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Energy Performance Intercept Warm Edge Spacer
Intercept Warm Edge Spacer
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The Intercept™ Warm Edge Spacer System features a unique, one-piece metal alloy, U-channel design that creates an effective thermal barrier to help reduce conducted heat loss through the window. Its sealed, one-piece design makes Intercept™ spacers stronger and better at retaining insulating gas than many conventional designs. |
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Under Normal weather conditions, insulated glass units expand and contract with temperature changes. In conventional insulating glass units, the sealant (the material that holds the unit together) takes the stress of the flexing. This can cause seal failure and insulating gas loss. In an Intercept™ Warm Edge Spacer System unit, the spacer flexes instead of the sealant, so it resists spacer movement and premature sealant failure. |
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The Intercept™ spacer system is so energy efficient that it keeps the edges of the glass warmer, so your home feels more comfortable in the winter. As you can see below, the temperature difference between the edge of an insulating glass unit with an ordinary spacer, and one with an Intercept™ spacer system can be dramatic. |
With Intercept™ Spacer
With Aluminum Spacer
Intercept units feature “Warm-Edge” technology that reduces condensation problems around the window perimeter. Compare the Intercept insulating glass window (above left) with a conventional insulating glass window (above right). Both windows have Low-E and argon gas infill. The difference in the Intercept “Warm-Edge” Spacer.
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