Palram PALGAR - Manual (Page 14)

PALSUN® PALGARD™
Glazing Guide
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13. Selection of the Appropriate PALSUN® Type for the Intended Application:
Most PALSUN family sheets are manufactured in thickness of 1.0 to 12 mm.
a. PALTUF: Sheets are intended exclusively for indoor use (transparent partitions, interior design
applications, industrial safety shields, and thermo-formed parts for indoors use).
May also be used in outdoors pavilions (exhibitions), or similar temporary structures.
Use of PALTUF sheets outdoors, for permanent applications, even in areas with mild UV radiation
(Northern Europe, USA, Canada and the like) is not recommended!
b. Thin PALSUN sheets: Frequently used in temporary structures, (exhibitions, pavilions etc.).
These are often used in conservatories or other horticultural / agricultural structures, where better fit &
finish are expected, along with economy and comparative low cost .
Thin PALSUN sheets are repeatedly used in thermo-forming applications, where forms generated render
them rigid and suitable for special requirements, in signs and other advertising elements.
c. PALSUN sheets for Permanent Glazing Applications:
The recommended installation method is inside a suitable supporting frame, made of metal (steel or
aluminum), wood or rigid PVC profiles. Glazing thickness is determined according to sash width of said
frame, the wind/snow loads dictated by environmental conditions and building codes existing at the
actual location of said structure.
Recommended Installation method is installing the glazing in fully “floating” position, clamped on its
four, three or two edges, without screws or bolts through the glazing as fasteners. Other possible options
could be observed further on.
d. Regular PALSUN Glazing: To be installed in windows, curtain-walls, upper-end skylights & sidelights
in flat, sloped, horizontal, vertical or curved positions, good-quality shades & canopies, covered walkways,
railway & bus stations and more.
e. PALSUN Plus Glazing: In outdoors applications where the glazing would be subjected to direct
sunlight exposure from both sides (Sound barriers, Safety walls in sports arenas and the like).
f. PALSUN
FR: where higher level of fire resistance is required.
g. PALGARD (regular, Plus & FR): Similar to PALSUN but where higher abrasion resistance & heavy-duty
cleaning and graffiti removal are required. A restriction: Only for flat installation!!!
h. Colors, Shades & Light Transmission: Selected according to architectural & practical needs
in standard or specially prepared variations.