insulbar—Polyamide Pressure Plate

As building and façade performance requirements continue to improve, alongside customer demands and other environmental factors, system designers face additional challenges to meet these more stringent standards. A simple and effective solution is to utilize a higher-performing material for the pressure plate, says Kurt Miglas, sales and marketing manager, insulbar, whose company developed a new polyamide pressure plate. 

Curtain wall systems inherently have a reasonable design performance, says Miglas, due to the thermal separation between interior and exterior components and the compression gasket nature of their construction. 

An often-overlooked element in curtain wall design is the external pressure plate; when constructed from aluminum, the plate can create convection within the internal cavity transmitting cold or heat from exterior to interior surfaces, explains Miglas. This convection decreases overall system efficiency and impacts product U-values.

Insulbar’s polyamide pressure plate features hollow chamber design, reduces the occurrence of convection, and thermal transfer, contributing to a higher-performing system overall, as well as increasing occupant comfort levels and condensation resistance, says Miglas.