Tempered glass (tempering, toughened, reinforced)

    Tempered glass made from float glass via a thermal tempering process. The glass is placed onto a roller table, taking it through a furnace that heats it above its annealing point of about **0 °C. The glass is then rapidly cooled with forced air drafts while the inner portion remains free to flow for a short time. Tempered Glass is a toughened safety glass. It has undergone a special heat treatment to increase its strength and resistance to impact.

    Tempering glass can be devided into flat and curved/bent toughened glass according to its shape.

Advantages

• High strength. it is approximately **5 times more resistant than normal glass. As an example a piece of 8mm toughened glass will be able to withstand a steel ball weighing ******0gr dropped from a height of 2 meters.
• Heat stability. It can withstands abrupt temperature change of ******0 Centigrade, which is **5 times more than normal float glass.
• Safety. If the glass does break, there is far less risk of injury from broken pieces.

Application

• Architectural material, e.g. greenhouse, building template, window and door, curtain wall, interior trim, etc.
• Furniture industry, e.g. table top, cupboard, etc.
• Bus glass.
• Household products, for example, chopping board.
• Special industry, such as military glass.