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Professional Appearance

 PalmSHIELD louvered screens are custom fabricated to each application, allowing end users to select, column locations, varied panel heights and widths and custom applications. These installations are frequently used to obscure HVACs, generators, and other essential items that hamper a building’s appearance. Our system has its own independent structure that classifies it as a standalone mechanical equipment screening solution. It’s this independent structure that carries the load of assuring the overall system meets the latest IBC and UBC codes.

Architectural Louvers

PalmSHIELD louvered mechanical equipment screening is the industry leader in providing maximum air flow while still providing 100% direct visual screening. PalmSHIELD is the only louvered architectural screening manufacturer providing a structural picture frame design to fully enclose each panel for your rooftop screen or mechanical equipment screen. This allows our louvered panels great flexibility in spanning considerable widths and heights. PalmSHIELD louver’s aesthetic appeal is its contemporary and modern finish. Our panel and column combination is sleek and robust.

SEMI PRIVATE SCREENING

PalmSHIELD‘s architectural semi-private screening is a great mechanical equipment screening option that offers both privacy and ventilation for ground screens, enclosures & gates for HVAC systems, dumpsters, mechanical equipment & more. The aluminum frame and aluminum, vinyl or composite horizontal planks offer a contemporary and industrial finish matching today’s contemporary styles. 

MERCURY – SEMI PRIVATE

MERCURY –ALTERNATING

Privacy & Ventilation

The semi-private pattern with a two-inch standard air space and five-inch-wide planks offers a solution when you want a screen or fence that complements your building’s exterior finishes but allows for airflow and breaks-up the overall appearance. . All of our semi-private mechanical equipment screen systems include the option to add swing and slide gates. What makes our semi-private composite screening so appealing is it is available in a wide array of colors too.

Upscale Solutions

PalmSHIELD’s architectural solid screening is unlike any other screen or fencing product. Our panels provide a substantial presence and professional appearance, complementing your building’s or roof’s exterior finishes. All of our screen walls include the option for matching swing and slide gates.

SOLID SCREENING

PalmSHIELD architectural solid screening is fully fabricated.  It consists of full fabricated structural framed panels and individual columns. Incorporating our popular picture frame design, our panels are fabricated using proven structural aluminum profiles for the picture frame that supports the tongue and groove planks on all four sides. Everything is extruded to fit together using only on-site mechanical means to assemble.  All aluminum components are media blasted and powdered coated. All gates are fully assembled.

Staggered screening

Looking for something with ventilation and light, but still need 100% visual blockage, staggered screening is your best choice. Each blank is offset from one another in a stitching type pattern.  Our Mercury Staggered architectural screening series combines alternating aluminum, vinyl and composite planks placed horizontally between aluminum and vinyl posts.  This shadow box architectural screening design is field installed and provides for flexibility.

Alternating rooftop screening providing a formidable appearance with large tubular louvers running vertically or horizontally in a shadow box pattern.

Highest Quality Material

Looking for something with ventilation and light, but still need 100% visual blockage, staggered screening is your best choice. Each blank is offset from one another in a stitching type pattern.  This shadow box architectural screening design is field installed and provides for flexibility.

Unmatched Durability

Looking for mechanical equipment screening that blends in with your building exterior? PalmSHIELD’s Faux Brick, Stone & Plank panels provide the undeniable look and feel of real brick and stone without the costs, materials and labor associated with real brick and stone.  Faux brick, stone and plank is a work of artistry, design and engineering to match any stone or brick building exterior or applications that require a more upscale design.  

The Brick & Stone Collection

PalmSHIELD and TexturePlus faux brick, stone and plank panels can complement and enhance the outward appearance of your building, mechanical equipment screening, rooftop screening, or other application. PalmSHIELD recognizes that many of our customers choose our product as it endures extreme heat and moisture caused by the equipment it is protecting. For this reason, we selected Texture Plus polymer panels as these unique panels have been tested and proven to withstand extreme heat and constant moisture without evidence of mold or mildew.

Architectural Artistic Laser Cut

PalmSHIELD’s Architectural Open Screening is a work of artistry, design and engineering to provide a unique decorative architectural screening system for applications that require a more upscale design and a level of openness. Whether you select our decorative laser cut metal panels, decorative perforated or wire mesh system, we can complement and enhance the outward appearance of your building, mechanical equipment screening, rooftop screening, or other application.

Custom Decorative Designs

PalmSHIELD’s abstract and decorative patterned artwork panel systems provide a very upscaled appearance for applications that demand artistry and a high profile finish. With PalmSHIELD’s Opaque, Translucent, and LED Backlit options you can transform any of our Artistic Symbol and Laser cut panels into a glowing work of art that will be sure to enhance your property.

Crafting Safe Environments

Today’s playground and community leaders have published and even enacted into law many documents to protect children from hazards on playgrounds, most notably the CPSC Handbook for Public Playground Safety and ASTM Standards.PalmSHIELD’s PlaySAFE playground fencing meets every standards in providing screening solutions that provide a safe barrier that both prevent children from inappropriately leaving the playground while assuring children do not get hurt by the screening.

PlaySAFE Playground Screening

PalmSHIELD’s PlaySAFE playground screening solution is exactly what our playgrounds need to assure our children are kept safe and secure while providing an attractive complimentary screening solution that compliments our playground equipment and adjoining building finishes. Playgrounds are creative environments for children to have fun, play, grow, learn, and socialize. These wonderful spaces should never pose a threat to our children.

Architectural Open

PalmSHIELD’s Architectural Open Screening is a work of artistry, design and engineering to provide a unique decorative architectural screening system for applications that require a more upscale design and a level of openness. Whether you select our decorative laser cut metal panels, decorative perforated or wire mesh system, we can complement and enhance the outward appearance of your building, mechanical equipment screening, rooftop screening, or other application.

Pre-Engineered Easy Assembly

Our design team will work closely with you to provide a unique one-of-a-kind work of art utilizing one of our endless designs or material types. All of our architectural open designs easily incorporate into PalmSHIELD’s engineered full framework systems or may be used as a standalone application attached to your building or structure.

Living Green Screen Systems

 All of our living green trellis screening designs easily incorporate into PalmSHIELD’s engineered full framework systems or may be used as a standalone application attached to your building or structure. All of our architectural living green screen systems are fabricated using aluminum wire mesh, framework and posts to resist corrosion and the acidity created by the plants themselves. All of our green trellis systems are also powder coated, providing a beautiful and lasting coating

Trellis

PalmSHIELD offers innovative solutions for architectural and commercial screening. Our green trellis system creates a stunning living wall of plants, visible from both sides, with an open space for plants to thrive and create a natural green barrier. Additionally, our ATHENA Interlaced Screening combines the elegance of traditional basketweave with the strength and reliability of PalmSHIELD’s engineered column and fully framed panel design, providing a beautiful and durable screening option for commercial spaces.

architectural Gates

PalmSHIELD MAXIMUS gate collection is the ultimate solution for highly visible industrial screening applications when appearance matters. The MAXIMUS industrial swing gate collection is the extreme industrial gate solution incorporating our double gate framework design. Our MAXIMUS industrial swing gates resemble bank vault doors with our 4” x 2” tubular outer framework encapsulating our 3” x 3” interior angle framework. This is an industrial gate design when aesthetics are critical.

Modern Security Solution

Our gates are custom designed and engineered to your exact opening specifications. We apply a series of engineering principles, accounting for the effects of the cantilevered load and wind load. No need to worry about future failed or sagging gates with our fully welded tubular framework and cable truss design on larger gates. PalmSHIELD has successfully built thousands of gates over the last thirty years.

High Traffic Security

Pedestrian industrial swing gates are available with a wide variety of options. These gates are a great addition to a high security or high traffic installation that requires a standalone pedestrian access. All of our industrial pedestrian gates are manufactured from square aluminum profiles and come with a wide array of infill options. Our industrial pedestrian gates come with or without a welded jamb. Incorporating a welded jamb better supports panic hardware, keyable door locks and automatic closures. 

pedestrian gates & surrounds

PalmSHIELD VULCAN full-height pre-hung pedestrian swing gate is a proven solution for security applications involving high traffic. Our Vulcan pedestrian swing gate is the perfect solution for K-12, high education, stadiums, apartments, assisted living, manufacturing, food related industries and arenas. Vulcan swing gates are fully customizable with options for panic bars, automatic closures, keyless entry, position switch and other automated access control devices.

industrial Gates

PalmSHIELD builds thousands of industrial slide gates and swing gates each year.  Each and every gate is fabricated to our customers’ unique requests. From a single 150’ long slide gate at one of our nation’s largest airports to a four thousand pound ornamental decorative slide gate protecting one of our nation’s largest data centers to any swing gate in your backyard, we have you covered.

Heavy Duty

Industrial gates are indispensable assets in the world of industrial and commercial security. Their ability to enhance security, optimize space, and adapt to various applications makes them a valuable investment for any business or facility. PalmSHIELD can ensure that your industrial gate serves as a robust and reliable guardian of your premises, contributing to a safer and more efficient environment.

Meeting Community Standards

Based on industry waste management standards and working with architects for the last twenty years, we have designed a series of standard enclosures for dumpster containment. Fortunately, the waste management industry has standardized their commercial dumpsters. Based on these standard dumpsters, PalmSHIELD has provided standard enclosures for single, double and triple dumpsters.

dumpster enclosures

PalmSHIELD’s architectural solid screens and louvered enclosures are designed to contribute to your overall property’s appearance. Keep up property aesthetic by covering dumpsters and making them inaccessible to the public. Retail, commercial, or multi-family residential, your facility will require trash disposal. That means one or several on-site dumpsters. Typical fencing will not do. Your dumpster enclosure should be constructed of screens that complement your facilities envelope. PalmSHIELD’s dumpster enclosures are pre-engineered to meet waste management standards and to complement your building’s finishes.

railings

PalmSHIELD cable systems are designed to be accompanied with code compliant stair grab rails.  All of our sections are custom fabricated. PalmSHIELD uses a rigid, thin cable stabilizer bar in the panels to support the long cable runs.  At changes in slope, a stabilizer bar will support the cables without the use of additional posts. Fewer posts leaves more to be desired as you look beyond the cable rail system.

Slim & Discreet

We know a thing or two about cable railing. Specifically, many installations fail over time to maintain proper tension.  Imagine eleven cables, each tensioned to several hundreds of pounds of pull, pulling on one two inch square post screwed down to the top of a soft cedar deck board or stair plank.  System failure!  To prevent this mishap, PalmSHIELD uses their unique and proven fully framed panel design.  With fully framed panels, the tension is transferred to the frame and not to your deck or stairs.

Extraordinarily Flexible

Our fully framed panel system allows our rooftop screening great flexibility in spanning considerable widths and heights. All of our fully framed panels can be used with our rooftop mounting system or with any owner furnished structural framework, allowing for a variety of style, airflow, and level of visual screening options.   PalmSHIELD provides a width option of mounting brackets or will custom design mounts for your structural framing.

rooftop

PalmSHIELD’s line of fully framed products are a popular choice for rooftop screening. Because PalmSHIELD is the only architectural screening manufacturer providing a structural picture frame design to fully enclose each panel; we are the number one choice for rooftop mechanical equipment screening. Many buildings feature RTUs (Rooftop Units) essential to keeping buildings in order. These items, however, tend to diminish curb appeal, so many property managers obscure them with our mechanical RTU screen solution!

Hardware

SHIM STACKS

PalmSHIELD has exactly what you need to provide that finished professional look. PalmSHIELD offers shims in two styles to be installed individually or in combination.

LOCINOX LATCH

PalmSHIELD incorporates the Locinox FortyLock mortise lock into all of our gates with lockable drop rods.

PANIC BARS

PalmSHIELD utilizes DAC Industries, Inc. for their wide selection of panic bar options. You can find one that’s perfect for your project with their reliable and versatile product lines.

DROP ROD

PalmSHIELD can fit any gate with the perfect sized drop rod to secure it in place.

GORILLA HINGE

PalmSHIELD has designed its own line of industrial hinges strong and flexible enough to pair with any gate.

MOUNTING SYSTEM

PalmSHIELD’s Rooftop mounting systems are based on allowing the easily mount any of our full framed screening systems to their existing posts or rooftops

GATE CLOSURE

PalmSHIELD has once again chosen Locinox for a variety of proven top-of-the-range gate closers for large or small gates.

we are palmshield

PalmSHIELD is the industry leader in louvered mechanical equipment screening and architectural screening for rooftops, mechanical screens for HVAC systems, architectural screens for dumpster enclosures, mechanical equipment screening for generators, and mechanical equipment screening for transformers and more. Our popular fully engineered louvered panels and architectural panels have been incorporated into architectural screening all across the United States. Our louvered mechanical equipment screens can be found from Yellowstone State Park to the Grand Canyon.

Our mechanical equipment screening is the industry leader in providing maximum air flow while still providing 100% direct visual screening. PalmSHIELD is the only louvered architectural screening manufacturer providing a structural picture frame design to fully enclose each panel for your rooftop screen or mechanical equipment screen. This allows our louvered panels great flexibility in spanning considerable widths and heights. PalmSHIELD louver’s aesthetic appeal is its contemporary and modern finish. Our panel and column combination is sleek and robust.

palmshield screen applications

  • Rooftop enclosures
  • Dumpster enclosures
  • Mechanical equipment
  • Equipment enclosures
  • Patios
  • HVAC equipment
  • Generators
  • Transformers
  • Pool equipment
  • Courtyards
  • RTU Enclosures
  • Patios
  • Condensers
  • Chillers
  • Balconies
  • Commercial screen walls
  • Walkways
  • Gardens
  • Partitions
  • Hot tubs
  • Propane tanks

THE PALMSHIELD CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

When you want a complete solution to your louvered mechanical equipment screen, rooftop screen, architectural screening and ventilation needs without sweating the small stuff, choose PalmSHIELD–we make it easy. We walk you through the design.  We got you covered. We stay with you from product engineering until the product is fully installed.
How do we make it so easy for you? We deploy six basic steps…

AIA CES APPROVED COURSES

The Selection of Gates & Gate Automation

Selection of Gates & Gate Automation is an introductory, unbiased course that covers: Selecting your type and style of gate, selecting your gate operator, selecting your automated gate components, and providing a safe automated gate.

Free AIA Course

This is a free AIA CES Approved course that goes towards AIA members yearly continuing education requirements. This course will award 1 credit LU|HSW.

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