Profile 22, part of the Epwin Group, has expanded its unique recycled composite material (RCM) reinforcement range, bringing new flexibility to fabrication.
Replacing steel or aluminium reinforcements in the window manufacturing process, the patented RCM reinforcement has been introduced to even more Profile 22 products from sills to outer frames.
The new range includes an enhanced doorframe section, a dedicated reinforcer for sills and a reinforcer designed for outer frames, transoms and mullions.
Designed with the fabricator in mind, the stepped design of the doorframe section makes fabrication a much simpler and faster process. Not only that, the sills reinforcer improves strength and rigidity while the outer frames, transoms and mullions reinforcer increases hardware fixing performance, thermal efficiency and cost benefits.
In addition, Profile 22 has announced a new cut length service designed to increase convenience and efficiency in the fabrication process.
Nic Rossano, technical director, Profile 22 said: ‘Demand has grown so rapidly that we felt it necessary to extend our service to fabricators. The cut length range is suitable for casement sashes, window and door outer frames, available in increments of 100mm and is supplied on dedicated easy-to-manage pallets.’
Manufactured from old first generation post-consumer PVC-U windows, the reinforcement range closes the loop on the recycling process by bringing this waste material back into use in a new generation of products.
It is also the only product of its type to secure approval by the Government backed Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in their guide to recycled content in construction products.
Nic said: ‘RCM not only brings waste material back into use but has a wide range of benefits. By eliminating the need for traditional steel or aluminium reinforcement, RCM improves the fabrication process and because it has high thermal resistance, it is also more energy efficient.
‘These innovations have taken the reinforcement into a new era. It has already become a mainstream product, and that is a success story for the industry as a whole.’
