Unitized Curtain Wall System Details

Kawneer offers unitized curtain wall systems with thermal performance blast mitigation structural silicone glazed ssg options and preglazed and fabricated systems.

Unitized curtain wall system details.

Panel framing details of curtain walls. Curtain walls can be classified by their method of fabrication and installation into the following general categories. Whether you prefer stock length fabricated or pre assembled and pre glazed this is a unitized solution the way you want it. In case of sticky curtain wall there is no sort of splits all forms a single unit.

During longer spans there will be a need for. Unitized system is identified by the split mullions and the transforms that are evident in the panel perimeters as shown in figure 5. Stick systems and unitized also known as modular systems. Unitized curtain walls are pre glazed pre sealed and pre assembled in units comprising one lite of glass with surrounding interlocking framing that are then taken to the field and installed one by one onto the building structure.

Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs. When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. A curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural utilized only to keep the weather out and the occupants in. Kawneer s 2500 pg wall curtain wall system is a unitized solution engineered to meet these criteria and more.