From mid-2018, the German glass manufacturer sedak (Gersthofen, Germany) will fabricate glass up to 3.51 m x 20 m, CEO Bernhard Veh has announced. With the new record dimensions, sedak further expands its leading position as a specialist for exceptionally large glass.
When tempering glass areas up to 50 square meters, sedak’s new tempering furnace comes into play. It processes glass with the maximum dimensions of 3.2 m x 16.5 m into fully tempered or heat-strengthened glass. With this second furnace, the specialist for oversize glass not only doubles its tempering capacities but also enlarges its entire production to a new maximum length of 16.5 m.
Nothing less than the perfect symbiosis of glass and wood – that is what the architects of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) wanted for a new 24-level office building in Salt Lake City, USA.
Functionality and esthetics of oversize glass – that is what the two product lines sedak isodecor and sedak secudecor unite. The insulating and safety glass units are printed with ceramic inks and fulfill decorative and functional requirements (sight protection/ solar protection) up to 3.2m x 16.5m.
The renovation of the UNO building „United Nations Conference on Trade and Development“ in Geneva shows how today’s production technology makes monumental protection possible also for buildings with glass façades. The 13m high insulating glass units, which in 1971 had been fabricated manually and during an effortful process, had now to be replaced. sedak delivered tempered double IGUs produced fully automatically. The dimensions are still impressive.
The Glass Performance Days in Tampere (Finland, 28th – 30th June) provide not only exclusive speeches but also a chosen circle of exhibitors of the industry. sedak (Gersthofen) uses the top-class event to present its new insulating glass product line “sedak isomax” on an international stage. With a Ug-value up to 0.23 W/m²K, thermal insulation can now be realized using only glass. At booth 93, the German specialist for oversize formats also offers an insight into innovative glass finishing capabilities and processing quality.
With its new product line “sedak isomax”, sedak strengthens its leading position for premium oversize insulating and safety glass. Despite its slim design, the double and triple units reach a U-value up to 0.23 W/m²K, a new insulation level. They are available in up to 3.2m x 16m. Besides that, the glass manufacturer presented some exhibits with especially sophisticated detail-solutions: a backlit glass pane with a high-resolution, ceramic-ink digital print, a construction showing a part of a glass-fin façade with minimal connection elements, as well as a bent triple laminate.
At BAU 2017, sedak presents a trade fair highlight: the new IGU product line „sedak isomax” with a U-value up to 0.23 W/m²K. The double and triple insulating glass units are available in up to 3.2m x 16m, dimensions typical of the manufacturer. The product line is combinable with all common façade systems. Therefore, glass façades with minimal thermal loss can be realized easily.
sedak stands for oversize insulating and safety glass up to 16 m in premium quality. Since „big” is not only a question of dimensions, the glass manufacturer from Gersthofen focuses on perfection in detail at the BAU 2017. What that means for glass, sedak shows with four large exhibits in hall C2, stand 100.
The glass manufacturer sedak has released a new quality handbook. It defines the manufacturing tolerances and is the basis for the visual assessment of sedak products. Besides the standards, regulations and data sheets mentioned in the handbook, order-specific tolerances are determined especially due to the current technical production capabilities.
