SEMI UNITIZED

SYSTEM
ASSIGNMENT 2

DEEKSHI ANGELIKKA.M,
B.ARCH 4TH YEAR 7TH SEM,
911518251004,
GLASS ARCHITECTURE,
MSSA,KILAKARAI.
▪ Semi-unitized curtain wall glazing system is a type of structural glazing
where the primary structural framing components are erected
individually as an erector set.
▪ In this set, the vertical mullions are attached first to the floor slabs and
the horizontals are attached to the vertical mullions to resemble a grid.
▪ The glass panel and the spandrel, which can be either glass or
aluminium, are shop glazed and installed into the assembled grid work.
▪ The joineries and perimeter sealants are fields installed.
▪ The semi unitized systems largely anchored to the face of the slab as
embedded plates or inserts.
▪ Its also called hybrid system.
In this system, the mullion members are separately installed first, then pre-
assembled framing units are placed between them. These units may be full story
height, or they may be divided into a spandrel unit and a vision glass unit
Advantages of Semi-Unitized Glazing

The vertical mullions in most semi-unitized glazing systems can span

two floors with ease and as a result, provide greater structural
efficiency.

Most semi-unitized glazing systems have shop-assembled or off-site

assembled frames. This reduces the time and cost.
Limitations of Semi-Unitized Glazing

The flip-side of having off-site assembled frames is the increased

transport cost and storage cost at the manufacturers place.
Hybrid system is advantage to use when for long span of two floors, which can
be reinforced by steel.

This system need large amount of labour for field jointing work and the
erection time is comparatively greater.

In semi-unitized systems the mullions and transoms are installed at site. The
glass units are assembled in the factory along with the clips which are
transported to the site and hooked on to the installed framework. In this
systems a variety of elevational profiles in the finished glazing is possible,
including inclines and curvatures. This is a perfect tool transform the architects
visualization into reality
In this system the vertical mullions and horizontal transoms are installed
on MS/SS/Aluminium brackets which are anchored to the
columns/slabs. Cut to size glass is structurally glazed to the Aluminium
sub frame by structural sealant. The sub frame with the glass is installed
on the Grid work. In the above system 50% of the work is done at site.

Semi-unitized curtain walls are more economically viable on smaller

projects or larger projects that require many wall conditions. The system is
typically based on the use of spanning vertical and occasional horizontal
components that receive the pre-assembled, pre-glazed vision and spandrel
panels. The opaque areas can be a wide range of materials including glass,
metal, earthen and composites
DETAILING
COMPONENTS

1.EXTRUDED ALUM MULLION

2.EXTRUTED ALUM TRANSOM
3.TRANSOM CONNECTOR
4.TRANSOM BOTTOM CAPPING
5.EXTRU RUBBER GASKET-01
6.EXTRU RUBBER GASKET-02
7.EXTRU ALUM GLASS FRAME
8.VISION GLASS
9.EXTRU ALUM FITTING BONE@400 CC
10.PAN HEAD SELF TAPPING SCREW 1
11.PAN HEAD SELF TAPPING SCREW 2