GlassWin® System
Structural glazing with PVC-U profiles
Environment
Our window profiles are stabilised with eco friendly calcium/zinc instead of lead. This means
not only better protection for the environment,
but also better quality at every stage in the life
of the window – with greater resistance to weathering, longer retention of glossy properties,
and cleaner environmental protection that pays
Services by professionals
PVC-U windows from the KBE systems
are manufactured and marketed only by selected specialised companies whose reputation
warrants the best quality and customer friendly
services.
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The GlassWin System
The exceptional product among
bonded PVC-U windows
Silicone, systematically
The characteristic feature is the adhesive join between the glass
registered trademark GlassWin
and PVC. The flexible joint between the GlassWin® sash and the
the brain child of the partnership between
stepped insulated glass transmits forces for the permanent static
Dow Corning and profine GmbH. This system
reinforcement of the sash frame. The sash frames of GlassWin®
of flexible adhesive joins for transferring
windows need no steel reinforcement whatsoever and therefore
forces gives rise to a rigid low-torsion bond
allow slimmer, aesthetically appealing, filigree frames. The visual
between the glass, silicone adhesive, and
outcome therefore is an “all-glass” sash for greater light entry.
PVC sash frame without steel reinforcement.
The ultra lean GlassWin® System PVC-U profile fires the imagi-
The essential advantages include better ther-
nation of architects and urban planners, and lets rooms appear
mal insulation properties and the optimal utili-
as bright as day, making users of the building forget
sation of sunlight with good protection against
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System is
forced entry. The GlassWin® System is the
consistently realised idea of the adhesive
join, for the entire range of advantages with
all the structural and visual benefits. It therefore fulfils developers’ demands for elaborate
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The adhesive join system under the
Bonding on the highest level
Structural glazing in window manufacture
The Burj al Arab
For several decades building experts have been utilising bon-
(Arab Tower) at 321 metres is the
ded joins between glass and the structural substance, so-cal-
tallest hotel in the world.
led structural glazing, to design facades. The facades of the
world’s highest buildings feature heavy self-supporting insulating panes mounted with adhesives, for instance the Burj al
Arab Hotel, Petronas Towers, and London Eye. For decades
they have safely withstood the dynamic loads.
Yet window manufacturers have since profited only relatively
slightly from the advantages of this technology. Now, though,
they can manufacture these windows with innovative adhesives that surpass conventionally joined designs: the advanta-
The Petronas Towers
ges are not only an attractive all-glass look, but superior
in Kuala Lumpur, each measuring 452 met-
structural properties.
res, are the second-tallest buildings in the
world.
Window design
The GlassWin® System opens up completely new potential in
window design: the absence of steel reinforcing in the
sash profile means that PVC-U profile designs can feature
considerably slimmer sight lines – without detriment to the
dimensional stability. The sash profile is completely covered
by the glass pane and is not visible from the outside.
The London Eye
is the world’s largest Ferris wheel, measuring 135 metres in height and featuring thirty two bonded high tech glass
cabins.
GlassWin System – structural glazing with PVC-U profiles
Technical innovation
Test results issued by the window technologies institute ift
in Rosenheim certified the permanent bond between the
PVC and glass. This certificate is based on the test under
ETAG No. 002 for facade sealant systems that assumes a
mean building life of twenty-five years. A safety factor of
two applies, i.e. an additional fifty years.
Printed laminates around the edges of the glass underscore the technoid character of contemporary architecture.
They can be designed in line with personal wishes and
so do justice to the owner’s need for prestige.
The isothermal depiction illustrates the optimal distribution
of air layers (red warm, blue cold) inside the GlassWin®
System.
GlassWin System – structural glazing with PVC-U profiles
KBE brings colour into play
Attached aluminium cladding for
an unlimited range of colours
The combination of PVC-U and aluminium is an exemplary
fusion of the perfect exterior look and the PVC-U window’s
thermal insulation values.
It combines the best of both materials in the one structural
element.
On the outside, the attached aluminium cladding
offers almost limitless possibilities in colour design, whilst
on the inside, PVC-U profiles ensure low maintenance, high
dimensional stability, and reliable functionality. A wide range
of both mat and high-gloss RAL colours are available for the
colour design. These colours are applied by a powder coating
method. A further variant involves anodised surfaces in natural colour, nickel silver, gold, light bronze, dark bronze, and
black. At the same time, the GlassWin® System presents the
best insulation (Uw) properties that not only effortlessly meet
the legal provisions under the EnEV (Energy Savings Act),
but even surpass them.
Cheerful colours –
now and all the time
The GlassWin® System laminates provide the
Ultra modern wood patterns with
a natural look – and without
unnatural paint
latest architectural colours and exclusive
The ideal combination of the best established
wood patterns. KBE systems contribute
materials: PVC-U window and laminate. The
towards raising values – in design and struc-
living image of wood combined with all the
tural integrity. Colour windows are an essenti-
advantages of the window material PVC-U.
al design medium in both old and new buil-
The standard GlassWin® System provides
dings. For example, you can employ Navy
wood patterns with a natural look and ultra
blue to set a vivid contrast to plaster, clinker,
modern plain colours for the window’s outside;
or stone, or you can convey a sense of buil-
the profile’s inside is a neutral white. All profi-
ding solidity with Fir green or Wine red. And
les present a refined surface pattern. The lami-
Light grey can impart a modern high-tech
nate technology assures fourfold reliability: the
character to the whole facade.
PVC base, the insoluble hot melt PU adhesive,
the high-quality laminate, and the UV-resistant
acrylic film. This ensures high light fastness
and good weather resistance. This composite
provides a high level of protection, also against
mechanical damage. Even scratches remain
virtually invisible.
GlassWin System – structural glazing with PVC-U profiles