Toughened or tempered glass is a safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal annealed glass. Tempering puts the outer surfaces into compression and the inner surface into tension. Such stresses cause the glass, when broken, to crumble into small granular pieces instead of splintering into dangerous jagged shards as plate glass creates. The granular pieces are less likely to cause injury.
SERVICE AND RANGE
》4–19mm
》Toughened up to 19mm & Heat Strengthened up to 12mm
》Sizes up to 2700 x 5000mm
》Glass types:
Clear, Tinted, Low E, Acid Etch, Patterned
》Heat soaking available
》All edgework (polish, grind) and drilling processes (holes, cutouts) available
》Spacer thicknesses:
1 –4 weeks ex-factory
》Timber end caps or crates can be made to customers’ requirements