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NEW Interbar & Fittings
to complement Thermobar
Warm Edge Spacer
Thermoseal Group has released a new range
of internal spacer bar and fittings in sizes
11.5mmx18mm and 15.5mmx18mm that will
allow customers to simulate traditional multipane Georgian windows with Thermobar.
By creating a grid of Thermobar Interbar
(sometimes referred to as Muntin bar), sealing
it within a unit and then attaching a Georgian
Surface Mount bar to the outside of the unit,
customers will be able to create the appearance of
a multi-paned window.
Thermobar Interbar has been developed using
similar technology to Thermoseal Group’s Warm
Edge products, consequently the Interbar offers
a superior thermal efficiency than traditional
aluminium Interbar systems. Interbar fittings
have also been developed alongside the new
Interbar profile in order to achieve a seamless fit
while ensuring that the colours match perfectly.
The adjoining centre keys (cruciform) and edge
keys have been reinforced with stabilising bars to
optimise the rigidity of the unit. The bespoke
centre keys also come with the option of round
buffers to eliminate the chance of rattle within
the unit.
Call 0845 331 3950 or visit the new
interactive website and mobile platform at:
www.thermosealgroup.com
New ClimaGuard® DS
A durable soft coat alternative to hard coat Low E glass.
Guardian Glass UK has launched
ClimaGuard DS, an advanced soft coat
Low E glass with similar durability and
performance to alternative hard coat Low E
options.
Historically, hard coat Low E glass has
been known to have a slight brown colour
distortion with an element of haze when
viewed from particular angles, as the sun’s
light catches the coated surface. Guardian’s
new ClimaGuard DS is an offline, magnetron
sputter-coated Low E glass, which offers
similar attributes to its hard coat Low E rival,
without the brown colour distortion or issue
relating to haze.
Unlike other soft coat Low E glass options,
it doesn’t require edge deletion and has a
far more robust coating, allowing it to be
processed and manufactured like hard coat
glass. It uses advanced magnetron glass coating
technology to achieve a low 1.3 centre pane
U value in a common Argon filled 28mm
unit. Combined with a high g value (solar
heat gain), ClimaGuard DS offers similar
performance in WERs to other hard coat
Low E glass options, easily achieving a WER
band C for Building Regulation Document L
compliance.
www.guardianglass.co.uk/latestproducts
New Sizes of Bespoke Gas
Keys for Triple Glazing with
Thermobar Warm Edge Spacer
With the rising demand for
gas-filled triple glazed units,
leading UK Component
Supplier Thermoseal Group has
introduced two new sizes to its
Thermobar warm edge range 7.5mm and 9.5mm gas keys.
Group’s Sales Director, Mark
Hickox comments: “We now
produce the majority of all
warm edge fittings in-house
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which allows us to produce and
maintain high quality bespoke
products in quick response to
market changes.
‘High quality
bespoke products’
“Thermobar is the preferred
choice of many sealed unit
manufacturers because of its
handling advantages: it can be
stapled without cracking and
breaking easily; there are no
issues with hot melt bubbling
on the unit edges owing to
inefficient breather holes in
the spacer; it requires no costly
machinery investment; it is safe
and easy to saw without the safety
requirement for air extraction; the
price is very competitive; it can
be inkjet-printed for free; and can
also be supplied with pre-applied
PIB tape.
As with the other available sizes
of Thermobar, the narrower bars
are fully exchangeable within
current WERs for any other warm
edge spacer tube.”
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