WINDOW TECHNOLOGY – DESIGN HANDBOOK AND ORDER CATALOGUE Lift&Slide hardware for timber elements

With the kind permission of: Oliver Schuster, Stuttgart / baukunst philipphaus GmbH Commitment to tradition - Gretsch-Unitas sets the highest design and quality standards Gretsch-Unitas Group In 1958, Gretsch-Unitas was the first company to develop and launch a Lift&Slide system. We shaped the market with this technical innovation, and since then we have repeatedly set standards with regard to profile geometry, function and quality. Innovation for more than 50 years We have been consistently developing and enhancing our Lift&Slide hardware for half a century. During that time, the comprehensive...

General overview 1.0 General information 3.0 System overviews - Lift&Slide hardware 5.0 Individual parts overviews Corner connection parts 410 - 423 Individual seals and gasket profiles 432 - 442 6.0 Drilling jigs and auxiliary tools Drilling jigs, milling jigs, assembly tools 443 - 452 8.0 Turn handles and accessories Turn handle - Special form 520 - 521 RONDO turn handle series 523 - 541 BELCANTO turn handle series 543 - 553 DIRIGENT turn handle series 555 - 585

We make ordering simple for you Your guide to using the catalogue System overviews Chapter 3.0 | System overviews for timber Lift&Slide elements Sash thickness 88 mm, GU-thermostep 204 Sash thickness 88 mm, GU-thermostep 204 Sash distance 28 mm, P 1786 top guide track Sash distance 28 mm, P 1786 top guide track 1st step: Selection of the Lift&Slide system In Chapter 3.0, we present our Lift&Slide systems to you with system overviews. The individual double pages contain all the specifications about the relevant ranges of application and the necessary cross-references to the order overviews for...

Top guide track sets Chapter 4.3 | Hardware overviews for top guide tracks 4th step: Selection of the top guide track set In Chapter 4.3, you will find the order overviews of the top guide tracks. The system is then complete. Here again, you can choose from a variety of sizes and surface coatings. P 1786 guide track P 1786 guide track set * Pattern Total frame width TFW [mm] * Contents: 1 x P 1786 guide track, 2 x P 742 gasket profile, 1 x P 1156 gasket profile – see Chapter 5.4 "Overviews of individual parts, top guide track" Accessories for P 1786 guide track Accessories set for P 1786 guide track...

Chapter 1.0 | General information

We have the system competence: Lift&Slide hardware from the GU Group Basic characteristics and advantages 8 - 9 Special applications More than just products Construction Products Regulation (CPR) 18 Service, planning, seminars 19 Lift&Slide hardware components made of metal 22 - 23 Lift&Slide turn handles 24

Chapter 1.0 | General information Lift&Slide elements create space and translucence With the kind permission of: Oliver Schuster, Stuttgart / baukunst philipphaus GmbH Safe and convenient living areas Operating convenience and functionality leave nothing to be desired For half a century, classic Lift&Slide elements with hardware from Gretsch-Unitas have been making it possible to design spaces flooded with light and so to create a particularly pleasant living ambience. On the basis of trailblazing innovations, our corporate group has created a strong range consisting of various Lift&Slide systems...

All the hardware variants from Gretsch-Unitas for Lift&Slide applications share the same basic strengths and advantages: ■ Outstandingly smooth and quiet movement of sliding sashes ■ Delightfully easy operation even of large and heavy sashes thanks to the perfect interplay of functional components such as bogies, drive gears and turn handles ■ Considerable convenience of a wide range of accessories to enhance your customer satisfaction ■ G ears for sash heights up to 3250 mm, 3750 mm on request ■ Optimum thermal break in the bottom area achieved with the GU-thermostep 204 threshold ■ Alternative...

Chapter 1.0 | General information Our special applications for Lift&Slide elements

Special applications – barrier freedom HS-Master motor-driven drive HS-Master CONCEALED motor-driven drive HS-Master and HS-Master CONCEALED motor-driven drives This degree of security can also be easy and convenient Genuine comfort: this means enjoying the benefits of straightforward operation coupled with a great sense of security. Solutions from Gretsch-Unitas such as the HS-Master and HS-Master CONCEALED motor-driven drives satisfy these fundamental needs of the end users to an excellent degree. Both drives have been tested by DEKRA and can be used without any additional safety devices. Their...

Chapter 1.0 | General information Special applications – comfort HS-SPEED Limiter Lowering safeguard Detail, top HS-SPEED Limiter Lowering safeguard Safe operation of large and heavy elements Controlled closed position with lightweight sliding sashes Considerable dynamic forces are generated when opening or closing Lift&Slide elements with high sash weights. This means that the greater the kinetic energy that is built up in the acceleration phase, the harder it is to slow the sash down again. Innovative materials also make lightweight Lift&Slide elements possible. In the case of such lightweight...

Tension spring Handle damper Tension spring Handle damper Reduced operating force in Lift&Slide elements For rebound-free, controlled lowering of the sash The use of a tension spring in the Lift&Slide gear noticeably reduces the operating force at the turn handle for the user. This considerably improves the operating comfort and makes it child's play to operate Lift&Slide doors, even with high sash weights up to 400 kg. The use of the handle damper in the Lift&Slide gear improves the operating safety, particularly with large and heavy elements. Furthermore it provides controlled sash-lowering...

Chapter 1.0 | General information Special applications – design Lift&Slide element, 90° corner Lift&Slide element as a special design in the right angle Lift&Slide elements put in the right light One of the highlights in the special designs is a version of a Lift&Slide element with a perpendicular outline for spacious Lift&Slide doors in a perpendicular building corner. Such designs make it possible to open the entire corner of the building and to create a fluid transition from the interior to the exterior in this special position. The prerequisite for this is building statics that are adapted...