How much do you know about spider glazing curtain wall？

Spider glazing is a part of the frameless glass curtain wall where they provide a flush external appearance with uninterrupted views. In practical applications, spider glazing curtain walls provide maximum daylight for building interiors, as well as the possibility of placing large transparent glass surface as building envelopes. Due to its visual attractiveness such architectural building envelopes, spider glazing curtain wall has been widely used on commercial buildings to create premium building skills.

Spider Glazing Specifications
• Spider glazing is a very flexible and contemporary design medium that can create designs with vast expanse of glass, frameless entrances and canopies.
• All doors and windows can be inserted in the spider glass area.
• Tempered or heat soaked glass can be used in spider glazing systems to have the performance of a safety structural glass curtain wall. The glass thickness that is used is usually 12mm thick.
• The spider glazing is designed to resist wind pressure. It can be fixed with either 2 way spiders or 4 way SS spiders fitting options. Fin glass support could also be used to resist wind pressure.
• Silicone sealants and gaskets are generally used to make the glass frames watertight.
• Allows full penetration of natural light into the interiors, certain types of glass prevent the absorption of UV light.
• Spider glazing is easy to install and maintain.

In recent years, spider glazing curtain walls is regarded as one of the popular types of curtain wall systems applied in some large commercial buildings in the world. Transparency and brightness are the key aspects of spider glass facades. Glazing is fixed vertically or horizontally on main structure using various types of fittings. In addition, main structure of spider glazing curtain wall can be made of painted steel, stainless steel or aluminium according to the architect’s requirement. The facade acquires high-tech architectural design with a clear design based on typically stainless steel fixed points. Specifically speaking, spider glazing curtain wall provides support to high-end exterior glass structures by means of point fixings. Constructed out of stainless steel, these fixings are excellent for absorbing and distributing all dynamic and static loads of the glass structure such as the dead weight of the glass, differential expansion due to temperature fluctuations, and the wind loading. Apart from fixings, a spider glazing package also includes fasteners, glass, and spider brackets.
Here are two major top benefits of installing spider glazing:
1. Flexibility
A spider glazing is a flexible medium. One can create a variety of designs for canopies and frameless entrances as per the need and requirement. This glazing solution comes with a swarm of glass hardware fittings that can be customized according to the need and the thickness of the glass.
2. Transparency
As one popular type of curtain wall facade systems, spider glazing can also offer maximum transparency and ensures entry of natural light to the building interiors. Therefore, spider glazing curtain walls are widely used to provide day light to commercial buildings. Being visually attractive, they are also used to create quality building skins. Since they are available in unique designs and allow brightness optimization they are a number one choice for canopies, curtain wall and atriums.