Based in Castellón and with 35 years of experience behind it, the company Airclos develops, manufactures, and distributes enclosure and solar protection systems, as well as metal fittings and accessories. This year’s novelties will be launched in REBUILD, a construction fair set to take place from 21 to 23 September at IFEMA in Madrid.

Its main innovation is the retractable roof T7000 RPT, with a longitudinal thermal bridge break designed to reach a Ug value of 1.4w/°m²C (thermal transmittance value), and thus address the architectural sector’s growing bid on systems that consume and impact less, minimizing their carbon footprint.

The system manages to obtain these values (the less the Ug value, the greater the thermal insulation) by covering all points of contact between indoor and outdoor profiles, adding polyamide, a low-transmittance material, inside the profiles of the panels. The polyamide within the profiles forms a void which is filled with polyurethane foam, a synthetic material, a highly reticulated duroplast with a high degree of resistance to thermal and acoustic transmittance. Because this is a staggered system, with layers hidden one under the other, the polyamide is added on their outer sides, and also in the aluminum rails. In this way, the break extends to the entire system.

Among its many uses, this type of enclosure is especially appropriate for businesses centered on the leisure and hospitality sectors, as it reduces energy consumption and acoustic and environmental impact.

One aspect to consider are the walls, given that if you install a thermal-bridge-breakage roof panel with glass curtains, all the insulation provided by one system is lost in the other. The best combination, as the brand recommends, would be foldable Airclos doors with RPT, such as the series S110 RPT (sliding foldable doors) and S112 RPT (aluminum foldable doors). Another option would be to install the system in interior courtyards or covered swimming pools. It is usual, in these applications, for the system to be completely surrounded by walls, which help to reinforce the benefits provided by the glass.