Abstract: The present invention, in some embodiments, is a method the includes obtaining a sheet of a non-ferrous alloys as feedstock having a first edge and a second edge, heating the feedstock using a transverse flux induction heating system to form a heat treated product and concomitant with the heating step, cooling at least one of the first edge and the second edge of the feedstock by cross-flowing at least one fluid across the at least one of the first edge and the second edge of the feedstock.

Abstract: A fenestration system includes opposing first and second rigid components, a gasket interposing the first and second rigid components, the gasket being made of an electrically-conductive material and exhibiting a baseline resistance when arranged between the first and second rigid components, and a control system communicably coupled to the gasket with one or more wires and operable to monitor a real-time resistance of the gasket and generate a signal when the real-time resistance deviates from the baseline resistance.

Abstract: A fenestration system includes a back angle anchor providing a first anchor portion and a second anchor portion extending from the first anchor portion and providing an attachment receptor, the back angle anchor being securable to an underlying substrate at the first anchor portion, a subsill providing a first subsill portion and a second subsill portion extending from the first subsill portion, and an anchor hook extending from the second subsill portion and defining a subsill cavity sized to receive the attachment receptor. The subsill is attached to the back angle anchor using one or more mechanical fasteners penetrating the anchor hook and received within the attachment receptor, and the mechanical fasteners do not penetrate the first or second subsill portions.

Abstract: A method of finishing a profile, wherein the profile is an inner profile or an outer profile for assembling into a profile assembly, the method comprising: treating an interior facing area of an outer surface of the profile so as to lower the emissivity of the interior facing area; or applying a protective cover or a protective film to the interior facing area of the outer surface of the profile. A method of manufacturing a profile assembly and a profile assembly produced by said method.

Abstract: Brazing sheets, articles formed from or including all or a portion of brazing sheets, and methods of forming articles are provided. A brazing sheet comprises a core layer, a brazing layer, and an interliner layer intermediate the core layer and the brazing layer. The core layer comprises a first aluminum alloy and the core layer is at least partially recrystallized. The brazing layer comprises a 4XXX series aluminum alloy. The interliner layer comprises a second aluminum alloy, and the interliner layer is unrecrystallized.

Abstract: A transom assembly for a façade assembly of a building includes a transom that defines an interior including a lower glazing pocket, a lower glazing assembly partially received within the lower glazing pocket, and a drainage funnel arranged within the interior. The drainage funnel includes a body having opposing upper and lower ends, the lower end laterally interposing a bottom of the transom and the lower glazing assembly, an upper opening defined at the upper end, a lower opening defined at the lower end, and an inner flow path extending between the upper and lower openings. Water accumulated within the interior drains from the interior to an exterior environment of the building through the inner flow path.

Abstract: Thick wrought 2xxx aluminum lithium alloy products are disclosed. The wrought aluminum alloy products have a thickness of at least 12.7 mm and contain from 3.00 to 3.80 wt. % Cu, from 0.05 to 0.35 wt. % Mg, from 0.975 to 1.385 wt. % Li, wherein ?0.3*Mg?0.15Cu+1.65?Li??0.3*Mg?0.15Cu+1.85, from 0.05 to 0.50 wt. % of at least one grain structure control element, wherein the grain structure control element is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sc, Cr, V, Hf, other rare earth elements, and combinations thereof, up to 1.0 wt. % Zn, up to 1.0 wt. % Mn, up to 0.12 wt. % Si, up to 0.15 wt. % Fe, up to 0.15 wt. % Ti, up to 0.10 wt. % of any other element, with the total of these other elements not exceeding 0.35 wt. %, the balance being aluminum.

Abstract: A frame member for a fenestration system includes an elongate profile, a flow path provided on a surface of the profile to facilitate drainage of water from the surface, one or more flow path portions forming part of the surface and encompassing the flow path, and one or more non-flow path portions forming part of the surface and encompassing portions of the surface outside of the flow path. At least one of the one or more flow path or non-flow path portions is treated with a surface energy modification process such that the one or more flow path portions exhibit a first surface energy and the one or more non-flow path portions exhibit a second surface energy different from the first surface energy.

Abstract: A curtain wall window system for a building includes a horizontally-extending substrate forming part of the building, a curtain wall panel mountable to the substrate and including a mullion, and a curtain wall bracket assembly that operatively couples the curtain wall panel to the substrate. The curtain wall bracket assembly includes a backplate securable to the substrate, a bracket in sliding engagement with the backplate, and an adjustment mechanism that operatively couples the bracket to the backplate. Manually actuating the adjustment mechanism causes the bracket to move vertically relative to the backplate. The mullion is attachable to the bracket such that vertical movement of the bracket correspondingly moves the mullion.

Abstract: A profile for a fenestration system includes first and second members, and a thermal break extending between the first and second members. The thermal break is coupled to the first member at a thermal break interconnection that includes a tab extending laterally from a body, the tab including a head extending from the body and a stem extending from the head. A channel is defined between upper and lower flanges of the first member and provides a first chamber sized to receive the head, and a second chamber extending from the first chamber and sized to receive the stem. The head is larger than the stem, and the first chamber is larger than the second chamber. The thermal break is temporarily secured to the channel by advancing the tab into the channel, and permanently secured to the channel by crimping the flanges against the tab.

Abstract: A fenestration is disclosed comprising a plurality of frame members. At least one of the frame members comprises an exterior extrusion, an interior extrusion, a central extrusion intermediate the interior extrusion and the exterior extrusion, and a thermal break to couple the exterior extrusion and the central extrusion.

Abstract: A fenestration system includes a frame member positionable within an opening defined in a building and adjacent a substrate of the building, the frame member including a plurality of bottom projections extending from the frame member and a foot extending laterally from at least one of the plurality of bottom projections, and a toggle shim arranged within a clearance defined between the frame member and the substrate, the toggle shim being securable to the substrate and including a securing device providing one or more engagement members engageable with the frame member. The toggle shim is transitionable between a disengaged position, where the one or more engagement members are disengaged from the foot, and an engaged position, where the one or more engagement members are engaged with the foot and thereby prevent the frame member from separating from the substrate.

Abstract: A window wall system includes a first glazing unit arranged adjacent a first vertical wall substrate, a second glazing unit arranged adjacent a second vertical wall substrate opposite the first vertical wall substrate, one or more third glazing units extending laterally between the first and second glazing units, and a jamb filler operatively coupled to the second glazing unit and interposing the second glazing unit and the second vertical wall substrate.

Abstract: A frame profile for a fenestration system includes a vertical member, a horizontal member joined to the vertical member at a corner joint, an outer profile cooperatively defined by the vertical and horizontal members and configured to accommodate a wire extending along the outer profile and transitioning between the vertical and horizontal members at the corner joint, and a corner clip mounted to the outer profile at the corner joint and operable to transition the wire between the vertical and horizontal members.

Abstract: A façade system includes a mullion having exterior and interior portions and defining a glazing pocket between the exterior and interior portions, a thermal break arranged within the glazing pocket and extending between the exterior and interior portions, the thermal break dividing the glazing pocket into a shallow pocket and a deep pocket larger than the shallow pocket, and a collapsible element arranged within the deep pocket and extending between the thermal break and a lateral side of a panel introduced into the deep pocket. The collapsible element is movable between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The collapsible element divides the deep pocket into two or more thermal chambers when in the expanded state to reduce heat transfer by convection through the glazing pocket.

Abstract: A window wall system includes a sill receptor secured to an upper surface of a first floor slab, the sill receptor providing a base and an upright member extending from the base, a head receptor secured to a bottom surface of a second floor slab vertically offset from the first floor slab, and a glazing unit providing a sill, a head, and one or more panels extending between the sill and the head. A first hook defined by the sill is engageable with the upright member. When the upright member is received by the hook, the glazing unit is pivotable about the upright member toward a vertical orientation. A second hook is defined by the sill and receivable within a groove defined in the sill receptor when the glazing unit reaches the vertical orientation.

Abstract: A façade system includes a mullion having exterior and interior portions and defining a glazing pocket between the exterior and interior portions, a thermal break arranged within the glazing pocket and extending between the exterior and interior portions, the thermal break dividing the glazing pocket into a shallow pocket and a deep pocket larger than the shallow pocket, and a collapsible element arranged within the deep pocket and extending between the thermal break and a lateral side of a panel introduced into the deep pocket. The collapsible element is movable between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The collapsible element divides the deep pocket into two or more thermal chambers when in the expanded state to reduce heat transfer by convection through the glazing pocket.

Abstract: A curtain wall or window wall for a building including a frame including a plurality of frame units composed of frame members, wherein the frame members comprise mullions. A plurality of infill panels are supported by and received within the plurality of frame units, and one or more thermally insulating elements. Each frame unit comprises a plurality of metal fastening elements for retaining infill panels within a corresponding one of the frame units. Each metal fastening element comprises a first end in contact with the mullions and a second end spaced from the first end. The second end of each metal fastening element, having the first end in contact with the mullions forming a first outer edge of the frame, contacts one of the thermally insulating elements. Each of the thermally insulating elements comprises at least one means for attachment to a pressing.

Abstract: A system includes a structural member providing front and back faces, and first and second webs extending between the front and back faces and laterally offset from each other to define a hollow space therebetween. A wire transfer channel is defined at an end of the first web adjacent the front face and extends into the hollow space. A shear block provides a base, a connector portion extending from the base in a first direction, and first and second legs extending from the base in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the first and second legs are attachable to the first web to couple the shear block to the structural member.

Abstract: A door assembly is disclosed that includes a door and a cylinder dry lock assembly mounted to the door and including a cylinder lock, a thumb-turn lock, and an actuation mechanism interposing the cylinder lock and the thumb-turn lock. The actuation mechanism includes a first adapter matable with the cylinder lock and a second adapter matable with the thumb-turn lock and the first adapter. Actuation of the cylinder lock actuates the thumb-turn lock via the actuation mechanism.