Heritage Window and Doors' greatest strength is our capability to manufacture designs locally, allowing the customer the greatest amount of freedom in the design process. Heritage makes it affordable to create the custom, high-quality design that you have been dreaming of for your home.
HERITAGE has been an innovator in Arizona in Aluminum Window
Manufacturing and in introducing product enhancements. They
are:
| 1982 |
First use of up to 11/16" air space in double
glazed units in operating windows. |
| 1983 | First design of integral secondary bolt locks
in windows and doors. |
| 1984 | Unique mulling of single hung windows. |
| 1985 | Integrated computer supported manufacturing
system. In-house developed software. |
| 1986 | In-house development of integrated computer
operated metal cutting hardware and software. |
| 1987 | First fully automated Bystronic glass robotics
handling and cutting system on the West Coast. |
| 1988 |
* First fully automated Lisec double sealed insulated
glass making line on the West Coast.
* First extruded aluminum beveled internal and external
muntins.
* First extruded aluminum 6" half circle, thus
more attractive and authentic looking aluminum arches.
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| 1990 | Development of extruded window and sliding glass
door screens with proprietary hardware. |
| 1991 | Development of a capping method to replace existing
windows in the openings without tear down. (US Patent
# 5157881) |
| 1992 | First fully automated Lisec robotic spacer bending
for insulated glass in Arizona. As a result of continuos
spacers with bent corners, argon gas filling became
possible. |
| 1994 | A projected Casement Window with some unique
features that resulted with C-35 Rating of a 36"
x 78" tested unit |
| 1995 | Development of a lock/handle for Sliding Glass
Doors. (US Patent# 5511833) |
| 1996 | First application of multi point locks in French
Doors in Arizona. |
| 1997 | Elimination of adaptor extrusion in OXXO Sliding
Glass Doors. |
| 1998 |
* Development of a multi latching system on a Sliding
Glass Door vent and Sliding Screen. It allows the operation
of the vent and screen in tandem or individually. (US
Patent# 5740849)
* First use of a composite rod under the Sliding Glass
Door Rollers; resulting very smooth & quite operation.
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| 1999 |
* Development of a unique Multi Slide Door design
* Introduction of the latest design Italian handles
to US market.
* Introduction of Italian GATTI Art Glass in HERITAGE
doors and GATTI Interior Architectural Doors.
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| 2000 |
* The first use of 5-Axis CNC Machining Center in
the window industry in USA.
* The first CNC Metal Bending in Arizona to achieve
elliptical and multi-radius arches. |
2003 |
* The first Automated Storage and Retrieval (AS/AR) system of extrusions up to 25ft long in USA
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| 2004 |
* The first totally CNC Controlled ISO Bar thermally broken fabrication line
* One of the lowest U-valves achieved in a metal window with our thermally broken line |
| 2005 |
*First stainless steel rollers in sliding glass door screens |
| 2006 |
* Computer generated image drawings to accompany our proposals |
| 2007 |
* COMING! Automatic protective taping of extrusions |
