Brief Introduction of Terracotta Panels History
Posted By Claire on November 2, 2012
Terracotta Curtain wall initially originated in Germany. Roof tiles to the wall, eventually articulated in terra cotta, the invention of hanging system for exterior curtain wall Toban engineer Prof. Thomas Herzog was conceived in the 1980s, and thus set up a factory specializing in the production of ceramic plate . The 1985 first Toban project completed in Munich, Germany. In the ensuing years, the ceramic plate gradually improve articulated way, by the original wooden structure eventually improve to two curtain wall structural system (cross keel system and without cross keel system).
China’s Terracotta market supply for a long period of time totally dependent on imports from overseas, the cost of high transport costs, long lead times, and the installed technology services are not in place in time, restricted to promote the use of a ceramic plate in China.
In 2006, the Chinese people began their own R & D, production of ceramic plate. Domestic original ceramic plate production areas is almost blank, now China’s ceramic plate manufacturers have been able to supply to the market mature products.
Until the end of 2011, the country has 30 production lines, the annual output of up to 3000 – 50 million square feet, more and more attention in terms of production capacity and R & D investment.
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