CONSTRUCTION

The “New Glass Greenhouse Construction System” that Keyway has been working on for the past 3 years and implementing under the slogan “Creating Ultimate Greenhouses” has many advantages over its competitors.

1. Ease of Installation: The fasteners currently used in greenhouse structures are made with profiles, bolted together, or joined by methods such as welding. These methods cause considerable difficulty and loss of time in assembly. Drilling and screwing in bolted structures are the basic assembly principles, resulting in a loss of time, reflected in the labor cost. With its newly developed glass greenhouse design, Keyway offers up to 15% easier assembly than its competitors. In exchange, the aluminum and glass assembly details have been made very simple and much safer with the new design.

2. Strong static and dynamic structure: Due to possible incorrect connection, alignment problems occur, and the strength of the construction structure decreases. Moreover, the difficulty of assembling these methods of connection will cause trouble to the staff. In addition, in screw constructions, almost all the load is on the screws. To reduce the shear stress, it is necessary to use a large number of screws. Keyway has designed a robust construction structure with extremely high static and dynamic strength, interlocking, and less bolted and welded connection equipment in its new construction design.

Thanks to the snap-action claw system in the grooved joints, the load on the screws has been reduced by 90%.

3. Very low joint losses (air and water tightness): With the newly developed construction system, the sealing losses (joints) are minimized above all. Impermeability, which is a critical factor in all glass greenhouses, is crucial for the homogeneous air conditioning of the greenhouse interior. Thanks to the newly developed “Hidden Gutter System” (patented), air ingress into the closed volume of the greenhouse is reduced to a very low level. It also completely eliminates sweat problems on the glass caused by the difference in temperature between the outside and inside air.

In the event of sweating, the hidden gutter system keeps water and air out.

4. High Strength on the Lateral Facades: The notched structure of the horizontal profile joint of the sidewall, which is another part of our invention, ensures easy installation. Since the lateral groove is higher than the outer batten, a possible water leakage to the inside is prevented. The fact that the edge groove is shorter than the profile facilitates assembly when installing the glass.

5. Low packaging and transportation costs: One of the most significant cost factors in greenhouses is the packaging and transportation costs due to the tens of thousands of parts. With Keyway’s new glass greenhouse construction, all drilling and welding operations are completed during production, leaving very little drilling and welding work for field assembly. The high-precision preparation of the connecting parts before assembly provides considerable convenience in transport. The profiles are prepared for bolting by drilling holes on the laser cutting benches of the strut support profiles.

Thanks to the ease of installation and interlocking joints on the side window profiles, these structures offer a more solid and smooth appearance.

6.Window corner joints: The innovation of window corner joints has provided great convenience for faster and hassle-free installation. Furthermore, this detail increased the strength of the glass construction.

7. A unique design that changes depending on the climate: Keyway’s project engineers review the last 25 years of statistics for the region where the greenhouse will be built, considering weather, light, wind, precipitation, and terrain conditions to create a unique design for you. While the main designs of Keyway glass greenhouse construction remain the same, some equipment is selected according to the weather conditions of this region. Therefore, every greenhouse we build is unique to you. With our engineers’ 3D project drawings, you have the possibility to keep all possible details about your greenhouse as an archive for years.

In this way, at least 30% of transport costs can be saved. It eliminates the risks during assembly that can arise from welding operations.

8. Esthetic and ergonomic design: Keyway presents you an esthetic and extremely ergonomic, naturefriendly design with this newly developed system. Glass greenhouse constructions that can function appropriately for up to fifty years, depending on the climate in which they are located, have become a concept that our investors can use with confidence.