks arms and drive shaft are manufactured from extruded aluminum. Louvers are aluminum. Brackets are stainless steel or aluminum.
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Gamco Corp.
Gamco’s Architectural Sunshades come in a variety of styles and configurations. Sunshade systems include louver blades, outrigger supports and mounting brackets. Sunshade blades are offered in several standard and custom profiles including airfoil, flat and tubular. The sunshades are fabricated from extruded aluminum. Blades are available in multiple painted, anodized and custom finishes.
Industrial Louvers Inc.
Industrial Louvers’ Vertical Fins come in custom profiles including rectangles and fins. The aluminum sunshades provide low-angle shading. They are attached with T-brackets or into curtainwalls. They are produced with solid or perforated surfaces; custom perforations are available. Vertical Fins are coated with PVDF finishes and custom colors.
StruXure Outdoor Inc.
StruXure’s Pivot XL pergola has 6-inch-wide louvers that rotate, open and close. It operates automatically with motors and sensors that detect wind, rain, light and temperature. The louvered pergola system is made of extruded aluminum. It has a 2-inch-wide by 10-inch-tall beam, and 7 1/2-inch-wide by 4-inch-deep gutter. Louvers interlock to form water channels that flow into gutters.
