Curtainwalls featured in Metal Construction News’ November 2019 issue.
CRL-U.S. Aluminum
CRL-U.S. Aluminum’s Series 4500 SSG Unit-Glazed Window Wall features double thermal technology that meets building codes. Optional slab edge covers produce curtainwall visuals, and structural silicone glazing offers clean sightlines. The factory-assembled Series 4500 SSG Unit-Glazed Window Wall accommodates 1-inch glazing.
Dynamic Fastener
Dynamic Fastener offers a variety of shims for curtainwalls. Its U-shaped shims fit around bolts and anchors and are used for aligning curtainwalls and windows. Stackable shims are made in fine thicknesses, and are used to make small, precise increments of leveling and aligning. The shims do not rust, rot, stain or leach concrete. They are uniform in thickness, and horseshoe shims are color coded by thickness.
Exterior Technologies Inc. (EXTECH)
EXTECH’s 3400 LIGHTWALL curtainwall system accepts both insulated glass units (IGUs) and cellular polycarbonate glazing (CPG) panels in the same extruded aluminum, thermally broken, framing system. It features deep glazing pockets, low-friction gaskets and controlled gasket pressure that allow for thermal movement of polycarbonate, and provide water and air infiltration resistance. Its 3-inch-wide extruded aluminum framing is thermally broken to help maintain interior temperatures and contribute to reducing HVAC loads.
Kalwall Corp.
Kalwall’s Unitized Curtainwalls feature a translucent, structural sandwich panel that uses prismatic glass fibers embedded in panel face sheets. The glass prisms refract sunlight to provide a balanced, diffused wash of glare-free light. Kalwall provides full spectrum, natural visible light, without distorting color rendition. During the manufacturing process, panels are fitted with translucent insulation to reduce solar heat gain. In addition to translucent wall panels, fixed and operable windows, opaque panels and fixed louvers for single- or multistory applications can be integrated.
Tubelite Inc.
Tubelite’s 400 4-Side SSG Cassette Series glazing system is for building envelopes in low- and mid-rise commercial curtainwall applications. The aluminum-framed, factory-fabricated and factory-glazed system is field installed into the curtainwall grid with 2.5-inch interior sightlines and the strength of variable-depth back members in sizes from 5 5/8 to 10 inches. The cassette system allows for Tubelite’s glass-to-edge glazing, accommodating 0.25-inch-thick glass to triple-glazed units, without the need for captured perimeter members. It also features pivot-and-slide head and jamb anchors, and rollover dead-load sill anchors for fast and accurate installation.
Vectorworks Inc.
With Vectorworks’ Curtain Wall Tool in the company’s design and BIM software, once a pattern for repetition is completed, it can be saved as a resource. The pattern is controlled by a grid that’s defined in a curtainwall style, and the pattern is then repeated vertically and horizontally. Additionally, the Curtain Wall Tool joins, bounds by story, and inserts plug-in objects including doors and windows.
YKK AP America Inc.
YKK AP America’s YUW 750 TU unitized wall system has a 2 1/2-inch sightline and four-side structural silicone glazing. Its pour and debridged thermal barrier minimizes heat transfer. The system has 90-degree inside and outside corners, and three-way adjustable curtainwall anchors. YUW 750 TU’s two-piece head design provides square cuts for horizontal members in lieu of notching.
