Product of the Month – Winlet Curved Glass Adaptation Kit
Curves can be thrown at you and get ahead of you. They can also seduce you.
In the world of glass lifting, they can also be a particularly tough challenge. That is why the Hird Product of the Month for July is the Winlet Curved Adaption Kit.
Architects are throwing increasingly difficult curve balls at glass installers by designing buildings that incorporate more and more curved and irregularly shaped glass panels.
Glass making and construction techniques have evolved quickly to keep up. Hird’s glass lifting hire team has also made sure it’s ahead of the curve thanks to its range of specialist vacuum lifters.
Glass lifting with precision
The Winlet Curved Adaption Kit is one of them. It can be combined with Winlet glazing robots to safely hold and manipulate curved panels, allowing them to be placed with complete precision.
The Winlet Curved Adaption Kit has two banks of four suction pads that can be adjusted between widths of 960mm and 1670mm to lift panels of different sizes.
The vacuum lifter attachment can be combined with three different Winlet glazing robots to lift, transport and place glass panels of different sizes and weight.
Winlet Curved Adaption Kit – glazing robots
Winlet 575
Safe Working Load
463kg
Curved glass lifting projects
Winlet glazing robots are battery electric powered. They also have an onboard 110v charger.
The curved glass vacuum lifter is operated using a wired remote control unit, which allows the operator to be positioned in the best spot to safely place the glass.
Hird’s Winlet Curved Adaptation Kit is used for a wide range of curved glass lifting projects. They include lifting in and out curved windows or the curved panels incorporated in revolving doors.
A time-lapse video of a Winlet glazing robot fitted with the curved vacuum lifter installing a curved panel perfectly illustrates this process.
In this case, the panel was 3.6m high, 2.4m wide and weighed 400kg. A team of three glass installers can be seen using a Hird Winlet glazing robot to fit the panel.
As with the standard glass manipulators fitted to Winlet glazing robots, the Curved Adaptation Kit can be moved from side to side and up and down – and be tilted in a vertical plane to allow a panel to be placed with incredible precision.
Exceptional productivity
The video also illustrates a key advantage of Winlet glazing robots, which is the ability of a small team to install large panels quickly and safely within a very small working area.
This makes using a Winlet glazing robot exceptionally productive. Also, as there is almost no manual handling, using the curved adaptation kit is exceptionally safe.
With its battery electric power system, the Winlet glazing robot is also a low-noise, zero emissions, installation system, which also enhances health and safety, plus NetZero by 2050 strategies and targets.
As the Hollywood actress Mae West once said, the curve is more powerful than the sword, but perhaps, in the glass lifting world, not the Winlet Curved Adaptation Kit.
The equipment is available across the UK and Hird can provide LEEA-accredited vacuum robot training if it is needed.
Find out more
Talk to Hird about hiring Winlet Curved Adaptation Kit for Winlet glazing robot. Your glass installation operatives will be very happy to use it. And, as we know, a smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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