.jpg)
.jpg)
Jacking Up Amount Of Warehouse Space
Commercial aluminium specialist Jack Aluminium has doubled its warehouse capacity with the purchase of a new factory. The investment is a result of...
Read Full Article
70mm Window System With Pre-Inserted Gaskets
It was FIT Show 2019 that AluK revealed a brand new 70mm window system at the FIT Show – complete with pre-inserted gaskets.
At the time, it was thought to be the first time that an aluminium window system had been available in the UK with the gaskets pre-inserted – a move which AluK estimates could halve the time it takes customers to manufacture a window.
MD Russell Yates said that it could be a gamechanger in the market – bringing aluminium into line with PVC-U and giving fabricators the opportunity to massively increase their margins and their competitiveness.
Yates said at FIT: “The AluK C70S will be pitched directly at the mid-rise commercial market where there is still plenty of potential for growth in aluminium. It is the new big brother of our iconic 58BW window system and incorporates everything which we know fabricators and installers love about the 58 – but with even faster, simpler fabrication and much improved performance.”
Thermal and acoustic performance
AluK’s specialist design team have created a great looking, cost-effective new window which satisfies all the key thermal, acoustic and performance criteria laid down by commercial specifiers. For instance, thermal performance of the C70S is between 1.0W/m2K and 1.3W/m2K, a 50mm glazing option allows for improved acoustics and a max sash weight of 150kg for tilt before turn windows, and wind and water tightness levels are class leading - even with large span window openings.
Approved Document Q
It also PAS24 accredited for inward and opening windows, making it suitable for all projects requiring Approved Document Q.
Tooling
Yates added: “This will be the platform on which we build an entire new range of products, giving our customers the same benefits of system integration which they already enjoy with the 58BW. “It also has the massive advantage that it shares the sightlines and many of the parts and tooling required to manufacture the 58BW so customers will easily be able to add the C70S to their range and really make an impact in the commercial market without significantly increasing their stockholding.”
Picture: AluK launched its new C70S window system with pre-inserted gaskets at FIT 2019 with the first fabricators taking the product in the summer.
More details at: www.aluk.co.uk
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
02nd January 2020