Glass & Glazing
The Window is “Reinvented” with Lumi and Super Spacer
Lumi, the award-winning window
system from Apeer uses Super Spacer®
from Edgetech UK to aid its impressive
thermal efficiency.
Lumi offers frameless windows, bi-fold
and slider, patio and residential doors
with flush glazing and a highly polished
ceramic colour border for an impressive,
unbroken facade. The system was
awarded the G15 Award for Best New
Product and was praised by judges as ‘a
product that truly reinvents the window’.
The minimalist design of Lumi puts the
emphasis on build quality and each
element of the product must come
together to deliver the elegant finish.
Super Spacer references the glass
edge during application which ensures
consistent sight lines within triple units,
enhancing Lumi’s seamless appearance.
As well as striking aesthetics, Lumi is
thermally efficient with triple glazed
units which are bonded to a GRP
subframe. The system uses Super Spacer
for built-in energy saving, helping to
lower U-values and boosting weather
protection benefits.Managing Director
at Apeer, Asa McGillian said: “Super
Spacer is used in all of our triple glazed
units in the Lumi system. We’ve chosen
Super Spacer in Apeer composite doors
for over 10 years now so we know that
it’s easy to use in manufacture and
completely reliable. It helps to make our
windows even more energy efficient and
achieve very low U-values.”
As well as being used in the Lumi triple
glazed window system, Super Spacer is
used in Lumi composite doors and all
accompanying sidelights.
Asa continues: “Market leading products
require market leading components and
Super Spacer is an important selling
feature of Lumi windows. As a respected
brand in the industry with proven
durability in the field we know we can
count on Super Spacer and Edgetech.”
Director of Sales and Marketing at
Edgetech UK, Alan Fielder said: “Lumi
stands out, it’s completely different to
any other window system on the market,
offering frameless glazing with security
and energy efficiency benefits. I’m really
pleased that Apeer has chosen to use
Super Spacer for this innovative piece
of engineering that proves triple glazing
can look great as well as offer fantastic
efficiency.”
Romag glass lights
the way at Sci-Tech
Park artwork
HIGH performance laminated coloured
glass from Romag is set to light the way
as the centrepiece of a new elemental
garden design feature in Cheshire.
The contemplative Linear Garden has
been newly created at Sci-Tech Park in
Daresbury, one of two National Science
and Innovation Campuses established in
2006 to provide commercial support and
world-class technology facilities for fast
growing high-tech companies.
A striking pathway of light will wind its
way through the 10-acre site, reflecting
the narrative of science moving forward
through visionary re-imaginings of
scientific greats such as physicist
Albert Einstein, and mathematician and
astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Five coloured garden areas have been
created, branching off this pathway in
the order that the colours appear in the
electromagnetic spectrum: red, yellow,
green, blue and violet. These will be
home to a collection of striking structures
and designs that
have been integrated
with a variety of
Vanceva architectural
glass panels cut and
shaped to a high
tolerance using Romag's water-jet cutting
technology at its HQ in Consett, County
Durham.
More than 25 sections of glass have
been produced and supplied by Romag,
which also provided additional technical
and processing expertise to Broadbent
Studios, the Chester-based designers
behind the garden concept.
Project manager Mandy Taylor said that
the project had benefitted from technical
support from Romag throughout, which
included the specification of processes,
glass thickness and recommendations
for a decorative interlayer supplier.
She added: "It was important to use a
coloured Vanceva layer and decorative
printed layer to get the required visuals.
Here, Romag impressed with its technical
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experience and expertise of using these
processes together."
Paul Cruddace, Romag's sales and
marketing director, added: "We were
delighted to be involved with this
innovative, interesting project.
"It showcases our expertise and skills in
laminating structural, architectural glass
to the highest quality and specification
for ground breaking and innovative public
projects."
The company has supplied safety and
security glass for projects in national
infrastructure, transportation, government
buildings and leisure facilities and utilises
processes that are certified ISO 9001 and
it also holds both ISO 14001 and ISO
18001 certification. More details at
www.romag.co.uk