To be Energy Star qualified in the northern zone by January 1 (just seven months away) you’ll need a U-factor of .27.
If you have units currently rating .275 to .285, your choices to achieve .27 include changing spacer systems, putting foam in your sash or switching low-e coatings.
These could work. But they could also require new equipment, add a production step and make your units too expensive. Alone, they might not be enough.
And none of them allow you to readily tune individual units.
What if there’s a simpler, flexible and more affordable way?
What if your order entry system could know to adjust the gas mix to reach .2749 (which gets rounded down to .27) without making any changes in your plant?
And what if each unit in your production sequence could actually get a different gas mix and thermal performance depending on the zone where it will be installed?
It’s not hypothetical—it can be done. And we have the gas-filling system that does it, OptiGas II.
Gain as much as .01
People often think of OptiGas II as a process for triples. They’re pleasantly surprised at how effective and affordable it is for tuning two pane units!
OptiGas II enables adding precise amounts of krypton to your argon fill. With this capability, you can lower U-factor ratings from a .29 (.286) to a .27 (.274). And because krypton costs have plummeted the past two years, this could be your most affordable method to get to .27.
You can set OptiGas II to use only the exact amount of krypton you need through a patented zero-waste krypton filling method. So you purchase only the krypton you need.
One machine does it all
This one machine will also fast fill your IG with argon only. If and when krypton is needed, there is no additional process to run. The operator simply scans the bar code and the machine will know what gas and percentage to use. It is that simple!
OptiGas II is the easiest and most flexible way to tune thermal performance.
Tunable and precise
OptiGas II can add any amount of krypton to your argon mix, from less than one to more than 90 percent. And it does it through the same nozzle as the argon, so there is no extra step.
As mentioned earlier, each unit in the production sequence can receive a different ratio to achieve a different thermal performance.
You’re gas filling anyway: give yourself control and flexibility.
Speed and verification
OptiGas II is the most advanced and powerful gas-filling system on the market. It can fill with argon faster than units come off your Intercept line (two units under 20 seconds for average sizes). And it includes our ThermalCHECK filling verification system.
That makes it precise, flexible, fast, easy to use and affordable.
We can advise you how to reduce U-values, even if it is not from us
Every one of the 17 solutions we’ve invented or selected to improve glass cutting and IG fabrication addresses a specific challenge encountered during our three decades of fabricating insulating glass. And from working with and listening to glass fabricators like you.The best solution for you might not be something we offer. But we’ll still explain those options to you.
Wwe understand your challenges. We’ll be happy to share our knowledge of how differing spacers, low-e coatings, and gas mixtures will effect both cost and performance of your windows.Our mission is to solve IG gas filling and verification and glass handling challenges. If it the best solution for you comes from elsewhere or just involves some changes in your process using what you have, we’re going to tell you.
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