Sapa insulating profiles

And the cold simply stays outside

Today, energy saving is more topical and more important than ever before. With increasing costs and growing environmental awareness, industry – as well as private households – is demanding that resources be used in a responsible and sustainable manner.
 
When it comes to aluminium, thermally insulated profiles are a highly effective solution for achieving noticeable cuts in heating costs. One of aluminium’s many outstanding properties is its ability to conduct heat. In the case of façades, windows or doors, however, this could have undesirable side effects: heat would be conducted to the outside and cold to the inside. Architects and clients therefore use profiles from Sapa that are thermally insulated in accordance with the highest possible environmental technology standards.

To achieve this, two aluminium profiles are joined by means of a specially developed insulating spacer made from non-conducting plastic to form a thermally insulated profile. The outer and inner faces of the profile are thermally separate from each other.

The width of the spacers is between 14 and 30 mm. Sapa offers all common widths of spacer.

The rolling process can be used for lengths from 4.5-7.5 metres.

The degree of insulation depends on the width of the spacer and the design of the profile.

The minimum spacing between the spacers is 16 mm.

Production is carried out in three phases:

Preparation of the profile groove.

Insertion of the polyamide spacers in the profile groove.

Rolling in of the profile grooves to produce a form-fitting composite structure.

If there is sufficient space in the profiles, Sapa recommends the use of double thermal insulation. Strength and tolerances are significantly better than for simple insulation.