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Glass and Glazing Products II

Fire rated glass can withstand high temperatures over 1000 degrees without using wire mesh. It comes in ceramic and fritted varieties with ratings from 20 minutes to 3 hours. Fritted glass has ceramic-based paint imprinted on the surface in patterns like stripes or dots. Spandrel glass is opaque and heat-strengthened while insulating glass consists of two or more glass sheets separated by a hermetically sealed air space filled with argon gas. Low-E glass has interior coatings that restrict heat flow. Glazing involves placing glass in frames and holding it with clips, blocks and compounds to prevent movement from thermal expansion or loads. Curtain walls are non-load bearing façades that transfer wind and other loads to the

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Glass and Glazing Products II

Fire rated glass can withstand high temperatures over 1000 degrees without using wire mesh. It comes in ceramic and fritted varieties with ratings from 20 minutes to 3 hours. Fritted glass has ceramic-based paint imprinted on the surface in patterns like stripes or dots. Spandrel glass is opaque and heat-strengthened while insulating glass consists of two or more glass sheets separated by a hermetically sealed air space filled with argon gas. Low-E glass has interior coatings that restrict heat flow. Glazing involves placing glass in frames and holding it with clips, blocks and compounds to prevent movement from thermal expansion or loads. Curtain walls are non-load bearing façades that transfer wind and other loads to the

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FIRE RATED GLASS

 Fire rated glass foregoes the wire mesh, and is


manufactured to withstand temperatures of over
a thousand degrees .

 Ceramic Glass
 –optically clear

 –20 minute to 3 hour ratings


Fritted Glass

Glass that has an imprint on the surface


with silk screened patterns of ceramic
based paint. Paint is fired in a glass
furnace to transform into a hard ceramic
permanent coating .

The paint consist primarily of


pigmented glass particles that are called
frits .

Typical patterns are stripes or dots, but


custom designs are easily reproduced.
SPANDREL GLASS

Opaque frit fired, heat-stregnthend glass (6mm) used


to clad exterior wall areas
 Insulating glass consists of two or more sheets
of glass separated by a hermetically sealed air
space.
 Argon Gas is most commonly used in the airspace

 Most types of glass can be used


INSULATING GLASS
INSULATED GLASS
3 benefits
1.provides better
insulating value (higher
R-value)
2. prevents condensation
from forming on the glass
surface.
3. provides acoustical
control
SUNLIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH GLASS
LOW-E GLASS
(LOW EMMITANCE)
 Coating applied on the inside face of insulating
glass that restricts radiant energy (heat) flow.
Keeps radiant heat on the same side of glass
where it originates. In this case heat from the
sun is kept outside.
LOW E-GLASS
TINTED & REFLECTIVE COATING GLASS
PHOTO VOLTAIC TRANSPARENT GLASS

To provide enclosure and lighting


Simultaneously generate electricity
Bent Glass –produce unique and
Architectural Beveled Stained
dramatic looks
Glass Window Panel
Available in different types of glass
GLASS BLOCKS
Exterior use of glass blocks
Glass masonry shower in the wall of a stairwell
enclosure
SELF-CLEANING GLASS
 The is based on a thin film titanium dioxide coating.
The glass cleans itself in two stages.
 The “photocatalytic" stage of the process breaks down
the organic dirt on the glass using ultraviolet light
and makes the glass hydrophilic (normally glass is
hydrophobic).
 During the following "hydrophilic" stage rain washes
away the dirt, leaving almost no streaks, because
hydrophilic glass spreads the water evenly over its
surface.
SELF-CLEANING GLASS
GLAZING
 Glazing is the process of placing glass into
profiles designed to receive them, then held in
place with glazing clips, blocks and compounds
making a weather tight joint between the glass
and frame.

 Proper glazing prevents the glass from contacting


the frame during thermal expansion of the glass
or the frame and during loading due to wind,
snow, rain or seismic forces
Synthetics for installing glazing, rubber, neoprene & vinyl are
particularly effective in allowing for the thermal expansion and
contraction of glass:
Used when the Architect
desires a clean unbroken
exterior surface for the
glazing uninterrupted by the
protrusion of mullions.

Silicone an excellent and frequently used material to secure glass. Proper


control and placement is essential to create structural adhesion with
weather proofing, thermal and load resistant qualities. Silicone joints
should be designed to perform on two opposing surface planes. This is
achieved thru the use of spacers, bond breakers and backer rods.
CURTAIN WALL
A curtain wall is a building façade that does not
carry any dead load from the building other than
its own dead load. A curtain wall receives and
resists loads that are incident upon it : wind, rain,
snow and seismic forces. These loads are
transferred to the main building structure through
connections at floors or columns of the building. A
curtain wall is designed to resist air and water
infiltration.

Curtain walls are typically designed with extruded


aluminum members
With aluminium and glass curtain wall systems,
the vertical mullions are attached to the floors or
beams at every floor in order to carry gravity and
wind loads
Anatomy of a Glazed Curtain Wall
Curtain wall system:
•Non load bearing
•Supported by floor framing
•Better thermal properties
•Resists high wind loads
•Good aesthetics

Storefront system:
•Gravity loads to foundation
•Ingress / egress
•Visual connection with
street
Structural Glass Roof Panels
spider fittings and cable
supports
COMMON STRUCTURES
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