TP-50300. Eleborated Solutions - Great Opportunities
Perhaps, no modern building design would be complete without translucent aluminum structures. There will not be enough time to enumerate all the good qualities of this material. Well, it is not even worth doing so because an aluminum is probably the most widely used building material in the world. The true creators, i.e. building architects and designers, are more aware than anyone of what opportunities a thoroughly designed architectural system offers, and how a unique building with outstanding exterior can be created using translucent structures. We would like to present you the TP-50300 Facades developed by TATPROF.
Currently, the TATPROF system offers solutions for glazing the structures of up to 12 meters high without intermediate fixtures to the supporting structures of the building, in which case the weight of a single glazing unit may be as much as 800 kg. An exact profile is chosen based on the calculation of the static parameters of glazing panels, which is a set of the minimum inertia requirements for the profile. If the design provides for large size glazing unit, it is possible to develop a customized solution with strengthening elements for a specific structure taking into account the climatic conditions of the construction region and the project features.
The TP-50300 stained-glass windows are mounted using the post-and-beam principle, i.e. horizontal elements (or beams) are fixed to vertical elements (or posts). The mounted beam is lapped over the post, thus ensuring the drainage of moisture condensing in the structure. Often, when comparing the likelihood of leakages inside the glazing of different manufacturers, some system owners resort to using very deep moisture drainage channels on the post.
Nonetheless, the depth of the trough is irrelevant because moisture drainage in glazing does not imply water accumulation in the channel, given that moisture is sequentially drained from the beam to the post, then from the post to outside. The reliability of this fixture method has been proven experimentally with a pressure difference of 600 Pa and the glazing structure was shown waterproof.
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