APPLICATION
External cladding for new building and renovation, with or without insulation between shell and glazing. This economical system allows external insulation and gives an original look of structural-glazing panels.

STRUCTURE
Extruded aluminium profiles (6060T5 or 6063T6 alloy).
Horizontal rails fixed directly on shell.

GLAZING FRAMES
Extruded aluminium profiles (6060T5 or 6063T6 alloy). Frame assembling by crimping corner cleats. 6- to 8-mm structural glazing with edge frame (VEC-type) or with glazing bead.(VEPtype).
Frames are hooked to brackets fixed to bottom rail, and fixed to top rail by means of screwed lugs. No vertical fixture is needed.

WEATHERPROOFING
This product must be considered as mere cladding. A single central EPDM gasket serves as rain barrier. The link with shell consists of sheet aluminium and applied sealant.

FINISH
Anodizing: 20-class satin for silver, 15-class for other colours (20-class on order). In accordance with international QUALANOD and EWAA-EURAS standards and French NFA 91450 standard.
80-micron powder coating with QUALICOAT seal.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURE
The DECO VEC system is not subject to technical approval.

MANUFACTURING
• Screws: stainless steel

• Weatherproofing for aluminium profile joints: 1st quality putty.

• Gluing rod no. 8802 must compulsorily be fixed to the profile it is used with, before cutting.

• All frames and panels are fixed by means of kits no. 8917 and 8918, and are individually removable. Unwanted removal is prevented by a safety device (CHCM5X12 screw + 2 RONDEL5 washers).

•Gluing rod 8802 is used with:
. 6- or 8-mm tempered sheet glass of various types (enamelled, pot-opal, clear, tinted,...), with frame profile 8825 as slightly ventilated cladding in front of any type of façade.

• Drainage as shown under headline "GLAZING".
• Each fixed or opening frame is fitted out in the workshop with an EPDM cover gasket, glued in corners and designed to overlap the adjacent frames’ ones.

JUSTIFICATIONS
For each site, justifications of suitability for the project must be given by the glue manufacturer and by the glass manufacturer, complying with the locally applicable standards.

SAFETY DEVICE
All glazed frames must be fitted out with a safety device preventing glass fall in case of defective bonding (corner piece 8934 or small piece of profile 8830 pop-riveted at each corner, drilling before gluing).

FIXING
Once the shell is completed, the fixing brackets are put in place. These brackets are fixed into continuous or discontinuous rails, which have been incorporated into concrete while casting. The use of expanding bolts is also possible .

The main operations are:
• Joining of structure or raising of ladders, and bolting to brackets.
• Joining of transoms between ladders.
• Fixing of insulating material on concrete.
• Fixing of panels or opaque glazed fixed frames (fixing of safety device preventing unwanted removal) .
• Fixing of opening frames. This is currently done in the workshop for opening frames incorporated into ladders.
• Finishings.