
The TSR test method. More efficiency and durability in window construction.
Developing novel surface finishes also depends on fresh ideas in terms of proving practicality. Continental relies on an innovative test method for the development of its window profile films, which can measure and predict thermal behavior under solar radiation in the laboratory more precisely than ever before: The TSR test method. The Continental cool colors and cool colors plus films were also tested with this method.
Window profile films – the cooler they are, the longer they last
Window and door profiles have a tough job. Rain and snow, wind and sun – they all have to be fended off for decades. Heat in particular is giving window profiles more and more to do even in temperate regions. The more their surface heats up, the higher the risk of mechanical product failures: windows expand due to heat and then no longer close properly.
Conversely, lower temperature stress greatly improves the durability of a window profile. Even an average temperature lower by 5 °C extends service life by as much as 50%.

Heat-free as the standard: Conti® cool colors and cool colors PLUS
Measurements from the TSR method show that Continental cool colors and cool colors PLUS window profile films heat up less than other window profile films. They are several degrees cooler under comparable outdoor conditions and color compositions – and so they last much longer.
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