At home anywhere in the world
Around the world, the name Roto is a byword for innovative, tailored and reliable hardware systems which create added value for windows and doors. For renowned manufacturers of aluminium facades and windows enjoy using the Roto Aluvision hardware product range and appreciate the support they receive from the Roto Object Business.
To complete their facade design and to prepare offers properly and quickly, architects and facade or window manufacturers need reliable statements about the planned window solutions at an early stage. This is why the experts from the Roto Object Business ensure that any outstanding issues are specifically addressed as quickly as possible. As a result, they make binding statements about technical feasibility and demonstrate alternatives for different demands.
Visualisation with prototypes
Visualising a hardware solution based on a prototype makes discussing possible optimisations simpler for the product that is later manufactured in series production, and accelerates the design process. For this purpose, the experts from the Roto Object Business produce samples of components by means of 3D printing. Requests for customised colours can also be realistically reproduced.
Tested and certified
In the Roto ITC, the company’s own, certified test centre in Leinfelden known as the “International Technology Centre”, window and hardware tests are performed for individual project solutions in compliance with national and international standards, in the proper manner. This also lays the foundations for tailored warranty extensions.
Germany
The “SkyLoop” building was constructed in Stuttgart Airport City. Ed. Züblin AG, together with the FKN Group and profile developers HUECK and Roto, developed the facades which have a surface area of 20,000 m2. The window elements are just 365 mm wide. All Roto AL Designo hardware components and an opening restrictor have been adapted accordingly.
United Kingdom
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gave the “Best Tall Building” award to the “Newfoundland Tower”. CTBUH is a non-profit organisation made up of members who are interested in the future of cities (https://www.ctbuh.org/). Hydro Building Systems Germany GmbH (Ulm, Germany) produced 700 tightly sealed sliding systems for this property with the Roto Patio Inowa user-friendly, concealed hardware.
United Kingdom
“The Zig Zag Building” for residential and commercial use was constructed in the heart of London, near the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. For German window manufacturer Josef Gartner GmbH from Gundelfingen, Roto developed special hardware based on AL for horizontally split sashes with concealed and integrated special locking for increased rebate clearance.
Training – logistics – information
The window manufacturer’s employees are trained during the initial production steps. In production, the flow of material and goods is adapted to the specific requirements of the relevant project. These services are also part of what the Roto Object Business offers. A customised logistics concept ensures short delivery times and on-time delivery during the prodction phase. Customer-specific labels and packaging help streamline processes and ensure reliability in the design process. Window manufacturers, facility management and builders are provided with a reference work to assist them with all hardware-related information about the property.
Since the expansion of the Roto Object Business in 2014, the specialists from this team have been providing their services for projects on all of the world’s continents. “Nowadays, it is therefore beyond dispute that Roto can be considered a highly respected and valued partner of many aluminium facade specialists around the globe,” reports Jordi Nadal, Head of Aluvision Sales.
France
With a building height of 170 m (200 m up to the top of the mast), France’s third-tallest skyscraper offers spectacular views of Lyon. The facade, Turn-Only windows and balcony doors of the “Tour Incity” office building are equipped with the Roto AL Designo fully concealed hardware. The building elements were constructed by Permasteelisa in Vittorio Veneto (Italy).
Italy
Living in a vertical forest – all this at the heart of Milan: the “Torre E” residential tower in the “Bosco Verticale” is 110 m tall and has 26 floors, while the “Torre D” residential tower reaches a height of 76 m and has 18 floors. Metra Aluminium Inc. (Brescia, Italy) equipped all windows and balcony doors, including those with a sash height of up to 3000 mm and a weight of up to 300 kg with Tilt&Turn hardware from the Roto AL range.
Germany
“Ericus-Contor” in Hamburg makes optimal use of a special plot of land with an oblique layout and, nusualcorners. The recess in facade, which acts as a window to the inner courtyard, is an eye-catching feature. WICONA / Hydro Building Systems Germany GmbH (Ulm, Germany) produced the facade and the ceiling-height aluminium Turn-Only sashes. Roto supplied hardware with integrated cleaning and maintenance functions, adapted to the profile system groove.
Mexico
At 279 metres tall, the “Koi-Tower” in Monterrey with its 64 floors is the tallest skyscraper in Mexico and the third tallest in Latin America. The manufacturer, Aviso de Privacidad (Mexico City, Mexico), used the Roto FS Kempton friction stay for the outward opening windows. The manufacturer’s sliding systems were equipped with the Patio Inowa tightly sealed hardware.
United Kingdom
The “One Park Drive” residential, office and retail tower with its 57 floors is the “signature building” of the new 23-acre “Wood Wharf” site in the Canary Wharf area of London. Schüco International KG (Bielefeld, Germany) supplied components including 1000 tightly sealed sliding systems equipped with Roto Patio Inowa.
This article was published in Roto Inside 50.