Operable louvres

The louvres are of two kinds, fixed one or the hand operable kind. Basically louvres are used to keep away from sunlight, rain, noise, wind. Earlier the fixed kinds were used in the middle ages. As the need grew the operable kinds are used. In operable kind of louvres there are many varieties available as per this link http://www.louvreclad.com/productcategories/louvres/?type=type_operable. There are:

·         Axis series

o   Blade span is maximum up to 1500mm

o   Blades can open for 90 degrees

·         Galaxy series

o   Automatic exhaust

o   Interconnect able with fire alarm systems

·         Glacier series

o   Blade span is maximum up to 2400mm

o   The pitch of the blade is variable from 300mm to 400mm

·         Hercules series

o   Operable with spring mechanism

o   Comes with security mesh

·         Nexus series

o   Best used for industrial area

Features of the operable louvres:

·         The operable louvres allows up to 85 percent of air when needed

·         It has an option to have it as fixed or operable kind

·         In case of fire accidents, there provide automatic fire and air exhaust feature and the smoke out.

·         The slats can be of any material kind based on user’s choice

·         Blades can be flexible enough to open up to 90 degrees

Advantages of operable louvres

·         The blades in the louvres are of sheet metal, aluminum, fiber glass, glass, poly carbonate. Based on the need as opaque or transparent the operable louvres can be chosen.

·         The operable louvres are flexible as many kinds are available with dual mechanism.

·         It is light weighted hence the operable louvres are highly durable.

·         The blades can be operated to any angle based on the user requirement.

Disadvantages of operable louvres

·         The operable mechanism can wear out easily.

·         This kind of louvres needs to be placed handy that cannot be fixed at heights as it needs to be operated manually