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Introducing...
GLASS
Guardian Designs Glass
for Cold Climates
The new ClimaGuard® 75/68
low-E glass from Guardian Industries is made specifically for
residential windows installed in
cold climates.
According to the company,
ClimaGuard 75/68 low-E glass
allows in 75 percent of the sun’s
natural light while also allowing in
68 percent of the sun’s heat to
warm homes naturally. The glass
achieves a U-value of .28, proving
insulation in addition to high
heat gain.
“[ClimaGuard 75/68 low-E glass]
is raising the bar in residential glass
and meets or exceeds
ENERGY STAR® requirements
in all northern zones—while
at the same time providing
superior aesthetics,” says
Scott Thomsen, chief technology
officer for Guardian
Industries. The company
describes the glass as having
a “neutral appearance.”
❙❙➤ www.climaguardglass.com
Looking for
Energy Efficiency?
Great Lakes Window recently
demonstrated the energy
cost-cutting impact of its
Maxuus™ 10 glass system
at the Remodeling Show.
This system is a triple-lite
glass option combining
two lites of vacuum-deposition
low-E glass with an
interior glass substrate
and two insulation
chambers of krypton
gas.
With the
Maxuus 10
i n s u l a t i n g
glass system,
company officials say Great Lakes
Window has brought to market an
insulating glass unit that is five
times more energy efficient than
clear insulating glass and almost 10
times more efficient than typical
single-glazed windows that remain
in so many homes today. All Great
Lakes Window products also
include patented warm-edge
Intercept® insulated glass to
achieve maximum insulating
properties.
❙❙➤ www.greatlakeswindow.com
ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS
Versa-Glaze 1500 Now Has Hot-Melt Capabilities
HAECO recently added hot melt capabilities to its Versa-Glaze
wet-glazing
system, which utilizes TRAC-FLOW technology and servo controls to
provide a
uniform bead of sealant. According to the company, the Versa-Glaze is
easy to
use, easy to understand, and easy to maintain. Operators manually rotate
the
profile around the nozzle, and the system uses no motors, no moving
gantry,
no limit switches, and no photo-eyes.
Representatives from HAECO say the Versa-
Glaze 1500 offers precise control of both bead
size and placement. TRAC-FLO ensures that the
bead imitates the operator’s movement, starting
when the operator moves the profile, and stopping
when the operator stops. Versa-Glaze 1500
is ideal for short-runs or low volumes lines, and
has been used to run double-hung, single-hung
(sash and frame), sliders and specialty shapes,
according to the company, and boasts capabilities
of 150 windows (300 lites) per shift.
❙❙➤ www.haeco.us
SCREENS
Get Your Screen Options
with Screen Concept Co.
Screen Concept Co. Ltd. in Bangkok offers a
variety of screening options for doors and windows.
Among these is a pleated screen system,
which comes with a maximum height of 9.2 feet
and width of 16.4 feet and is suitable for folding
doors, hinged doors and sliding doors. In addition,
the company offers the Panorama screen designed
for large openings that are either very high or
extremely high. The Panorama screen is designed
so that the sash can be stacked on either end or
bi-parted from the center of the opening.
❙❙➤ www.screenconcept.net
GLASS BLOCK
Windecor Plus Unites Two
Distinct Concepts
Windecor Plus has merged two
design concepts—insulating glass
(IG) windows and glass block
windows—to
create the possibility
of glass
block IG operable
windows.
The process
developed by
the Kansas
City, Mo.-
based company seals two Windecor
Tiles back to back enclosed inside
an IG window to create a brandnew
line of glass block for doors
and windows, Windecor Tile. Made
of clear acrylic, Windecor Tile is 3⁄8
inches thick with an air pocket to
help insulate from weather and
sound. This particular glass block is
available in three sizes: 3 by 8 inches,
weighing 4.23 ounces, 4 by 8
inches, weighing 2.36 ounces, and 3
by 8 inches, weighing 1.87 ounces.
❙❙➤ www.windecor.com.
COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS
Get Natural Light in a Not-
So-Natural Way
The Sky Factory has a brand-new
product that could prove competitive
for skylight companies:
SkyCeilings™. These are installed in
standard ceiling grid systems to
replicate the look a real sky. The
company also offers a wall product,
which is a thin edge-lit system that
is set into walls and uses high-resolution
photographic images of landscapes
to look like virtual windows.
❙❙➤ www.skyfactory.com
ENERGY-SAVING PRODUCTS
AEP Upgrades a Window
Without Replacing It
Advanced Energy Panels (AEP)
are patented, clear, insulating panels
that mount on the inside of existing
windows to insulate them.
According to the company of the
same name, AEP, the panels are optically
clear, can be applied to any size
window, are light-weight and carry a
10-year warranty. The panels, which
are made of two layers of polyolefin
glazing stretched over an aluminum
frame with a 7⁄16-inch air gap in
between, also can help a piece of
glass to qualify for ENERGY STAR® ratings,
according to the company.
In addition to their insulating
benefits, AEP also cut down on condensation and sound, while also
maintaining natural light.
❙❙➤ www.advancedenergypanels.com
MACHINERY
They’re Hot (Melt) and
Precise: The Versadrum™
Bulk Melters
Nordson Corp.’s new
line of VersaDrum™
bulk melters are
designed for precise,
demanding
hot-melt adhesive
application
from 200-liter or
55-gallon drums.
Customizable to
accommodate a
wide variety of
adhesives and meet manufacturers’
specific production requirements,
the new line of bulk melters are
particularly well suited for reactive
adhesives, such as moisture-cure
polyurethanes, according to the
company.
VersaDrum bulk melters utilize
an industrial PC, which provides
full control of the adhesive system
via a touch-screen interface, displaying
messages, warnings and
indicators for each operator activity
and machine status condition.
Because they melt only the top
surface of adhesive, VersaDrum bulk melters allow the remaining
material in the drum to stay solid,
reducing thermal stress and protecting
bonding characteristics,
company officials say.
❙❙➤ www.nordson.com
New Machine from Wegoma
is Fast and User-Friendly
The new WSA4LH horizontal
automatic four-head corner welding
machine from Wegoma GB can
weld PVC window profiles at an
angle of 90 degrees and utilizes an
industrial PC control with a user friendly
interface for the machine’s
operator. In addition, the machine
is designed to offer flexible and
accurate processing, along with
automatic monitoring of profile
tolerance, and a sophisticated
module design.
The WSA4LH can be integrated
into an automatic welding and
cleaning line and welds a complete
PVC door/window frame or sash in
on working cycle automatically.
❙❙➤ www.wegomagb.com
COATINGS
New Valspar Coating is Solar
Reflective
The Valspar Corp.
in Wheeling, Ill., has
developed a solar
reflective paint for
the aluminum
extrusion market,
Flurospar® SR. The
spray-applied, factory
cured paint
coating reduces the
amount of energy used to cool
buildings without limiting color
choice.
This new, eco-friendly product is
formulated with solar reflective (SR)
pigments that keep building components cooler than bare aluminum,
anodized aluminum, and comparable
paint colors. Flurospar SR finishes
are available in a wide variety of
colors and pearlescent effects.
❙❙➤ www.valspar.com
GLASS
Loaded with Features
The new automatic vertical insulating glass production line from the
Sommer & Maca Machinery Division of Los Angeles-based C.R. Laurence Co.
Inc. was designed to make door and window manufacturing operations more
efficient and profitable. The addition of a 118-inch-long flat platen
press
ensures an evenly set PIB film between the glass and spacer frame. The
system’s
manual spacer application station has adjustable automatic index guides
to provide accurate spacer positioning. The washer section contains six
low-E
brushes in three compartments, and the washer is compatible with
de-ionized
water. The double blower compartment features an economizer that shuts
off he top blower if the glass is less than 50 percent of maximum height.
❙❙➤ www.somaca.com
VINYL REPAIR
“Doctor” Those
Vinyl Window Damages
Patented trade secrets are yours
for the taking in “The Vinyl Doctor
Guide for Repairing Vinyl Window
Frames,” available from the Vinyl
Doctor based in Portland, Ore.
Company founder David Fenske
holds patent #6,077,465 for the use of PVC cement to repair vinyl window
frames, and shares that restoration
information in this new guide.
In addition, the following information
is also covered: the internal
structure of vinyl windows; how to
diagnose window frame issues;
restoration demonstrations that
show proper techniques and materials;
and much more.
❙❙➤ www.vinyl-doctor.com
ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS
It’s the New Generation:
LAMATEK’s LSE-SDL Tapes
LAMATEK Inc.’s second-generation
muntin bar tape is a low-surface
energy simulated divided light
(LSE-SDL) tape system that was
designed specifically for Kynar®500
flouropolymer, Vitrasil® acrylic
polyester and powder-coated finishes.
The tapes provide long-term
indoor and outdoor adhesion to a
variety of materials, including low maintenance
glass, according to
the company, and cellular PVC,
vinyl, primed and unprimed wood,
plastic and painted aluminum
muntin bars.
The new LSE-SDL product,
which also is designed to resist air,
water, detergents, moisture, ultraviolet
light and dust, is available in
.032 black.
❙❙➤ www.lamatek.com
DISPLAYS
DAC Products Announces
New Display, Upgrades
DAC Products now offers a new
standard entry door display for
companies looking to display
small quantities
of doors in an
affordable, yet
serviceable, display.
The display is
available in both stationary
and spinning
versions and is customizable to
include your company logo, a sign,
detailed product features and warranties
as needed.
In addition, the East Bend,
N.C.-based company has improved
its four-sided insulating glass
(IG) demonstration. The
demonstration now
includes turnbuckles
for securing a
radiometer, an
improved sliding
shelf and a new
stop system, which
permits the use of single-lite glass
during demonstrations. The
four-sided IG demonstration is
made from natural finish oak and
can be used on a counter top or
with an optional pedestal stand.
❙❙➤ www.dacproducts.com
DWM
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