Metal Fabrics

KoolShade® metal fabric is only 1.55mm, and each louvre measures only 1.25mm x 0.30mm, as thin as a human hair. The fabric has an open area of 80% and weighs just over a kilo per square metre unpainted.

Multiple performance benefits

Its multiple performance benefits operate simultaneously and in combination, making it the best shade, light and glare solution for a multitude of sectors from sun control to lighting.

The micro louvres can be angled between 0° - 16° but for vertical solar shading uses, the fabric is woven at an optimum 17°. A low sun angle fabric is also available.

Control solarheat gain

Perfect vision out

HVAC savings

LED glare control

Beam control and light direction

Lightweight and easy to install or retro-fit

Fire proof and non combustible

Hurricane and wind proof

Bespoke configuration

Insect and pest control

No maintenance / easy to service

Directional privacy

How it works

Our technicians weave metal wire and louvres to create a high-performance metal fabric. The louvres are micro fine, and angled at a level to ensure optimum light in, and visibility out, whilst blocking heat, glare and even external viewing in. It’s known as angular selective technology.

How it’s made

KoolShade® is woven from corrosion-resistant, non-combustible, recycled copper alloys (bronze), making it a highly durable and long-lasting, environmentally friendly product. Whether your project is for solar shading, privacy, or lighting, MicroLouvre KoolShade® comes in a wide variety of colours, sizes, and installation options to fit your specific requirements.

Metal fabric key information

Metal fabric

Copper alloy
Bronze
Aluminium

Dimensions (coated)

Fabric thickness O/A: 1.55mm (0.061)
Weight (nominal): per Sq m 1.1kg (2.43lb)

Fire rating

A1/A2-s1,d0 : BS EN 13501-1:2007 +A1:2009

Metal fabric standard widths

1250mm (49 3/16”)
1555mm (61 ¼”)
1872mm (73 11/16”)

Standard roll lengths

20 – 30 mtrs (67-100’) nominal

Clear open area by volume

80%

Openness factor

0.67

KoolShade® FABRIC IS WHAT WE WEAVE.

KoolShade® is a woven fabric. It’s made in the same way fibre yarn is woven into a typical textile fabric, but the result is very different.

Watch this video to see how it’s made.

K700-17°

700 Micro-louvres per metre
Set at 17°

KoolShade® metal fabric is only 1.55mm and each louvre measures only 1.25mm x 0.30mm, as thick as a human hair. The fabric has an open area of 80% and weighs just over a kilo per square metre unpainted.

It’s known as angular selective technology.

Thickness of fabric: 1.5mm coated

Weft width: 1.25mm coated

Weft thickness: 0.30mm coated

Louvre pitch: 1.5mm centre to centre

Gap between each louvre: 1.20mm coated

Warp spacing: 12.70mm centre to centre

Clear open area: 80%

Fabric Weight: 1.10kg / m2

Openness factor: 67%

Fabric composition: 90% CuZn15 (C230) commercial bronze and 10% CUSi3Mn1 (C655) silicon bronze

Finishes: Polyester powder coat in any RAL colour (with the ability to create designs on the fabric which are directionally visible)

Fire rating: Class A1/A2-s1,d0 in accordance with BS EN 13501- 1:2007+A1:2009

Fire attenuation: 49.4% | Compliant screening for bushfire up to BAL-40 (based on 40kW/m2 incident irradiance)

Resistance to wind: Hurricane proof: 100mph/160kph

Wind load: <14.65 kgf/m2

All angles, weights and dims are nominal

A result of decades of extensive international research and development, KoolShade® is a high-performance, woven metal fabric, with its weft constructed of bronze louvres. It can be used in its fabric form or tensioned in a frame, for controlling and diffusing sun, light and air.

The micro-fine louvres are angled to suit a number of applications, whether to ensure optimum light in or redirect light, whilst blocking heat and glare, or to allow ventilation and filtration of air.