Clearview National July 2017 - Issue 188 | Page 48
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Reduced manufacturing times
Offering significantly reduced manufacturing
times, Passive Haus equivalent standard
thermal efficiency and modular aluskin
aluminium external cladding options,
aluplast’s new Lift-and-Slide was at
the forefront of a new generation of
PVCu products on show at FIT 2017.
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levels of interest throughout the
show, aluplast unveiled its highly
innovative and ultra-thermally
efficient new Lift-and-Slide
Patio door, at this year’s industry
expo.
Capable of spanning openings
of 6.5m X 2.8m, the modular
85mm system can accommodate
glazing units of up to 51mm to
deliver u-values as low as 0.65
W/m2K, meeting Passive Haus
standards – a first for the product
type.
Also, delivering manufacturing
time efficiencies of up to 40%
over comparable systems, Ian
Cocken, Director of Sales and
Marketing, aluplast, said, the
new aluplast Lift-and-Slide door,
combined a strong architectural
aesthetic and advance
performance.
“The lift-and-slide mechanism,
the U-values that this door can
deliver, the flush threshold, its
weather performance, combined
with an exceptional aesthetic,
including the aluskin aluminium
option, gives the Lift-and-Slide
incredible reach”, he said.
“There has been a definite shift
within the market to premium
products. The Lift-and-Slide can
be manufactured highly efficiently.
As a modular system, stock
holding is kept to a minimum,
while it can also be sold as either
a standard or with a foiled or
aluminium external finish.
“This gives the aluplast Lift-
and-Slide huge market potential,
something which I believe anyone
who came to our stand during the
show recognised immediately.”
aluskin is is aluplast’s proven
external aluminium facing
technology. It uses an innovative
‘click-and-fix’ system to allow
PVCu fabricators to manufacture
an aluminium-clad PVCu
casement window without
the requirement for specialist
equipment – opening-up access to
new market sectors.
In addition to the aluplast
Lift-and-Slide door, aluskin is also
available on aluplast’s new Ideal
4000 casement window, which
also showcased for the first time at
this year’s expo.
The leading-edge 70mm
PVCu system is defined by a
contemporary ‘SquareLine’ profile
and the flexibility that it delivers,
as a fully integrated product
offering including the aluskin
aluminium external finishing
option.
Part Q approved, and achieving
a WER A rating in either its’
standard PVCu, foiled or aluskin
forms, Cocken said that Ideal
4000 had extensive reach across
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residential and commercial
markets.
He said: “The growing volume
of foiled product installed in
the UK is indicative of a shift to
premium product offerings. Our
new Ideal 4000 system is a high-
performance PVCu casement
in its own-right, delivering a
strong contemporary and urban
aesthetic.
“But like the Lift-and-Slide,
the Ideal 4000 also delivers scope
to build on this core offering,
through foils and through aluskin
to meet the growing value the
end user is placing on design and
aesthetics.”
Ideal 4000 is launched in
addition to aluplast’s core offer
- the Ideal 70 system. With a
choice of 24mm to 40mm glazing
options, the slim line ovolo
profile, easily accommodates
triple-glazed systems, with
triple-glazed options achieving
a low U-Value with standard
components. This allows it to
comfortably achieve a WERs A++
rating.
With a substantial stand at this
year’s show and with con