Special Shape Glazed Terracotta Panels With Custom - Made Special
Design
Rainscreen Principle
A rainscreen or ventilated façade is a two stage construction – the
inner structure with a protected outer skin. By placing the
insulation on the outside of the structure, the exterior cladding
protects the structure against the elements. The system includes a
cavity where exterior thermal insulation is fixed to the
substructure and also allows for an adequate circulation of rising
air - chimney stack effect .
Ventilated facades protect the building against weather but also
offer remarkable advantages in terms of thermal insulation and
energy efficiency. Rainscreen facades prevent thermal bridges, they
help resist moisture and humidity, they prevent internal
condensation and reduce thermal movement of the structure.
The System offers architects and specifiers an innovative, high
quality, single source for rainscreen ventilated claddings. The
system extends your design options and perfectly combines the use
of the stress free undercut anchors, the individual subframes and
sophisticated drilling technology. The use of the system pays off
on the construction site where installation is fast and simple and
higher productivity is achieved.
The stress free undercut anchor is installed in pre-drilled
undercut holes. The undercut technology offers several times higher
ultimate loads than conventional fixings. Because the anchor
positioning can be optimized, the bending moment within the panel
is reduced by about 50% when compared to traditional systems. This
allows reduced panel thickness and larger panel sizes. In addition,
the varied panel thicknesses can be compensated by the use of stand
off anchors.
The main facade systems would be Stone facade system, Glass facade
system, Porcelain facade system and Fiber Cement facade system.
Paneltek's Terracotta panels and Baguette are a cole covering
element of Porcelain facade systems.
| Advantages of Terracotta Panel, comparing with Stone and Glass |
| NO. | Contents | Terracotta Panel | Nature Stone | Glass |
| 1 | Material | Natural Clay, 100% green material | granite, marble, sandstone | quartz alkaline colloid |
| 2 | Dry Weight | hollow structure, 30-32kg/m2, 70% weight of the Nature Stone | 2.4-2.7kg/m³ | 2.5kg/m³ |
| 3 | Dry-hanging System | with its own groove for dry-hanging, standard, safe and easy
handle. | on-site processing, fragile, security risk | on-site fixing |
| 4 | Color | Never fading, color inherent, stable color for each production. | natural color, but it is greatly affected by mine or location | heavy-metal oxide |
| 5 | Durability | not new in ten years, not old in one hundred years. | easy to be second weathering | easy to be erosion |
| 6 | Acid and alkaline resistance | high | middle | low |
| 7 | Radioactivity | none | with radioactive elements | With radioactive elements for bright color glass |
| 8 | Low-carbon ability | hollow structure ,good heat and sound insulation, light-weight,
greatly saving steel, half of stone's heat-conducting, recycling. | low heat and noise insulation, heavy, needing to be reinforced. | high light-transmission, no heat-insulation |
| 9 | environmental protection of the processing | using shale and terracotta, or coal waste, easy for exploration, no
need to process too much, little waste | much wasting water, stone material is limited, causing great damage
to environment. | limited good silicon |
| 10 | Light pollution | no, matte surface | no | high, dazzling |
