SAFETY GLASS

The concept of safety, when referring to glass, covers a wide range of applications. Two main areas can be distinguished: protection against unintentional actions (safety against the risk of injury), and protection against intentional actions, such as manual or armed attacks.

Tempered glass is produced by heating the glass to a temperature of 600 degrees Celsius, followed by rapid cooling with cold air. In this process, the outer layer of the glass cools much faster than its core. This creates tensile-compressive stresses within the structure of the glass.

The presence of these internal stresses explains why all processing must be done before tempering. Any processing done afterward will destabilize the internal stress balance and cause the glass to shatter.

Tempered glass is four times more impact-resistant than regular glass due to the stresses induced in its structure.

It is also much more resistant to sudden temperature changes, withstanding greater temperature variations between different areas of the same glass pane.

In case of breakage, the glass shatters into small, blunt fragments. The risk of injury is significantly lower compared to standard glass.