Unitized Curtain Wall System Section

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Unitized curtain wall system section.

Curtain walls can be classified by their method of fabrication and installation into the following general categories. 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. Kawneer offers unitized curtain wall systems with thermal performance blast mitigation structural silicone glazed ssg options and preglazed and fabricated systems. See approved drawings for loca.

Elegance 52 sg is a semi unitised system with factory prepared structurally glazed frames stepped or non stepped glazed units secured into each aperture of the curtain wall for a flush glazed appearance. Semi unitised curtain wall systems elegance 52 sg. If your project doesn t suit most of the criteria for a unitized system your other option is to use a stick built system. Stick systems and unitized also known as modular systems.

The vast majority of low to mid rise curtain walls are installed in this way. Typically unitized curtain wall manufacturers will incorporate an end dam composed of a metal end cap that is mechanically attached and sealed to the end of the stack section of the curtain wall which in turn is adhered to the unit frame that is stacked above similar to what is shown in figure 6. In the stick system the curtain wall frame mullions and glass or opaque panels are installed and connected together piece by piece.