Brackets

It all starts with a bracket

NVELOPE horizontal cladding brackets come in standard dimensions of 120-300mm - A vertical bracket is converted to a horizontal bracket by rotating it 90 degrees and adding an NVELOPE horizontal bracket brace bar (HBBB) - The number of brace bars will be determined according to the application.

See 'project builder' - each bracket has 40mm of adjustment.

A simple cladding support system typically consists of ‘helping hand’ brackets which are fixed to the substrate at set vertical and horizontal separations.

There are vertical brackets (these will be used in the majority of cases) and horizontal brackets.

Profiles are then fixed into brackets. Profiles are usually vertical - ‘L’ rails (normally used at intermediate locations) and ‘T’ rails (normally used at panel joints) profile in section, although they can be more complex to accommodate different cladding panels.

NVELOPE profiles attach to the brackets by a combination of fixed and flexible points to allow for dead loads and for dynamic load. Flexible points are vital due to the differing thermal performances of the materials being combined.

Dead loads and dynamic loads and expansion and contraction must be taken into account. The façade has, in effect, to be able to float on the sub-construction. This means that every single element of the façade construction must have only one fixed point while all the other fixing points must be executed as floating or moving points.

Fixed point, brackets and profiles are connected by the round holes in the bracket. The fixed point absorbs both vertical weight loads and horizontal wind loads.