Erikoistuminen

SAFE ELECTRONICS AND A HIGH LEVEL OF BUILDING PROTECTION
All Schüco products fitted with the company’s own electronic components or third-party products must have proof of their electromagnetic compatibility. This requires the interference immunity and interference emissions of the components to be tested in line with the standards. It ensures that there are no malfunctions and no harmful electromagnetic waves are emitted. At the same time, protection rating tests verify whether components are sufficiently resistant to environmental factors, such as dust and water, or whether hazardous and live components are adequately fused. This is how Schüco is responding to the sharp increase in electrically operated, controlled and energy-generating façades, windows and doors. All the tests are already carried out at an early stage during development, but also on projects that are already complete.

The IP protection rating tests encompass all the tests that are relevant for Schüco products, such as resistance to dripping, spraying and splashing water (IPX1, IPX2, IPX3 and IPX4), protection against access to hazardous and live parts (IP1X, IP2X, IP3X, IP4X), dust protection (IP5X and IP6X) and the immersion of test specimens in water (IPX7 and IPX8). They allow the company’s own products or those from third parties to be evaluated clearly and ensure reliable operation.

SOUND INSULATION OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENT
The sound reduction requirements with regard to external noise can only be ensured using laboratory measurements, particularly for complex façades. Similarly, reliable sound insulation between rooms can only function if noise transmission is prevented by the external façade. Schüco is not only able to test this accurately on original components in the Technology Center, but can also find out the causes of any defects in order to subsequently improve the component. This is particularly important for the sound reduction of systems which can be used flexibly to partition rooms in office buildings, for example. For even once interior rooms have been converted, confidentiality should be guaranteed by means of sound reduction, particularly in sensitive areas. For realistic measurements in the area of building acoustics, four rooms which are independent of one another are available, which are also acoustically insulated from vibrations in the rest of the Technology Center.

Furthermore, the portfolio of the building acoustics area includes emission measurements of components which emit sound, such as electrically-operated fans and fittings, as well as room acoustics measurements. Schüco provides building consultants, metal fabricators and architects with advice on complex issues relating to building acoustics. Schüco also takes measurements on site to ensure the fabrication and installation quality, or for the acoustic separation from other areas. There are also joint tests for special solutions or specifications for feasible acoustic requirements.

In the Schüco samples workshop, all types of samples and test units are fabricated, just like in an independent metal fabrication company. To do this, by extending from 700 to a good 2000 m2, there is now a CNC-controlled profile processing centre and a double-headed mitre saw available, as well as plenty of space for new machinery. All new systems are built in the samples workshop for the first time so that they can be subsequently tested. The workshop is therefore the "First Schüco metal fabricator". The samples workshop is not only more diversified as a result of the reconstruction, allowing it to process a wide variety of profiles and systems in parallel, but it is also able to produce more prototypes

FOCUS ON QUALITY
A key issue for the Schüco Technology Center is the area of mechanics, durability and safety. This is where windows, doors, sliding systems, sun shading blinds and electric drives are subjected to durability tests. During the test, windows reach up to 20,000 opening and closing cycles, and doors up to one million. Modern test rigs which create opening widths of up to 180° are used for this. In addition, two industrial robots are available for more complex movement sequences and opening types. Individual window handles, cavity-fitted gearboxes, rollers and tubular motors are also tested on special test rigs. As windows and doors are exposed to many other stresses, individual components are subjected to stress tests such as vertical loads, torsion tests, strike tests and overloading.