RHEINZINK® - Click Strip System

Product Overview

RHEINZINK® - Click Strip System
  • Ridge termination roll cap, expanded eaves termination-roll cap for roof and façade
  • Perfectly fitting components
  • Reduced tool and machine use
  • Time-saving surface installation
  • Rainproof lengthwise seam connection from 3°
  • Wooden batten replacement including clips with continuous cleats
  • Higher level of prefabrication simplifies calculation
  • Striking visual structure of the façade surface
  • Installation is possible both vertically and diagonally.
  • Variable design as a result of various section lengths and widths.
  • Installation is possible on cross-joints or mirrored covering.
RHEINZINK® - Click Strip System

The batten system is the oldest of the  installation systems available today. A wooden batten or the innovative RHEINZINK-click roll batten bracket is inserted between the systems to accommodate fasteners.  These alternative types of fastening are covered with a roll cap. The RHEINZINK-click roll system meets all the requirements of an efficient installation and provides the greatest possible precision.

Technology

System Description

  • Concise structure of the façade surface
  • Reduced tool and machine use

The click roll system is the most traditional sheet metal system in wide use today. The RHEINZINK-click roll cap system is a refined and optimized system and is used for roof coverings as well as for façades.

The specially developed RHEINZINK-click-batten bracket made of galvanised steel serves as the fastener for the batten section. After fixing, the RHEINZINK-click roll cap is easily and securely clicked into place over the seam.

Prefabricated sections can be installed, or, they can be produced on site using mobile batten profilers.  Manual or machine seam closure is no longer required with the RHEINZINK-click roll cap system. The batten dimensions are ca. 50 mm high and ca. 60 mm wide, thus contributing to the segmentation of large roof surfaces.

The development of other system accessories means that façade surfaces (straight, tapered, convex or concave rounded), as well as detail points (wall connections, window integration etc.) can be resolved cleanly.

Surface Quality

  • RHEINZINK "pre-weathered blue-grey"
  • RHEINZINK "pre-weathered graphite-grey"*
  • Produced in panels
The patination process of RHEINZINK-material can take longer in the façade area. In the transition phase, bright-rolled material has a tendency to light reflections, which can be traced to the characteristics of thin sheets.

RHEINZINK façade claddings should, therefore, be produced primarily in  RHEINZINK "pre-weathered blue-grey" or RHEINZINK "pre-weathered graphite-grey"* surface qualities.

Furthermore, we recommend panel production, so that the wave formation specific to thin sheets can be reduced significantly.

Surface Protection

  • Use of foiled sheeting
Façade systems are delivered with protective sheeting, for protection during production and transportation and, for protection against negative influences during the construction phase. The strippable film is a one-sided self-adhesive protective sheet applied at the factory, which should be removed directly after installation, at the end of each working day.


Inter-relationship of coil width, panel width and bay width
 Section Width / Material Thickness
  • Optimal section width is 415 mm (coil width is 500 mm)
  • with a material thickness of 0.8 mm
For façade cladding using the RHEINZINK- click-roll cap system, a section width of 415 mm is recommended. It is also advantageous to produce the sections in panels and to edge these on a folding press, so that the wave formation, which is typical with thin sheet metal, can be reduced significantly.

Section Length

  • limited section length is max. 6.00 m
The section length should be reduced to a max. of 6.0 m, otherwise it becomes almost impossible to handle behind scaffolding. It is possible to reduce distortions with section lengths of 3.0 m. Sections are linked together with a simple cross-seam.

Fixing

  • Indirect via the RHEINZINK-click batten bracket
  • Indirect via continuous cleats in the folds at the section end.
After the façade surface is marked for measurements and the section has been installed with spacing of 45 mm - 50 mm,   the 500 mm long RHEINZINK-click batten bracket is fastened to the substructure with at least 2 screws. Then the RHEINZINK-click roll cap is clicked onto the batten bracket.

The number of brackets depends on prevailing wind suction forces, fasteners and the façade construction selected.  Above and beyond that, the section width and material thickness also have a significant impact on the number of clips required.

Fixed Clip Area

  • The fixed clip area of the facade is between 1.0 m and 3.0 m.
Fixed clips, which prevent the sections from slipping, should be arranged in the upper 1 m - 3 m of the façade, depending on building height (total length of the individual sections).

Fasteners

  • Select fasteners according to substructure.

Fixing RHEINZINK-sections depends primarily on the type and design of the substructure. Wind loads, as well as section width and material thickness, must be considered when selecting fasteners.

  • Wooden sheathing: galv. wood screws, make SFS- SW-S-A 4.8 x 35 mm 
  • Metal rails: galv. drilling screws, make SFS- SD 3 -T16-  4.8 x 16 mm 
  • Thermal insulation plates: galv. special screws, make SFS- IR 2 - 4.8 mm x required length

Cross-Seam

  • Simple cross-seam
To separate individual section lengths and for design reasons, cross-joints are developed. In façade cladding using the RHEINZINK-click roll system, individual sections are linked together with a simple cross-seam.