About Intercept® Spacer Materials
Intercept® Technologies – The Industry’s Best Answer to Energy Star® and EN-1279 Standards!
Intercept® spacer technology provides manufacturers with a proven warm-edge spacer fabrication platform featuring multiple material options— enabling you to match performance, aesthetics, and cost targets to the job while maintaining a consistent Intercept® fabrication process. Intercept®solutions support high-performance IGU requirements in both North American and European markets.
The BEST answer for Energy Star® and EN-1279 compliance, insulating glass fabrication productivity, and the lowest total fabrication cost is operating on your plant floor with Intercept® Technologies. GED partners with Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Industries) to bring you the ability to fabricate Vitro’s revolutionary Intercept® spacer. Intercept’s technology helps you achieve Energy Star and EN-1279 certification while remaining the most cost-effective IG system available.
Choose the right Intercept®material
A simple way to position the Intercept family:
- Good: Intercept® ThinPlate — original warm-edge value
- Better: Intercept® Ultra — U-value improvement
- Best: Intercept® Extreme™ — best thermal performance in North America
Intercept® Extreme™
Intercept® Extreme™ spacer with 3mm polymer bridge.
Thermally broken hybrid spacer for BEST THERMAL PERFORMANCE in North America!
Intercept® Extreme™ is a thermally broken, U-shaped Intercept® spacer engineered for the highest thermal insulation performance in the market. Compatible with Intercept® 2.5 Spacer Fabrication System
Construction
- Stainless-steel sidewall thickness: 0.0077″
- 3mm Polymer bridge in the base to decouple thermal energy transfer
Why it matters
- Advanced thermal break helps reduce edge-of-glass thermal transfer, supporting lower U-values and improved condensation resistance
- Designed to process on the newest version of the Intercept® 2.5 machine platform( Upgrade kit available for the existing Intercept® 2.5 machines)
Typical sizing notes
- Minimum finished spacer width: 15/32″
- Maximum finished spacer width: 25/32″
Intercept® ULTRA
Stainless steel spacer material, compatible with existing Intercept®2.5 & I-3, matrix, and sealants.
Intercept® Ultra is the “Better” Intercept option, delivering U-value improvement through stainless construction while staying compatible with existing Intercept equipment, matrix, and sealants.
FEATURES
- Custom-engineered alloy is specifically designed for IG to provide superior warm-edge performance at a low cost
- Proprietary 0.0077″ gauge material provides added strength, utilizing less material for excellent performance in a premium spacer
- Compatible with your existing Intercept Frame Machine and sealant, and matrix material
- Reduced need for argon-gas-filled IG (depending on window design), saving time and money so you can meet Energy Star standards, in comparison to ThinPlate
Intercept® BlackLine
The best warm-edge spacer your customers will never see!
With a modern aesthetic, this warm-edge spacer system tucks neatly below the window sightline, making it virtually invisible.
Intercept® BlackLine creates aesthetically pleasing windows by eliminating the spacer system from the customer’s view.
Addition by subtraction.
Customers want to see through windows – not have the components glare back at them. GED achieved this in part with Intercept® by tucking it deep below the sightline of the frame. Thanks to customer feedback, we have gone a step further: with BlackLine, black desiccated matrix and black sealant combination, customers can now enjoy clearer views than ever before!
Additionally, BlackLine meets the requirements of both Energy Star Standards and EN 1279, Parts 2 and 3, for maximum energy efficiency. What’s more, its thermally flexible U-Shape design makes it more reliable and durable than other spacer options — reducing load on the sealant virtually eliminates seal failures.
Designed & Manufactured in the USA