LINIT U-Glas - Technical Introduction
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Technical Indroduction U-Glass

The Glasfabrik LAMBERTS Company history The staff at the Glasfabrik Lamberts has been involved in the manufacturing of rolled glass, i.e. glass formed in rolling processes, since the founding of the company in 1887 by glass engineer Laurenz Lamberts. Since then the company has been a family-owned business and is the only medium-sized company in Europe to manufacture cast glass without being bound by any group. Wide range of products and flexibility We are the only cast glass manufacturers in the world to produce every existing type of cast glass: >U-profile glass, patterned glass (and also...

World famous architects use >. Internationally renowned architect awards such as the AIA Honour Award 2008, for example, presented actually to two projects with large-area and highly sophisticated > applications, distinguish the architect’s excellent work and also our glass products. The deep conviction that even more brilliant work could be accomplished with our glass encouraged us at an early stage to go ahead and break new ground. Since the year 2000, for example, we are the first glass manufacturers in the world to offer > U-Profile Glass as standard, in lengths of up to 7 m, as tempered...

Nelson Atkins Museum / Kansas City / USA Steven Holl Architects / New York / USA

National University Museum Seoul / Seoul / South-Korea Architect: Rem Koolhaas / Rotterdam / Netherlands

Civic Center Parking / Santa Monica / USA Moore Ruble Yudell Architects / Santa Monica / USA

top: Institute of Contempory Arts / Boston / USA Architects: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro bottom: Shaw Center / Baton Rouge / USA Architects: Schwartz-Silver / Boston / USA

New Swiss Embassy / Washington/ USA Steven Holl Architects / New York / USA

Art Gallery Stihl and Art School Waiblingen / Waiblingen / Germany Hartwig N. Schneider architects / Stuttgart / Germany

top: Kashiwa Shopping Center / Tokyo / Japan PLANTEC Architects / Tokyo / Japan bottom: Centro Commercial / Soria / Spain Architects: Vaillo & Irigaray / Pamplona / Spain

top: University Hospital / Hamburg / Germany Architect: Prof. Sill / Hamburg / Germany middle: BMW Sales Office / Munich / D Architects: Achammer-Tritthart & Partner / Innsbruck / A bottom: Traffic and Transport Museum / Luzern / Switzerland Architects: Gigon Guyer / Zurich / CH

Adidas Factory Outlet / Herzogenaurach / Germany Architects: Wulf & Partner / Stuttgart / Germany

top: National Library Prague / Prague / Czech Republic Projektil Architecti / Prague / CZ bottom: Shopping Center Luisenforum / Wiesbaden / Germany Gatermann + Schossig Achitects / Cologne / Germany

top: Biomedicum / Helsinki / Finland Architects: Gullichsen Vormala / Helsinki / FIN middle: High-Rack Facilities / Geesthacht / D Architects: Gerkan, Marg & Partner / Hamburg / D

top: Sportcenter / Zug / Switzerland Architects: Bétrix & Consolascio / Erlenbach / Switzerland bottom: IMAX Millenium Point / Birmingham / GB / Nicholas Grimshaw Architects / London / GB

top: Living Divani Headquarters/ / Milano / Italy Architects: Lissoni Associati / Milano / Italy bottom: Ian Thorpe Ultimo Aquatic Centre / Sydney / Australia Architect: Harry Seidler / Sydney / Aaustralia

2. LINIT U-profiled glass LINIT channel shaped glass – an alkali-lime glass consisting mainly of sand, lime, soda and dolomite – is a special form of moulded glass. These raw materials are carefully melted down in the world’s first oxygen-fired – and therefore also environmentally friendly – glass moulding oven. The glass strip taken from the oven is bent into a U shape whilst still in its plastic phase. It is then cooled and hardened. After the precisely controlled cooling process, the desired lengths are automatically cut, checked for quality, and packaged in batches in transport foil....

2.2 LINIT product range Obviously, from a certain minimum requirement quantity, it is also possible to add your desired decor into LINIT channel shaped glass. When planning this, appropriate development times and costs must be observed. The extent to which the various LINIT types fulfil country-specific building regulations (e.g. authorisations etc.) can be found at www.lamberts.info or from our sales personnel.

The tolerance of the above given dimensions are in compliance with the specifications of the EN 572, if not otherwise specified in the respective Lamberts’ product specification. Explanation of abbreviations: NP (Normal Production): The > types marked with “NP” are manufactured regularly, as standard, in short intervals between the production runs and are mostly kept in stock, as demand permits. SP 1 (Special Production): The > types marked with “SP 1” are usually manufactured in regular special productions. These are, however, only possible when the order is for a certain minimum quantity,...

By contrast to flat panes of glass and due to its U shape, LINIT channel shaped glass has excellent load-bearing capacities and can therefore be installed in very considerable lengths (up to 7m depending on wind load/stress) without any intermediate support. LINIT U-profiled glass has such high static strength that side braces can usually be avoided. The result is a façade which provides a maximum of glass and a minimum of frame profile. > channel shaped glass is produced in seven basic types, which differ with respect to the U shape and in their dimensions. > produced according to our...

Surface of the glass: clarissimo Surface of the glass: solar Surface of the glass: 504 perl Surface of the glass: cord Surface of the glass: prismasolar All images are done at studio conditions, which may differ from site conditions. Production tolerances have to be taken into account as well. LINIT Designs Glass surfaces

LINIT Ice is a new surface structure from Lamberts, which accentuates the natural, elemental character of glass and, especially in addition with frosted glass insides, Ice-aesthetics can be empathised. Alongside it is also applicable for fields, where the least possible transparency is desired. The LINIT special glasses LINIT clarissimo, LINIT solar, LINIT cord, LINIT prismasolar and LINIT Ice are protected by design registrations with effect in Germany. Each of the above LINIT surfaces is produced in accordance with defined product specifications (available from www.lamberts.info or from...