New Products Introduced at GlassBuild

The newest addition to the Ariplak® coating range by Ariño Duglass, Ariplak® ZenSilver offers architects and designers more freedom than ever to create stunning and unique glass facades.

With 47 percent exterior light reflection and only 6 percent interior light reflection, Ariplak® ZenSilver has a beautiful silver tone on the exterior with a neutral black tone on the interior. This makes it possible to create reflective glass facades without compromising on outward visibility.

ZenSilver can be applied on tempered, laminated and insulated glass. It can be applied in bespoke patterns for exterior and interior applications, creating unique decorative patterns as part of the DecometalReflec range. It can also be used to create bird friendly glass, in standard or custom bird friendly patterns.

ATHENA – the AutoCAD application for curtain wall design and facade engineering.

Matched exactly to our users’ requirements, ATHENA is a complete CAD software package, offering practically everything to simplify the daily design tasks which confront the designer:

• 2D design: a 2D drawing environment with practical routines and libraries for producing elevations, cross-sections and workshop drawings.
• 3D design: a versatile 3D design section with the possibility of generating parts lists and production drawings automatically from a 3D design.
• Engineering: powerful computational tools for structural analysis and building physics.
• Sheet editing: a sheet editing program for sheet design and development.

In addition, ATHENA is independent of profile systems and can be matched to individual needs. Ideal for international design, ATHENA labels all the customer objects fully automatically and can translate a drawing into each of the 10 languages currently contained in ATHENA at the press of a key.

ATHENA is available in two editions:

• ATHENA for AutoCAD: ATHENA as an add-on to AutoCAD.
• ATHENA Complete: Stand-alone solution with a fully integrated AutoCAD.

ATHENA is fully BIM-enabled via the IFC interface. Using the interface it is possible to transfer ATHENA 3D facade models to BIM programs, e.g., Autodesk Revit to carry out collision checks with other project subsections.

Blinds Between Glass (BBG) from HANS is a renovation product which is widely used in doors and windows as an energy-efficient replacement for insulating glass. Compared with traditional insulating glass and window blinds, BBG products combine the glass and blinds perfectly as one. Install the aluminum mini blinds inside the sealed IG. There are two kinds of operation systems available for windows or doors: manual or motorized operating to control the blinds. Specifically, the motorized blinds are a stand-alone system as a complete IG. The built-in blinds are driven by solar power and can be operated remotely by remote or voice control to tilt, turn, raise or lower with smart technology.

BVC announced last year the all-new vacuum cup SS-R200, the all-new round vacuum cup for all CNC routers. This Better Vacuum Cup comes in three standard heights such as 105 millimeters, 150 mm and 200 mm for the CMS fabricators. Just like all of the other BVC cups, this cup does not need the foam gasket to be used. The BVC flexible lip seal mirrors the part for a perfect lip seal. Damage to a BVC cup is a simple 30-second repair. See videos online at bvcgroupinc.com Made in the USA guarantees a quality product. 

GED’s CleanCut™ 1800 Series of glass cutting tables—which includes a cutting only model (1800) and an edge deletion and cutting model (1800-D)—complement the CleanCut 1700 Series and is scaled to accommodate larger glass, a maximum of 96 by 130 inches (244 by 330 centimeters). The systems combine patented technologies in hardware and software that allow customers to produce more insulating glass units, in a shift, more efficiently and at higher quality. Programmable cutting and deletion force uses electro-pneumatic actuation to deliver precise amounts of pressure for each glass stock resulting in reduced glass waste due to breakage, improved scoring and deletion quality, and reduced operations disruption. A regenerative braking system feeds unused power back to grid to provide energy savings and reduce the elimination of braking resistors and excessive heat generation. This all adds up to lower total operating costs and higher quality residential windows. Learn more at gedusa.com or call 330-963-5401. Read the press release. Visit the product web page.

Ritec ClearShield® Durable ‘Non-Stick’ Easy-Clean Glass Surface Protection

NEW! ClearPadTM VPIR-200 vertical pad Ritec ClearShield® application with infrared-reflective (IR) pre-heating

PROCESS FASTER • LESS LABOR • INCREASE PROFIT

The most efficient way of pad-applying Ritec ClearShield®

• Reduces handling, labor costs and application training
• Faster production with IR pre-heating for instant curing
• Increased and consistent coverage rate
• Management and control software to maximize product usage and avoid waste
• Small footprint.

CNC machining center with 5 controlled axes, for machining bars or
workpieces made of aluminum, PVC, light alloys in general or steel up
to 4 meters long.

The machine has independent motor-driven vises that enable the vises
to be positioned in concurrent operation time.

The 4th and 5th axis allow the electric spindle to be controlled by the
N/C continuously in the range -15° to +90° on the horizontal and -360°
to +360° on the vertical axis for machining the top face and all the side
faces of the workpiece.

It is equipped with a 12-place tool magazine on board the X-axis slide,
capable of containing a side milling cutter.

It also has a traversing work table which makes workpiece loading/unloading easier and increases the machinable section considerably.

Introducing the new Door Controls USA hardware catalog!  Featuring over 30 brands and more than 600 parts this is our most comprehensive catalog to date. You’ll find the latest in manual door hardware plus a wide variety of low energy operators and ADA door accessories ready to ship from one of our three warehouses. Stop by booth #9016 to receive a FREE catalog and enter for your chance to win a DC7000 Low Energy Swing Door Operator or $1000 in DCM hardware. Become a customer today! Visit doorcontrolsusa.com for more information or to place your order.