Kawneer releases AA3110HW guide

A Kawneer UK product story

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Jul 1, 2009

Kawneer has introduced a guide advising window specifiers in the healthcare sector about its AA3110HW horizontal-sliding window.

'Specialist horizontal sliding window solutions for your healthcare project,' is a brochure that caters for three levels of safety and security using its AA3110HW horizontal sliding window .

New Healthcare Windows Brochure from Kawneer

Level one uses a single- or double-sliding horizontal window, level two a single-sliding window with permanent perforated stainless steel mesh, and level three a single-sliding window with hidden perforated stainless steel mesh which slides across the window on opening.

Kawneer's AA3110HW window incorporates a perforated wrap-around gasket which breaks into harmless pieces when there is an attempt to remove it, while its lack of a glazing bead means it cannot be removed.

Other key features include: Aesthetically designed handles with no ligature risk; Concealed window locking at 125mm; and perforated stainless-steel mesh allowing ventilation, visibility and security while also stopping the flow of contraband in or out of the window.

Tested at the BRE for air permeability (Class three), watertightness (Class 9A 600Pa) and resistance to windload (Class B5), the AA3110HW has also been independently security tested to ENV 1627 Class two.

Kawneer's brochure details the tests and results conducted by healthcare trusts to determine the window's robustness, such as a 15-minute fire extinguisher attack, 20 to 25 strikes with a snooker ball in a sock (used as a truncheon) and up to 30 blows to the window using various implements.