Toughened Laminated Safety Glass

This glass can be supplied clear tinted or coated depending on your requirements.

Toughened laminated safety glass.

Architects and builders are constantly specifying laminated glass as it provides the strength stability of toughened safety glass whilst improving safety by retaining all broken shards when a breakage occurs. Eva is much more resistant to moisture than pvb film and is the number one choice for solar glass. Toughened glass can be installed without a frame but laminated glass requires a frame to protect it from de lamination. Also sometimes referred to as cast in place laminated glass this method is ideal for laminating glass having a heavily textured or patterned surface.

Furman glass produces safety glass that can be supplied in either laminated or toughened or both laminated and toughened format. The glass which must be pre cut and edged before being put into the tempering furnace is heated to approximately 1200 f and then cooled rapidly. Our toughened eva laminated glass is all produced in house here at our factory. All safety glass is locally manufactured and carries the sabs mark.

Laminated glass technically has the same strength as regular glass but has a plastic interlayer between two panes of 3mm thick glass holding them together. Available in the following glass thicknesses. As soon as laminated glass comes into contact with water it can start to. Safety glass is glass with additional safety features that make it less likely to break or less likely to pose a threat when broken.

It can be used in various applications where the additional safety of the laminate is required. Laminated glass vs toughened safety glass. This process is also known as quenching. Toughened glass also known as tempered glass after its method of production is a type of safety glass that is five times stronger than annealed and laminated glass of the same size and thickness.

The pvb plastic interlayer is a tough resin which will hold the shards in place should the glass break providing a safe double layered design. Common designs include toughened glass also known as tempered glass laminated glass and wire mesh glass also known as wired glass. Security benefitf of using laminated glass over industry standard toughened glass in windows and doors. Toughened glass gets this strength from the tempering process which sees it subjected to intense heating followed by rapid cooling during manufacture.

The pros and cons of tempered toughened safety glass tempered glass is made by heating and cooling a piece of standard glass in a tempering furnace.