Super Spacer
Highlights
Made of 100% polymer structural foam. Super Spacer's NO-metal formula blocks the heat escape path and provides one of the best thermal performances.
Energy Efficiency
When added to any window Super Spacer traditionally lowers the U value by .01.
Gas Inserted
A 98.8% fill of Argon gas is inserted in the space between the two panes of glass to further reduce heat transfer, making your home even more energy-efficient.
Other Benefits
Super Spacer withstands 140F degree temperatures, 95 - 100% humidity levels and constant UV bombardment in what many engineers consider the world's toughest accelerated aging and durability test, the P-1 test.
Super Spacer® - TrueWARM® Edge Technology
Clearly, the Super Spacer product line stands alone. We call it TrueWARM because Super Spacer is the world's only 100% polymer foam, NO-Metal Warm Edge spacing system. Its arrival on the scene in 1989 revolutionized the insulating glass industry, and today, this TSS® technology is still breaking new ground in providing the warmest, longest-lasting windows anywhere in the world.
Super Spacer® - The NO-Metal Advantage
Super Spacer is a TrueWARM® edge technology product because it is the world's only all-foam, NO-Metal spacer on the market today.
Unlike other so-called "warm" edge seal spacers that contain steel or aluminum wrapped in butyl rubber, Super Spacer is made of 100% polymer structural foam. "Thermal efficiency through no presence of conductive metals" is Super Spacer's hallmark.
Super Spacer's NO-Metal formula blocks the heat escape path and provides one of the best thermal performances in the industry. Super Spacer assures comfortable humidity levels with hardly any worries about condensation and mold.
Windows that Last a Lifetime
Super Spacer® is made with Thermoset Spacer (TSS®) technology. This technology ensures that the spacer will expand and contract, but it will always maintain its structural integrity by returning to its original shape.
This is very important because windows are constantly exposed to temperature changes, UV ray bombardment, barometric pressure changes and wind load. Other rigid spacers containing metal do not allow for the natural expansion and contraction that must occur in the insulated glass unit to offset the effects of these pressures on the glass. The results are stress cracks that eventually lead to seal failure.
Super Spacer is a dual-seal system that uses a high-performance acrylic adhesive for its structural seal. Backed with a moisture vapor seal, Super Spacer insulating glass lasts five times longer in durability tests than single seal units.
The results are obvious. Super Spacer structural foam combines with this acrylic adhesive strength to form the most reliable primary seal in an insulating glass unit on the market.
The Durability Test
Only the strong survive the P-1 test. Super Spacer® withstands 140°F/60°C temperatures, 95 - 100% humidity levels and constant UV bombardment in what many engineers consider the world's toughest accelerated aging and durability test.
One week spent in a P-1 chamber is considered by industry experts to be approximately equivalent to one year in the field. All Super Spacer products pass at least 60 weeks in the P-1 chamber, with our premium products passing up to 125 weeks of testing.
Why Is This So Important?
Super Spacer's durability means that your windows will remain thermally-efficient and condensation-free for many years to come.
Condensation occurs first around the window's edge - where the glass insulates least effectively and where surface temperatures are the coldest. If a standard "cold edge" spacer exists and outside temperatures fall to 0°F/-17.78°C, condensation will form on the glass edge even in homes with as little as 15% relative humidity.
The solution to condensation formation on glass is to increase the thermal efficiency of the edge of the glass: the window's weak link. Substitute Super Spacer a superior warm edge spacer and the inside humidity can go as high as 50% before condensation forms on the glass. The problem is virtually eliminated.
Super Spacer® is a registered trademark of Edgetech I.G. Inc.
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Simulations performed by Enermodal Engineering Ltc. using Window 5.2 and Therm 5.2 as per NFRC 100-2001. All air spaces are .500" wide, IGUs are 24" x 48", Low-E glass is Cardinal Low-E2 172.
