Latest Articles in Fabrication

  • Internet tool helps glaziers navigate complex door hardware options
    February 19, 2010
    To help glaziers navigate through door hardware design, finish, function, style, handing, voltage and other options, Security Lock Distributors, Westwood, Mass., has introduced a free Internet software application at www.seclock.com.  

  • Industry products: hardware

    Innovative way to install glass panels
    September 12, 2008
     C.R.Laurence's variety of glass railing and windscreen systems provide glass professionals with many choices and installation methods. The company recently developed a proprietary glass installation system that reduces installation time by 50 percent. The Dry Glaze Taper-Loc System uses a horizontal taper lock design, rather than a vertical wedge system.Designed to self-center the glass...

  • Identify emergency exits
    December 1, 2007
     Many solutions prevent unauthorized entry while providing life safety. The most common and effective method is the panic device. Since patented in 1908, the panic bar has been securing doors while providing a safe and quick emergency exit.Property managers, store owners and security personnel face security issues and common nuisances, such as accidental exit, pranks and other abuses....

  • Mechanical rail systems offer flexibility, style
    Practical option that became popular in the ’80s
    May 1, 2007
    The 1980s gave rise to hundreds of memorable icons including feathered hair, the T-top IROC Camero, pet rocks and Rick Springfield wishing he had “Jessie’s Girl.” Indeed, some of these are better forgotten. The glass door market also witnessed a new development during the early part of that decade: glass rail systems. The systems are on the top and bottom of glass doors to...

  • Options for bulletin board cases
    Stock hinged units, custom wall-mounts available
    December 1, 2006
    Los Angeles-based C.R. Laurence Co. introduced several designs for bulletin board cases for interior applications. “We have created a variety of stock bulletin board cases, and also offer custom bulletin boards that are fabricated to each customer’s specifications,” says Bob Carlson, product manager.CRL’s wall-mounted bulletin board cases ship fully assembled and ready for...

  • Glass makes a dramatic office appearance
    Modern hardware complements the look
    October 1, 2006
    The days of intimidating paneled boardrooms, opaque, studded walls and wooden doors could be numbered; glass is catching on in the workplace faster than ever. It adds sophisticated architectural statements rarely rivaled by other materials. Additionally, glass remedies the bomb-shelter syndrome in offices by allowing natural light in, creating bright, productive spaces conducive to modern work...

  • Support for point support: Engineering, advice crucial but not always easy to get
    June 1, 2006
    Although it has been around for several years, many U.S. contract glaziers still view point-supported glazing or spider glazing as a highly specialized application. It’s use in the U.S. construction market represents only a fraction of that in Europe, where the application of structural glass within building design has become the norm rather than the exception. Unfortunately, most U.S....

  • Proglaze ETA provides perfect seal
    Proglaze ETA Engineered Transition Assembly comprises pre-engineered, finished aluminum and silicone materials assembled and mechanically attached to the window or wall assembly to ensure a durable, visually inspected connection and seal.

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  • Redefining the interior
    This commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels. 
    Great Glazing: Custom interior officeThis commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Created by Tulsa artist May Yang, the mural is based on local Oklahoma themes, transitioning from rural landscape to the Tulsa skyline.   Great Glazing: Joliet Junior College Campus...
  • Top Metal Companies
    A look at the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products, broken down by sales volume, number of locations and product offering. 
    Building on the success of the Top Glass Fabricators rankings introduced last year, Glass Magazine is expanding its coverage to include the Top Metal Companies, featuring the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Top Metal Companies include those that manufacture, fabricate and sell curtain wall, storefront and entrance, commercial interior...
  • 2012 Glass Magazine Award Winners: The People
    Read about the winners
    In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible, this year’s program included people-centric categories, for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer, production supervisor, project manager and sales rep.After narrowing down the nominations to three finalists in each category, the Glass Magazine editors asked the...