What does curtain wall mean? What's the difference between a window and a curtain wall?

Among the high-rise buildings in the city, the most representative is the bright glass exterior wall, the so-called glass curtain wall. They can create a good environment for their friends who work indoors, and at the same time, they will not bring trouble because of outdoor light pollution. So today's Bian Xiao example is also related to this aspect-door and window curtain wall, which is often confused with ordinary doors and windows, but actually refers to an industry. Please refer to the following for details.

1. What is the curtain wall for doors and windows?

1. Door and window curtain wall is an industry.

2. The curtain wall of doors and windows is a kind of product, that is, the product that the building has to be used for lighting and ventilation, that is, our general glass window. Where there are many houses, there are many doors and windows, and there are many high-rise office buildings, and the outside is full of glass, which is generally called curtain wall.

3. Door and window curtain wall is a special industry, and the proportion of buildings is still very large.

Doors, windows and curtain walls are all different. Are doors and windows easy to understand? The difference between curtain wall and window is that the window is fixed on the main body. Although the curtain wall is fixed on the main body, it is an independent system.

Second, the difference between window and curtain wall

Glass curtain wall: a building peripheral structure composed of metal components and glass plates.

Window: it is the enclosure component of the building structure, which mainly plays the role of lighting and ventilation in the building. It consists of two parts: window frame and window sash, which are divided into wooden window, steel window, aluminum alloy window and plastic steel window according to the different materials of window frame. According to the different opening methods, it can be divided into: casement window, hanging window, vertical rotating window, sliding window, fixed window and so on.

The difference between the two is that the glass curtain wall is generally a decorative and lighting function of the external wall of the building, and generally has a large area. While the area of the window is relatively small.

3. What is the concept of unit curtain wall?

The unitized glass curtain wall is a curtain wall unit assembled by panels and metal frames (beams and columns) in the factory, which exists in the form of curtain wall units. The structural characteristics of the unit-type glass curtain wall are as follows: firstly, the units (skeleton material, glass and thermal insulation material) that make up the glass curtain wall are assembled into a whole frame in the factory, that is, a curtain wall module is made in the factory and then transported to the construction site. At the construction site, only one curtain wall module needs to be installed and fixed on the main structure of the building in turn.

Because the columns are connected together, their specifications should be consistent with the height and spacing of the columns. When connected with the floor or beam, the height of the curtain wall should be equivalent to the height or multiple of the height; When connected with columns, the width of curtain wall is equivalent to the column spacing.

The advantages of unit glass curtain wall are: simple and quick installation on the construction site, and shortened construction period. Disadvantages are: inconvenient transportation and storage, high hoisting requirements on the construction site, and easy to cause damage.

There are still some differences between windows and curtain walls, which can be reflected in the positioning. For example, the glass curtain wall is a building peripheral structure composed of metal components and glass plates. In addition, considering that most non-professionals will confuse the door and window curtain walls with them, Bian Xiao in the above-mentioned text pictures also focuses on examples. Curtain walls for doors and windows can refer to both an industry and a product, which are mostly used for exterior wall decoration of high-rise buildings and office buildings.