In this article AJJ Glass Ltd which is a professional tempered glass supplier in China, will examine the qualities of tempered glass and explain its common applicationss for windows and offer some buying tips.
Usually Use One of the most common uses for tempered glass includes vehicle side and back windows for automobiles. The windshield of automobiles however is what is made from what is known as laminated glass and not tempered glass. They use laminated glass because it is shatterproof because of the lamination process.
The laminate used on the windshields doesn’t allow the glass to fly apart when it is broken, instead it is held together so that when it is broken, it splits and cracks but doesn’t come apart. It remains in one piece pretty much anyway.
Other common uses for tempered glass or toughened glass include industrial strength windows and doors and glass doors without frames. If the door is frameless, it needs the extra strength of the tempered glass just to withstand normal use such as opening shutting and the occasional slamming of the door. Bulletproof glass is also constructed from very thick layers of tempered glass.
Tempered glass is said to be at least four times stronger once it goes through the tempering process. The glass is much more common in use where there is a greater hazard of the breaking of the glass being used. The glass is simply stronger and safer than regular glass.
Buying tips for tempered glass windows From what we found on the internet, the actual cost of the tempered class by itself isn’t a huge difference for the safety and durability it provides. The question seems to be whether or not there is a need for tempered glass in the home. If you have a particular window that is subject to more stress than usual, then yes, use tempered glass.
If you have lived in a house for 20 years and never had a broken window, then chances are there is not a need for tempered class. Then again if you just want the added security that knowing if the window shatters, people in your home are less likely to get cut in the process or clean up, then you may want tempered glass just for the safety in case something out of the ordinary happens.
Another case where you might want to spend the extra couple dollars on tempered glass is in situation where your windows are subject to severe winds or even hurricanes. While hurricane strength winds may even break tempered glass, it will at least break in a much safer manner than regular non-tempered glass.
Summary That is about all you need to know about tempered glass when thinking about buying it for your home. It is basically only called for in areas where windows are commonly broken and in situations where your families safety is at risk by the possibility of breaking the window and having the broken glass cut someone.
Tempered glass is almost impossible to get a severe cut from. So tempered glass, especially if the option doesn’t cost much more, may be a great investment when thinking of replacement windows in your home. I don’t think it is necessary to replace all of your regular glass with tempered glass, but if you need replacement windows anyway, why not choose the added security measure for your home and family’s sake? It sounds like a good idea for the right situations.
You may also be interested in a comparison between tempered glass and annealed glass.
Mar 31, 2012
Comparison between tempered glass and annealed glass
Tempered glass is always referred to as toughened glass as well. Here We would like to give a comparison between tempered glass and annealed glass.
Tempered glass is about four to five times stronger than annealed glass. It is meant for applications that may withstand severe pressure that annealed glass couldn't handle without shattering. It is always known as safety glass because when it does shatter, it breaks apart in tiny square like pieces that are not as sharp and dangerous as normal shattered glass shards which can be pointed, sharp and extremely dangerous during both breaking and clean up afterwards.
AJJ Glass is a professional tempered glass supplier for over 15 years. Welcome to ask us for further questions.
Tempered glass is about four to five times stronger than annealed glass. It is meant for applications that may withstand severe pressure that annealed glass couldn't handle without shattering. It is always known as safety glass because when it does shatter, it breaks apart in tiny square like pieces that are not as sharp and dangerous as normal shattered glass shards which can be pointed, sharp and extremely dangerous during both breaking and clean up afterwards.
AJJ Glass is a professional tempered glass supplier for over 15 years. Welcome to ask us for further questions.
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Mar 30, 2012
How to purchase tempered glass
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tempered glass spontaneous breakage |
Tempered glass is widely used for shower, table top, windows and doors and other architectural applications. As more and more spontaneous breakage cases about toughened glass in our life. Do you now think tempered glass is safety enougth? After many years of experiences on architecural glass industry, now I am very pleausre to share my personal points when purchase tempered glass for your next projects.
First of all, you need to know why tempered glass has the potential risk of spontaneous breakage? Please move to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage for more details.
General speaking, all tempered glass manufacturer in the world can't 100% control the spontaneous breakage if it is a fully tempered glass. But it is available to reduce the risk by heat soaking process.So please select heat soaking tempered glass when you want to purchase tempered glass.
Please note that toughened glass has a few risk of spontaneous breakage even if the heat soaking process. If you want to need a 100% glass spontaneoous breakage free, we suggest you choose heat-strengthened or laminated glass instead unless fully tempered glass have to be required according to your local building code.
Second, we strongly suggest you polished the edges. As the glass edges is so weak. If it is not a polished edges, it is easy to be broken when tempering or striking on the edges.
Third, chose a professional tempered glass supplier, especially a horizontally tempered glass company since horizontally tempered glass processing is a new generation tempering techinical in the market. No bow is avaialbe.
Any help?
General speaking, all tempered glass manufacturer in the world can't 100% control the spontaneous breakage if it is a fully tempered glass. But it is available to reduce the risk by heat soaking process.So please select heat soaking tempered glass when you want to purchase tempered glass.
Please note that toughened glass has a few risk of spontaneous breakage even if the heat soaking process. If you want to need a 100% glass spontaneoous breakage free, we suggest you choose heat-strengthened or laminated glass instead unless fully tempered glass have to be required according to your local building code.
Second, we strongly suggest you polished the edges. As the glass edges is so weak. If it is not a polished edges, it is easy to be broken when tempering or striking on the edges.
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| Polished tempered glass with safety corner |
Third, chose a professional tempered glass supplier, especially a horizontally tempered glass company since horizontally tempered glass processing is a new generation tempering techinical in the market. No bow is avaialbe.
Any help?
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