Elegance 85 gf is a semi unitized system with factory prepared externally beaded.
Semi unitized curtain wall system.
The opaque areas can be a wide range of materials including glass metal earthen and composites.
Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs.
The vast majority of low to mid rise curtain walls are installed in this way.
Its basic structural principle is to fabricate other curtain wall components with the exception of main keels to assemble them into unitized panel and then deliver to site to be fixed on main keel.
If your project doesn t suit most of the criteria for a unitized system your other option is to use a stick built system.
A semi unitized curtain wall glazing system is a type of structural glazing where the primary structural framing components are erected individually as an erector set.
Long pieces of aluminum hence the name stick are inserted between floors vertically and horizontally between vertical members to support and transfer the load of the glass back to structure.
Curtain wall semi unitized system.
Semi unitized curtain wall has the combined features of stick curtain wall and unitized curtain wall.
When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building.
In this set the vertical mullions are attached first to the floor slabs and the horizontals are attached to the vertical mullions to resemble a grid.
The system is typically based on the use of spanning vertical and occasional horizontal components that receive the pre assembled pre glazed vision and spandrel panels.
Semi unitised curtain wall systems elegance 52 sg.