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Custom vertical awnings

The window awning zip 6 and zip_2.0 – simple and exclusive

Terrace with grey ZIP vertical awning and view of lake and mountains.

Feeling good within your own four walls – that is the premise of discerning home-living culture. Featuring modern design, leading-edge technology and great ease of use, the novel zip 6 and zip_2.0 window awning contributes significantly to this.

Its cubic shape gives the zip 6 and zip_2.0 a simple, yet exclusive character. It thus merges discreetly into any facade layout. This window awning is a design-oriented, high-quality alternative to external Venetian blinds and its textile material guarantees an exceptionally homely look.

 

Benefits of vertical awnings

  • Suitable for a range of structural conditions
  • Can be optionally supplemented with features for variation in mounting
  • Shades windows up to 6 m wide with zip 6
ZIP vertical awnings in pergola with “R+T Innovation Award 2024 Bronze” label in English.

Vertical awnings zip 6

One cassette size for all windows

The zip 6 impresses with its streamlined 110 mm cassette, yet large unit width (up to 6 m in width and up to 3.5 m in height with a max. surface area of 20 m²). It is particularly suitable for large glass facades and pergolas. The zip 6 cassettes have uniform dimensions and ensure a consistent appearance, even when windows have different widths. It is particularly suitable for large window fronts and pergolas. Even with different window widths, the same-sized zip 6 cassettes ensure a uniform appearance.

Vertical awnings zip_2.0

Sun shading in perfection

The cubic design of the zip_2.0 is both simple and exclusive and blends in perfectly with any façade design. The patented glider system developed by MHZ and the adjustable guide rails make the product unique on the market. The narrow cassette structure is as practical as it is well thought-out: it provides a safe place for the motor, cables and other items. The zip_2.0 is available in two cassette sizes. Maximum widths of 4.80 m and heights of up to 6 m can be realised with the fabric. Shade areas of up to 20 square metres. If full thermal insulation is required on the building, selected models can be easily adapted to the structural conditions and additionally insulated on the back if required.

Modern residential house with closed vertical blinds on large windows and a terrace with a sunshade.

Get inspired

Single-family house with ZIP vertical awnings on the terrace, combined with wood cladding and outdoor furniture.

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip 6

Modern building with ZIP vertical blinds on all window surfaces, surrounded by trees and greenery.

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip_2.0

Building façade with ZIP vertical blinds, alongside a water basin and ornamental plants lining the window front.

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip_2.0

Modern residential house with closed vertical blinds on large windows and a terrace with a sunshade.

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip_2.0

Fenstermarkise zip_2.0 am Einfamilienhaus am Bodensee

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip_2.0

Fenstermarkise zip_2.0 am Einfamilienhaus in Bayern

MHZ Vertical awnings - zip_2.0

Optimum fabric appearance thanks to outstanding technology

The patented MHZ glider system facilitates even winding and guarantees an optimum, aesthetic fabric appearance. The arrangement of the gliders follows the Fibonacci sequence, a principle that is widespread in nature and which, for example, flowers make use of. Thus the fabric fits in space-saving manner into the slim cassette and the gliders gently slide one after the other into the guide rails. With the zip_2.0, rolled up awning fabrics full of ruffles are a thing of the past – the perfect conditions for long fabric life!

Two technical views comparing ZIP vertical awning rolls – with and without glider system.

Fabric range and types

Different weave structures, diverse colours and the choice of your desired level of transparency provide extensive possibilities when it comes to configuring your personal zip_2.0 window awning. Colour-fast and non-stretching, the easy-care technical woven fabrics also impress with outstanding thermal properties: they filter more than 85 percent of solar energy and positively influence your building’s energy efficiency.

Opened color fan showing fabric samples from the MHZ ZIP COLLECTION for awning fabric selection.

The standard frame colours

RAL 9016

White

RAL 9006

Silver

DB 703

Anthracite

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Operation and installation

Conference room with floor-to-ceiling windows and vertical blinds for glare-free sun protection.

The integrated motor makes using the sun protection system easy, as it automatically recognises any resistance. Safe and reliable operation of your window awning is thus guaranteed. Any imprecisions can be offset during installation by up to 3 millimetres on each side thanks to the two-part, adjustable guide rails. The Hirschmann plug makes connecting the power supply easy and provides for quick setting of the end position. For servicing, the fabric tube can also be easily taken out via the service hatch.

The cassette sizes

Two grey ZIP vertical awnings with different cassette sizes shown in close-up.

The zip_2.0 is available in 11 and 15 centimetre cassette sizes and with type S or M drop bars. When retracted the type S drop bar is completely inside the cassette, which produces a flush look. The textile awning can be up to 4.8 metres wide and up to as much as 6 metres high. With the large cassette it is also possible to provide shade to areas of 20 square metres.

High-quality materials, meanwhile, give the awning exceptional stability: depending on the size of the drop bar an awning with a type M bar will withstand hurricane-like gales of up to wind resistance class 6 (10 on the Beaufort scale).

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