RB 500+ Manual Roller Shades
Hunter Douglas’ product engineers revisited roller shade design, drawing on decades of expertise to develop the RB 500+ manual system. This innovative system is designed to address challenging conditions, ensuring smooth, quiet operation while effortlessly lifting oversized shades with either chain or crank operators.
Commercial Window Treatments
RB 500+ Manual Roller Shades
Perfect for commercial applications, this modular system allows installation in a wide range of shade sizes and positions.
The key feature of the RB 500+ manual roller shade system is its versatility, with components to support chain- and crank-driven mechanisms.
RB 500+ Manual Roller Shades Features & Options
Key Features
- Standard Duty and Heavy Duty clutch options engineered to lift more weight than the industry standard
- Standard Duty and Heavy Duty brackets and clutches designed to fit seamlessly together, creating a sleek profile
- Maximum required pull force of 10 lbs. guarantees easy lifting
- Clutches designed to reduce friction on the chain, ensuring smoother and quieter operation
- Redesigned dual bracket allows for both manual and automated shades on one system
- High-performance fabrics available including E Screen with KOOLBLACK® Technology, and Cradle to Cradle Certified™ fabrics GreenScreen Revive® and GreenScreen® Evolve™
- Modular operating system accommodates chain and crank applications
- Universal spring-loaded end plug mounts shades securely and provides for smooth and easy installation
- Counter balance weight system provides for ease of lifting roller shades over large expanses.
System Description
Mechanism: manual chain operating system has an adjustment-free ball chain (available in stainless steel, painted white steel, and painted black steel) with pulley engineered drive mechanism; manual crank operation
- Fabrics:
- Over 70 fabrics in more than 500 colors
- All fabrics are FR-rated for commercial applications
- Openness factors range from 0% to 25%
- Widths:
- 12″-170″ (Manual Chain and Crank, varies by fabric)
- Up to 360″ (Coupled Systems)
- Heights: 12″ to 240″ (varies by fabric)
Design Options
- Fascia, Fascia With Top and Back Cover
- Aluminum fascia (standard 3″ or 4″) with top or back cover (standard 3″or 4″) to conceal shade mechanism from front, sides, and top/back
- Widths from 12″ to 192″; heights from 12″ to 240″
- Available in anodized aluminum finish, white, vanilla, bronze, or black
- 7″ fascia available for dual shade systems only
- Blockout With Side Channels
- Aluminum side channels, sill channels, and RB 500 bottom bar, fitted with light-blocking wool pile to prevent light leakage around edges and bottom of shade
- Ideal for room-darkening and A/V applications
- Available in anodized aluminum finish or painted white, vanilla, bronze, or black
- Reverse Roll
- Fabric mounted to descend from the interior (rather than window-facing) side, concealing the roll and creating a more finished appearance
- Oversized Shades
- Special accommodations for oversized window applications available
- Dual Shades
- Add versatility to any space by allowing two different styles of fabrics to be used on the same window (one in front of the other)
- An unlimited number of combinations available for different shade materials
Resources
CAD Drawings Book
Installation Guides
Technical Drawings Book
Deductions & Light Gap Chart
