What is a curtain wall spandrel panel?
Back Pans are substructure components used in curtain-wall systems either behind a metal panel or spandrel glass. Typically, they are used by Glass and Glazing trades and are sealed and attached to the curtainwall frame behind opaque glazing areas.
What is the purpose of a spandrel panel?
Spandrel Panels are pre-assembled structural panels used as a separating wall or as a external gable roof panel. They conform to ‘Robust Details’. Spandrel Panels are used to replace the need for a masonry wall. The Robust detail certification scheme is for separating walls and floors in new build houses and bungalows.
Are spandrel panels combustible?
The spandrel panels are constructed from A1 non-combustible materials. They have also been independently tested at Efectis achieving a 60/60 rating.
What is a spandrel panel window?
Spandrel Panels are the area of a curtain wall or screen located between vision areas of windows, which conceal structural columns, floor slabs and shear walls.
What material is a spandrel panel?
Spandrel panels are also known as infill panels, or insulated aluminum composite panels. They are commonly used to infill areas of glazing curtain walls or storefronts. They take the place of 1″ or 1/4″ thick glass units.
What is meant by spandrel?
Spandrel, also spelled spandril, the roughly triangular area above and on either side of an arch, bounded by a line running horizontally through the apex of the arch, a line rising vertically from the springing of the arch, and the curved extrados, or top of the arch.
What is spandrel material?
Glass spandrels are glass products that are designed to be opaque. Traditionally, the opaqueness is created by applying an opaque coating or film to the indoor surface of the glass. Ceramic enamel frits, silicone based paints, and plastic or metal films are typically used as opacifying materials.
What is spandrel cladding?
The term spandrel panel may also be used to refer to cladding panels that fill the space above the head of a window on one floor and below the cill of the window on the next floor on high-rise buildings. If they are made from opaque or translucent glass, this may be referred to as spandrel glass.
What is spandrel ceiling?
Primarily, the spandrel roof is made from a pre-painted metal sheet or PVC materials. Spandrel has a functional beauty for a perfect finish on eaves, ceilings, and shades. The most common material utilized in spandrels is steel, and often, steel companies deal with the same type of material.
What is spandrel area?
What is a spandrel girder?
: the exterior beam in steel or concrete construction that marks the floor level between stories.
Where can I buy aluminium spandrel wall panels?
If you are interested in aluminium spandrel panels, then please contact us today on [email protected] or 01543 456 930. Please note that our spandrel panels do not relate to timber party wall panels and gable panels. They are used for curtain walling systems and are constructed from insulation bonded between two aluminium sheets.
What are the panels on a curtain wall called?
Curtain wall and window systems regularly require some form of solid/opaque panels to hide unsightly sections of the structure or for architectural purposes. These are more commonly known as spandrel panels or insulated spandrel panels (when they incorporate insulation).
What can eltherington spandrel panels be used for?
Eltherington spandrel panels provide a high performance, thermally efficient solution for spanning floor slabs, ceilings, insulation and other building elements that would otherwise distract from the overall aesthetic appeal of a curtain walling system.
Can a Metalline spandrel panel be insulated?
Using insulation cores tested by The Sound Research laboratory, Metalline can produce insulated spandrel panels for almost every environment. They have been successfully specified on buildings in high noise areas such as airports, city centres and industrial environments.