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GUARDIAN GLASS
LAUNCH OF JUMBO COATER
launch schedule: network of independent Guardian
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· Clear Select fabricators.
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· Guardian UltraClear low-iron The National Arts Centre in Ottawa
· Gray is one North American project that
· Green utilizes oversize Guardian Glass.
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· Guardian CrystalBlue™ Guardian supplied SunGuard
· Guardian CrystalGray ® jumbo, low-iron glass from Europe,
Guardian’s SunGuard glass product bringing value to the setting by giving
line for commercial applications patrons and visitors openness and
offers excellent solar control and a abundant natural light for events. The
Guardian Glass was scheduled to wide variety of colours and per- glass curtain wall, which includes in-
start its new North American jumbo formance levels. SunGuard glass sulating glass units up to 95” x 228”,
coater in August. The expansion products provide innovative, leading delivers uninterrupted views in and
at the Carleton, Michigan facility solutions for appearance, econom- out, opening the NAC to the city. The
is on-schedule to begin producing ics and energy efficiency, and are use of low-iron glass ensures those
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Guardian SunGuard coated jumbo available through an international views have striking clarity.
glass soon after the start-up.
This jumbo coater is Guardian’s
12th, and the first in North America. FRATELLI PEZZA
The company will focus initial pro-
duction on the most popular double SPEEDING UP DECORATIVE
and triple silver SunGuard coated
glass for architectural applications. SANDBLASTING PROCESS
The use of SunGuard coated glass
in jumbo sizes – on lites up to 217 In order to speed up the decorative sandblast-
square feet – opens up possibilities ing process, Fratelli Pezza has designed a
to architects by delivering expansive mould system with which it is possible to
views with high performance to their carry out geometric patterns (squares, stripes,
design repertory. diamonds, circles, etc.) in automatic mode,
“This jumbo coater will create value avoiding the application of a paper or vinyl
for North American independ- mask on each glass.
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ent Guardian Select fabricators The Amacor mould system on the automatic
by increasing their product offer- sandblasting machines of the Zephir and Mis-
ings and allowing them to reduce tral enables to carry out sandblasted stripes and other geometric shapes (squares,
inventory and waste,” explains Rick rectangles, circles, diamonds…) without having to stick a mask (made of vinyl,
Zoulek, vice president – Americas, paper, etc.) onto every glass. This system provides remarkable increases in produc-
Guardian Glass. “We’re pleased to tion rate, while maintaining good quality levels.
soon offer to our North American There are several standard patterns available, and customized stencils accord-
customers 20 years of jumbo coated ing to customers’ specifications can be made on request. The Amacor system is
glass experience combined with our mainly used by glass factories that produce doors, shower enclosures, partition
high performance low-E SunGuard walls, kitchen splashbacks and other furnishing elements in large numbers for wide
coated glass.” distribution.
Customers can order jumbo Guard-
ian Glass products in 130” x 204”
sizes, and as special orders at 130” x
240”. The lites will be available in 6,
8, 10mm thicknesses, and on these
jumbo coated clear, tinted and low-
iron float substrates according to the
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