Sierra Professional Curing Station™
A professional curing station designed to safely cure leaded glass
panels up to 40” wide made with NO DAYS Glaze™ to
ELIMINATE the PUTTY step FOREVER!All in less than one hour and with less than 20¢ worth of electricity!
When you're done curing, you're done!
This QuickTime movie* shows the use of the Sierra Professional Curing Station™ for curing leaded glass panels made with NO DAYS Glaze™ inserted in the lead cames.
NO DAYS Glaze™ is a new product from Streuter Technologies Inc. -- a copolymer-based strip that is inserted into the came between the came's heart and glass, then thermally-cured to provide a superior bond and seal. The Sierra Professional Curing Station™ cures windows up to 40" wide x any length. It includes three heavy steel plates powdercoated flat black and a digital thermometer -- both integral parts of our precision curing process using specially designed ceramic heaters that reflect the heat to where it's needed. The result is a 96% energy efficiency -- unsurpassed by any other method.
NO DAYS Glaze™ provides for an incredibly strong & sealed panel without the need for the traditional putty method of sealing and strengthening a panel, resulting in substantial labor & time savings. And, no more messy & time-consuming cleanups!
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The Sierra Professional Curing Station™ can be ordered by going to the I.S.G.S. Online Catalog and selecting Section U.Price for the 40" wide unit is $935 plus UPS shipping (~$50 - $80).
Other Sizes Available on Special Order basis:
20" wide unit: $755 plus shipping
30" wide unit: $845 plus shipping
50" wide unit: $1075 plus shipping
Includes EVERYTHING YOU NEED to cure your project made with NO DAYS Glaze™:5-Year Warranty (1-Year on Ceramic Heater Elements)• Ceramic Heating Unit (4 replaceable heaters each rated for up to 10,000
hours service.) Total 1600 watts, 110v .
• Pre-Wired On/Off Control with Pilot Light, 10 ft. cord
• Adjustable height powder coated end plates with high quality brass
wheels with ball-bearings.
• Three 12” x 40” heavy gauge steel plates (~15 lb. each), powdercoated
flat black for maximum heat absorption, key to our Even Temp process.
• Tracks to handle window up to 40” wide x 5 ft. (can order more tracks in
23” lengths)
• Digital thermometer to signal exact time/temperature for precise control
resulting in a TOTALLY EVEN CURE and NO GLASS BREAKAGE.
• Complete Instructions for Assembly & Use with pictures for each step,
including full target temperature settings for a perfect cure every time.
(Unit as shown requires assembly of heater unit and connecting pre-
wired switch assembly to heater unit.)
Average 36” x 72” window costs less than 20¢ of electricity to cure (@ 10¢/KW-hr) in about an hour (depending on ambient temperature). And when done, you're done!
Curing is done on common 5/8" 4' x 8' presswood board (not provided).
Our curing station uses the same durable* and efficient** industrial ceramic heater elements as used by these industrial applications:
*Estimated life in excess of 10,000 operational hours. **96% infrared energy efficiency.
Retail studios: Consider offering curing sessions for student's and retail customer's projects for a charge. (50 sessions @$20 pays for your Curing Station!)
And who wouldn't pay $20 to get out of puttying their project?
Installed Panels with NO DAYs Glaze™ and cured with the Sierra Professional Curing Station™. Salvation Army Chapel, Turlock CA. Each panel is 37" x 74".
Why did we convert entirely to using NO DAYS Glaze™
in production of all our leaded artwork at Sierra?
For each of the 37" x 74" panels shown above, here's the actual cost comparison we experienced on this job using NO DAYS Glaze™ and our Professional Curing Station:
Estimated Cost to Putty each panel: Total cost: $ 175.00
Materials: $ 15 (putty, whiting, & miscellaneous)
Labor Costs: $160
8 hours @ $20/hr (includes taxes, workman comp insurance, overhead)
Energy Costs: $0.00 (just lots of sweaty work over a 3 day period)Cost using NO DAYS Glaze™: Total cost: $124.20
Materials: $ 84
20 - 6' lengths of came @ 6' each = 120' x 2 = 240 ft. of NO DAYS Glaze™ =
240' @ $0.35 /ft = $84 (based on 450' roll pricing 3/16" NDGlz)
Labor Costs: $ 40
1.5 hrs. to insert NDGlz into came's channels @$20/hr = $30, plus,
0.5 hrs. using Sierra Professional Curing Station @$20/hr = $10
Energy Costs: $0.20 (2 KiloWatt-Hours @ $0.10/KW-Hr = $0.20)Net Savings for each of the 6 panels in this job: ~$ 51 each ($306 total project)
Above cost comparison does not factor in the difference in time used on the production table: Putty process would tie up table (2 windows on 4' x 16' table) for 3 days (9 days for total job of 6 panels) before panels could be stored vertically. NO DAYS Glaze™ required no additional time after the 1.2 hour for curing (setup of curing station and actual curing time). Windows needed no additional cleanup after the curing process.
Note: If the Sierra Professional Curing Station™ was not used, and instead a heat gun were used as shown in demo on the Streuter Technologies web site, our crew estimated an additional 2-4 hours for each panel would have been needed to cure each piece of came separately as it was being built. No actual costs are available since we didn't, and don't, build leaded panels this way.
Lastly, we found the NO DAYS Glaze™ to be as strong, if not stronger, right after the curing process than a puttied window that has fully hardened. And, because the crew absolutely hates the puttying step, they wanted to convert to the new NO DAYS Glaze™ process even if it didn't save money.
Operational note -- pattern shears for No Days Glaze: While there is currently no special pattern shears available with the correct cutout for the standard came heart PLUS the NO DAYS Glaze™, we found that the exact pattern cut needed could be made by using a Toyo Lead Pattern Shears TWICE. That is, first cut is made (using normal cutting method) on right side of pattern line. The second cut is done on those pieces still showing the line (i.e. the left side of pattern line) -- by guiding the edge of pattern along pattern shears blade, you can manage to cut exactly another width, making total cutout twice the normal width removed for just lead came. This "double" cut is precisely the amount needed for cames with NO DAYS Glaze™.
Prove it to yourself! Click link below and request free samples of NO DAYS Glaze™ and do what we did: make a small panel using the NO DAYS Glaze™ samples and curing in our home oven (preheated to ~200º then shut off when panel put in). Let it cure for 15 minutes then open oven door to cool. We think you'll be convinced!
Streuter Technologies Inc. Web Site
NO DAYS Glaze™ is a trademark of Streuter Technologies Inc.
Place your Order for the Sierra Professional Curing Station
by Calling Us at 209-409-3850
or by Fax at 209-524-2336
