Pob zeb Cladding nyob rau hauv Ib nrab Lub Sijhawm-pob zeb clad

After decades quarrying, fabricating and supplying stone facades, Hugo Vega, Vice President of Sales at Polycor, noticed that the architects he was calling on were lacking a thin stone veneer that was light enough and strong enough for cladding large-scale architectural projects. After some R&D within the company, Polycor went on to release its 1 cm reinforced slabs and Vega returned to his architects in triumph. Only their response was, “That’s great, but we need a way to hang it.”

Muaj yeeb yuj Marble Natural Square Pob zeb Mosaics

“The 1 cm product was a great innovation, but there was no way to apply it quickly and easily on large-scale projects,” Vega said.

Yog li pab pawg Polycor nqov rov qab rau hauv kev txhim kho.

Lub caij no, lwm cov lus teb pib percolate hauv A&D ntiaj teb. Nyob rau hauv me ntsis ntawm ib tug surprise rau Vega, lub 1 cm slabs muag tau tawm nyob rau hauv lub tsev lag luam uas designers thiab lawv cov neeg tau dhia ntawm lub caij nyoog los koom nrog feature phab ntsa nyob rau hauv da dej, tag nrho slab backsplashes thiab seamless ntsug fireplaces. (Koj tuaj yeem pom cov qauv no hauv phau ntawv saib no.) Ntawm ib feem peb ntawm qhov hnyav ntawm 3 cm ib txwm muaj cov khoom siv uas lawv tau cuam tshuam nrog, cov neeg tsim khoom tsis tau tawg lawv nraub qaum rau cov leeg ib lub pob zeb tag nrho ntawm lub txee rau nruab ib lub backsplash. Thaum 10 lub sij hawm lub zog flexural, (ua tsaug rau nws cov polycarbonate composite backing) ploj mus yog qhov kev txhawj xeeb tias vertically oriented slabs ntawm lub qhov cub yuav tawg rau nruab.

Lub tsev lag luam yog onboard rau nyias pob zeb.

Ib qho piv txwv ntawm backsplash fabricated los ntawm ib tug nruam slab ntawm ultra-nyias Dawb Cherokee American marble.

That was great news, but Vega’s customers are typically working on commercial, not residential, specifications. So he continued to mull over this problem of adhering thin stone cladding to the exteriors of architectural projects. From time to time he would bump into the team from ua eclad at job sites where thicker panels of Polycor marble and granite were being installed with existing eclad systems, structural supports laid over existing facades in a modular fashion. A world leader in stone cladding systems, eclad has been creating and refining cladding systems since the 1990s. They too were seeing the same need in the market as the Polycor team – a fast and efficient way to clad with ultra-thin slabs. And so together the companies decided it was time to team up to bring a comprehensive thin stone cladding system to market.

Qhov lawv tau tsim yog lub kaw lus seamless uas txuag lub sijhawm, kev ua haujlwm thiab nyiaj txiag: Eclad 1.

Ultra-nyias American Dub Granite zoo nkaus li ntab, txhawb nqa los ntawm qhov tsis pom Eclad 1 qauv.

Cov qauv tsim tshiab yog ua raws li cov txheej txheem txhuas hauv kev sib xyaw ua ke nrog undercut anchors txuas rau sab nraum qab ntawm 1 cm panels kom lawv nyob twj ywm zais thaum siv cov pob zeb nyias. Cov vaj huam sib luag muaj txog li 9 feet ntawm 5 feet thiab hnyav tsuas yog rau phaus ib square feet ntawm qhov nruab nrab, ua rau cov txheej txheem teeb tsa ua haujlwm yooj yim dua.

KAWM NTAWV NTAWM STONE FACADE SYSTEMS

Anchors tseem muab zais rau qhov chaw tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam.

Installation ntawm ob zaug pace

Lub kaw lus ua tiav muab cov pob zeb ua ntej lub teeb yuag dhau ntawm cov qauv tiv thaiv cladding uas ua rau ib zaug hnyav pob zeb panels yooj yim rau nruab. Cov tsoos cladding tshuab cia siab rau cov pob zeb tuab ua ke nrog cumbersome cramps, straps thiab clips. Nrog Eclad 1 installers yooj yim plam slabs rau hauv qhov chaw thiab dab ntxwg nyoog screws rau hauv lub qhov predrilled.

Ib qho piv txwv ntawm qhov me me Eclad 1 system mock up.

“It’s basically a different way of installing the stone,” Vega said. “With traditional cladding systems, the anchors have to be installed one-by-one. The process is more labor intensive. On average, it’s twice as fast installing panels using the Eclad grid system.”