Tempered Glass
Tempered glass is made by heating ordinary glass to its softening point and then suddenly cooling down to form compression in the surface layer of the glass, which processing make full tempered glass above 4 times stronger than annealed glass of equal thickness.
Colors:
Clear, Ultra clear, French green, Dark green, Euro grey, Dark grey, Ford blue, Dark blue, Ocean blue, Euro bronze, Golden (dark) bronze, Golden, Pink, Yellow, Black, etc.
Thickness: 3-25mm
Max size: 2440x6000mm
Characteristics:
♦ Safety: once breakage occurs, the glass disintegrates into tiny harmless pieces
♦ High strength: above 4 times stronger than annealed glass of equal thickness
♦ Strong wind resistance: 1.5-3 times stronger than annealed glass of equal thickness
♦ Excellence thermal stability, which can withstand 300ºC abrupt change of temperature
Applications:
♦ Windows and doors in architecture ♦ Facades and curtain walls
♦ Decorations ♦ Refrigerator shelves
♦ Skylights ♦ Railings
♦ Escalators ♦ Shower enclosures
♦ Table tops and furniture ♦ Swimming pools
♦ Green house
Types:
♦ Tempered glass
♦ Heat strengthened glass
♦ Tempered glass with heat soak
♦ Bent tempered glass
♦ Or mirror, patterned glass, decorative glass are available tempered
Quality standard:
GB15763.2, Chinese standard
EN12150.1, European standard
EN12600, European standard
ANSI Z97.1, American standard
AS/NZS 2208, Australian standard