Spandrel Glass Over Rated Floor Assembly

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Spandrel glass over rated floor assembly. An aesthetically pleasing way of concealing structural elements spandrel glass is often contained within false ceilings on each floor of a building located between vision glass on each floor. Available in monolithic. Spandrel glass is one such option. Interior spandrel glass does not need to meet the same criteria.

When tempered spandrel glass is five times stronger than annealed glass and is more resistant to thermal stresses as well. Hilti is the first and only manufacturer to have a tested perimeter fire barrier system for full vision glass. Heat strengthening allows spandrel glass to be twice as strong as annealed glass. Spandrel panels are the area of a curtain wall or screen located between vision areas of windows which conceal structural columns floor slabs and shear walls.

Spandrel glass has both interior and exterior applications though spandrel glass used on the exterior of a building usually is heat treated and insulated to ensure it provides the properties similar to that which an actual wall would provide. The system hi bpf 120 11 provides an aesthetically pleasing fire rated assembly for floor to ceiling glass designs with class iv movement capabilities in a fully unitized assembly. Trulite glass aluminum solution s 200 300 500 entrances are engineered to provide simple fabrication easy assembly and problem free installation in an easy to use economical entrance system. Designs that call for large areas of glass such as curtain walls or structural glazing often include spandrels.

800 288 6919 contact us. Spandrel glass is a heat processed glass with a ceramic frit permanently fused to the surface of the glass. A large spectrum of ceramic products are available from euroview in monolithic or igu form. Spandrel infill can enhance the visual impact of glazing systems and are used in place of vision glass where there is a need to hide the edges of floor slabs insulation ceiling details and other building elements that would otherwise be seen through vision glass.

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