Unitized Curtain Wall System Details

Whether you prefer stock length fabricated or pre assembled and pre glazed this is a unitized solution the way you want it.

Unitized curtain wall system details.

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. Kawneer offers unitized curtain wall systems with thermal performance blast mitigation structural silicone glazed ssg options and preglazed and fabricated systems. Unitized system is identified by the split mullions and the transforms that are evident in the panel perimeters as shown in figure 5. It is offered in a wide range of options that can be customized to each project.

When glass is used as the curtain wall an advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. Since the curtain wall is non structural it can be made of lightweight materials thereby reducing construction costs. In case of sticky curtain wall there is no sort of splits all forms a single unit. Curtain walls can be classified by their method of fabrication and installation into the following general categories.

Unitized curtain wall. During longer spans there will be a need for. Panel framing details of curtain walls. Stick systems and unitized also known as modular systems.