8500 HORIZONTAL ROLLING WINDOW - Lawson … window shall be 8500 Series as manu- ... Glazing All frame and sash ... T6 temper, with walls of from .078” to .125”

General InformationRolling window shall be 8500 Series as manu-factured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA and shall conform to AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2.-97, for HS-R 50, A.A.M.A. 1302.5-76 for forced entry resistance.

ConstructionAll window members shall be of commercial quality 6063 aluminum hardened to T5 and T6 temper. All frame members shall have a mini-mum dimension of 1 7/8”, cut and fabricated to form a tight butt or telescoped joint. All frame corners shall be joined by two #8 sheet metal screws. Vertical meeting rails shall be of tubular construction and attached to horizontals with one sheet metal screw per joint. Vent rails shall also be of tubular design and contain integrally extruded pull rails. Vent lock rail shall be fitted with weathering bulb vinyl to seal vent to jamb of frame. Weathering at jamb shall also contain polypropylene pile with trans-parent vinyl fin. Each vent rail shall contain two 3”-long spring-loaded claw latches that engage with full- length jamb lip to provide positive, secure latching.

FinishExposed aluminum shall be coated with an electrostatically applied organic finish, meeting the performance requirements of A.A.M.A. 603.5 for pigmented coating. Coating shall have a minimum of 1.0 mil dry film thickness in a white or bronze color.

Hardware

Sash shall roll on two .437 diameter brass roll-ers with stainless steel axles. Dual gated weep hole baffles shall reduce “blow back” of water result-ing from gusting winds. Vents can be removed from interior for glass cleaning when vent is in the unlocked position only.

MuntinsWhen specified, tubular aluminum extruded exterior muntin and flat aluminum interior muntin shall be applied to glass in multitude of standard and custom configurations.

GlazingAll frame and sash members shall accommo-date glass in nominal thickness of 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4” or 1/2” insulated. Glass color shall be as speci-fied.

Insect ScreenAll half screens shall be of rolled aluminum tubular profile and can be applied from the inte-rior without using tools. Screens shall be held firmly in place by integrally extruded stops in sill and meeting rail. Mesh fabric shall be 18” x 16” dark grey fiberglass. Mesh shall be resplindable with plastic material.

Weather StrippingDouble weather stripping throughout unit shall be water-resistant polypropylene pile and virgin PVC vinyl.

Test DataPerformance data shall comply with Florida Building Code. Consult Lawson web site for specifics: www.lawsonwindows.com.

8500HORIZONTAL ROLLING WINDOW

8501 N.W. 90th St. Medley, FL 33166 • P: 305-696-8660 • F: 305-693-1237 • E-mail: [email protected]

General InformationFrench doors shall be “La Porte” as manu-factured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA, conforming with ANSI/AAMA 101-93 standard, for SWD-RGS/F.E.R., Miami Dade County and F.B.C.

ConstructionExtrusion shall be 6063 aluminum in T5 and T6 temper, with walls of from .078” to .125” nominal thickness at all structural locations. Frame jamb shall be tubular shaped. Head, jamb and sill shall have a dimension of 1 3/4” x 4 1/2”. Frame shall be assembled by secur-ing head and sill to jambs using eight con-cealed sheet metal screws. Panels shall be assembled using a 5/16”-diameter,continuously threaded steel rod, running through top and bottom rail from stile to stile. Each rod end shall be held firmly with wash-ered hex nuts. Sill shall have an overall height of 2” andcontain a 1 1/4” step for panel rail to seat. Exterior face of rail shall finish flush with outside edge of sill. Door shall be exterior swing, pro-viding the best possible protection against water infiltration. Frame head shall contain integral hood projecting out from header to deflect cling-ing water from running directly down head and into opening at top of panel. A double stacked bottom rail shall be available as an added option.

FinishDoor panels, jambs and headers shall receive an electrostatically applied organic 1.0 mil thick dry film organic coating which meets the performance requirements of A.A.M.A. 603.5 in a choice of bronze or white. All sills shall be mill finish.

HardwareActive door stile shall be routed for 2 1/8”-diam-eter dead bolt and latch with 2 3/8” backset. Concealed face of inactive leaf shall contain top and bottom flush bolts with stainless steel shaft to engage into header and sill, prevent-ing inactive leaf from opening when bolts are engaged. Two heavy-duty extruded aluminum hinges with stainless steel hinge pin shall sup-port each door leaf.

MuntinsMuntins shall be adhesive-applied to interior and exterior surface of each panel and side light. Configuration shall be radiused profile extrusion on both interior and exterior side of unit.

GlassPanels shall be glazed with 3/16”-thick tem-pered glass as standard. Glass color is as specified.

Weather StrippingAll stiles and rails shall be weathered using a combination of a flexible virgin PVC bulb and

LA PORTE FRENCH DOOR


430/440/450 SLIDING GLASS DOOR

General InformationSliding glass doors shall be of series 430, 440 or 450 as manufactured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA.

ConstructionAll door members shall be of commercial quality 6063 aluminum alloy to T5 and T6 temper. Door stiles shall be notched to allow top and bottom rails to telescope into stiles for maximum strength. Locking and fixed stiles to be of tubular design with minimum dimension of 1” x 1”. Tracks shall be of sloped exterior design with a 1 3/4” vertical riser as standard. Optional tracks with various vertical risers shall be available for conditions requiring higher positive pressures. Top of vertical door stiles shall be joined to horizontal rails using two #10 x 3/4”sheet metal screws. Bottom door rails shall be joined to stile using one #10 x 3/4”sheet metal screw.

FinishDoors, jambs and headers shall receive anelectrostatically applied 1.0 mil dry fill thick-ness coating which meets the performance requirements of A.A.M.A. 603.5 in a choice of bronze or white. All tracks and thresholds shall be finished.

Hardware

Latches shall be flush-mounted in white or black pained finishes with integral interior and exterior recessed, matching pulls. An “On-Off” switch-type “Night Lock” shall maintain the doorbolt in locked position. Latches shall include a high quality 5-disk keylock to actu-ate the lock from the outside (added option). Keylocks may be keyed alike or master keyed on special order at additional cost.

MuntinsWhen specified, muntins shall be 1 1/8”-widealuminum extrusion applied to interior, exterior or both sides of door panel.

GlassDoors shall be glazed using 3/16”, 1/4” or tempered 5/8” insulated glass.

ScreenVertical and horizontal members shall be tubular sections with spring-loaded rollers in identical top and bottom rails for easy revers-ing. Positive action screen latch shall be self-reversing. All corners are joined using 2 #8 x 1 1/2” sheet metal screws. A box screen using door panels shall be available as an added option.

Weather StrippingDouble weather stripping throughout unit shall be water-resistant polypropylene pile and vir-gin PVC vinyl.

430 FOR SINGLE GLAZE440 FOR 5/8” INSULATED450 FOR SINGLE GLAZED WITH HEAVY INTERLOCKS


9000 SLIDING GLASS DOOR


General InformationSliding glass doors shall be series 9000 as manufactured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA. Conforming with AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2.-97, for S.G.D. C20 to C50, A.A.M.A. 1303.5-76 for forced entry resistance. Miami Dade County Florida notice of acceptance, and Florida Building Code (F.B.C.) Certifications are available on Lawson web site:www.lawsonwindows.com.

ConstructionAll door members shall be of commercial quality 6063 aluminum alloy to T5 and T6 temper. Door stiles shall be notched to allow top and bottom rails to telescope into stiles for maximum strength. Locking and fixed stiles to be of tubular design with minimum dimen-sion of 2 1/2” x 1”. Tubular interlock stiles shall have a minimum dimension of 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”. Tracks shall be of sloped exterior design with a 1 3/4” vertical riser as standard. An optional track with 3” vertical riser shall be available for conditions requiring higher positive pressures. Top of vertical door stiles shall be joined to horizontal rails using two #10 x 3/4” sheet metal screws. Bottom door rails shall be joined to stile using one #10 x 3/4” sheet metal screw.

FinishDoors, jambs and headers shall receive anelectrostatically applied 1.0 mil dry fill thick-ness organic coating which meets the per-formance requirements of A.A.M.A. 603.5 in

a choice of bronze or white. All tracks and thresholds shall be mill-finished.

HardwareLatches shall be flush-mounted in white or black pained finishes with integral interior and exterior recessed, matching pulls. An “On-Off” switch-type “Night Lock” shall maintain the doorbolt in locked position. Latches shall include a high-quality 5-disk keylock to actu-ate the lock from the outside (added option). Keylocks may be keyed alike or master keyed on special order at additional cost.

MuntinsWhen specified, muntins shall be 1 1/8” wide x 7/16” aluminum applied to both interior and exterior sides of glass, in color to match door components.

GlassDoors shall be glazed with 3/16”, 1/4” tem-pered glass as specified without the use of glazing adapters. Double glazed 5/8” doors shall have one-piece extrusions, glazed with-out adapters.

ScreenVertical and horizontal members shall be tubular sections with spring-loaded rollers in identical top and bottom rails for easy revers-ing. Positive action screen latch shall be self-reversing. All corners are joined using two #8 x 1 1/2” sheet metal screws.

Weather StrippingDouble weather stripping throughout unit shall be water-resistant polypropylene pile and virgin

General InformationPicture window Series 6000 and designerwindows Series 4000 shall be manufactured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA, conforming with AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2.-97, FOR F-HC80, Miami Dade County Florida notice of acceptance, and Florida Building Code (F.B.C.). Certifications are available on Lawson web site:www.lawsonwindows.com.

ConstructionBasic frame sections shall be 1 7/8” extrudedaluminum alloy 6063. Corner of main frame shall be coped to receive its mating extrusion and joined mechanically by two sheet metal screws. All assembly screw heads and corner joints shall be factory-sealed. Glazing material shall be set in a bed of wet A.A.M.A. approved glazing compound. Glazing beads of extruded 1/2”x 1/2”x .062” shall be set in glazing com-pound and exposed sealant tooled to provide smooth minimum radiused seam. Main frame, glazing bead, interior and exterior glazing muntins shall be formed in an infinite com-bination of bends to meet job requirements. All muntin crossovers, and end brackets shall be of nylon with homogeneous color of either white or bronze to closely match the color of frame and muntins.

FinishExposed aluminum shall be coated with anelectrostatically applied organic finish meet-ing the performance requirements of A.A.M.A. 603.5 for pigmented coating. Coating shall have a

minimum of 1.0 mil dry film thickness in a white or bronze color.

GlazingAll frame members shall accommodate glass in nominal thickness of 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4” or 1/2” and 5/8” insulated. Glass color shall be as specified.

4000 DESIGNER WIN-DOW


General InformationSingle hung window shall be 7500 Series asmanufactured by Lawson Industries, Inc., Medley, Florida, USA, and shall conform to AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2.-97,, H-R70, A.A.M.A. 1302.5-76 for forced entry resis-tance, and F.B.C.

ConstructionAll window members shall be of commercial quality 6063 aluminum to T5 and T6 temper. All frame members shall have a minimum dimension of 1 7/8”, cut and fabricated to form a tight butt or telescoped joint. All frame corners shall be joined by two #8 sheet metal screws. Horizontal meeting rails shall be of tubular construction, and attached to verticals with one sheet metal screw per joint. Vent rails shall also be of tubular design, and contain integrally extruded lift rails. Vent sill rail shall be fitted with weath-ering bulb vinyl to seal sill. Sill shall also con-tain polypropylene pile with transparent vinyl fin. Each vent rail shall contain two 3”-long spring-loaded claw latches that engage with full-length lip to provide positive, secure latch-ing.

FinishExposed aluminum shall be coated with anelectrostatically applied organic finish meeting the performance requirements of A.A.M.A.

603.5 for pigmented coating. Coating shall haveminimum of 1.0 mil dry film thickness in a white or bronze color.

HardwareSash shall operate on block & tackle, springs and pulley balances, which are concealed from view during vent operation. Sash shall be removed from the interior for glass cleaning when vent is in take-out position only.

MuntinsWhen specified, tubular aluminum exterior muntin and flat interior muntin shall be applied to glass in multitude of standard and custom configurations.

GlazingAll frame and sash members shall accommo-date glass in normal thickness of 1/8”, 3/16”, 1/4” or 1/2” insulated. Glass color shall be as specified.

Insect ScreenAll half screens shall be of rolled aluminum tubular profile, and can be applied from the interior without using tools. Screens shall be held firmly in place by integrally extruded stops in sill and meeting rail. Mesh fabric shall be 18” x 16” dark grey fiberglass. Mesh shall be resplindable with plastic material.

7500 SINGLE HUNG WINDOW


LAWSONINSTALLATION SERVICES

Water piping grid for field water leakage testing of our products.

Vacuum assembly for field water-leakage testing of (in this case) a sliding glass door. This device, combined with the water spray from the grid in photo above, is used to simu-late storm conditions and test products on-site for leaks.


LAWSON PRODUCT DESIGN,ENGINEERING AND TESTING

A La Porte French Door with side lights photographed after impact testing. Note impact cracking in middle of both right panels.

Load cell, a device that mea-sures tensile loads. It is used in our in-house testing facility to evaluate the structural strength of various product components.

Load testing of a sill clip assembly: A one-inch-wide strip of sill clip extru-sion (left with hook) is attached to its anchored sill counterpart and pulled with the hook. The load capacity is measured by the load cell device in the photo on the above right.

Our programmable bender (left) with its comput-erized control unit (right). It is used to manufac-

ture designer fixed lights having multiple bends of differing radii, using a continuous (uncut) length of

extrusion.


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8500 HORIZONTAL ROLLING WINDOW - Lawson … window shall be 8500 Series as manu- ... Glazing All frame and sash ... T6 temper, with walls of from .078” to .125”