What is tempered glass?
Making toughened glass is a fully thermal process that is applied to glass used in construction. Of course, this process can be done on all kinds of glass, including colored, reflective, printed and glazed glass. Basically, security glass is a product of reflective glass, colored glass, window glass, lacquered or printed.
What is the process of making tempered glass?
Heat treatment: This stage of making tempered glass is the uniform heating of the glass cup until the glass softens, i.e. above 700 degrees Celsius. Then, the glass, which has been heated uniformly, is quickly cooled by blowing cold air around and on its surface. During this process, the glass is heated to 700 degrees Celsius until it softens, and then it is quickly exposed to very cool air. In the stage of blowing by cold wind and cooling the tempered glass, the outer layers of the tempered glass are cooled earlier than the inner layers. For this reason, this makes the glass stronger. Tempered glass surfaces, which have cooled and hardened earlier than the inside, cause high resistance of the glass.
What are the advantages of using tempered glass?
In the thickness scale, Sicorite is more resistant to breakage in the same thicknesses as plain glass, so that it can easily be said that its mechanical resistance is 5 times higher. If the glass breaks, unlike simple glass, tempered glass will turn into small pieces with polished edges that have no cutting power. This feature of tempered glass is a great advantage in reducing the damage caused when the glass breaks.
In what places is the tempered glass used?
Tempered glass is used in places where strength and heat resistance as well as safety are important. Most of this type of glass is used in the automobile industry. Large pieces of these glasses are used to deal with glass shattering. It should be noted that laminated glass is used in the front of the car because it does not break when hit.
The use of resistant and unbreakable glass becomes important when mechanical resistance and safety are concerned.
For this reason, tempered glass is used in the back of the car so that no one is hurt when it breaks, and laminated glass is used in the front of the car to prevent it from breaking.
In building construction, tempered glass is used in places where there is a possibility of harming people. Tempered glass can be used for frameless structures such as the entrance door or any place that has the possibility of harming people. Tempered glass cannot be cut or shaped. All processes such as cutting, drilling, etc. must be done before tempering the glass.
From tempered glass in the construction of glass railings, staircase glass, escape staircase glass, parapet glass, glass around the bathroom shower, glass terrace, glass balcony, glass bathroom, glass stair floor, glass stage, glass partition , glass separator, window glass of shops, banks and stores, etc. are used.
What does tempered glass mean?
What are the differences between tempered glass and normal glass?
Strength and security
The most important difference between tempered glass and ordinary glass is the higher strength and security of tempered glass. Secret glass with the same thickness is more resistant (about 5 times more) to breaking due to pressure and impact than normal glass. The next important point is the security of tempered glass. If the pressure or impact applied to the tempered glass is high enough to break it, the tempered glass will break into small non-destructive particles, while the normal glass will break into relatively large and dangerous pieces. .
Resistance to heat and heat
Tempered glass is more resistant to heat and heat than normal glass and can withstand heat and thermal shock up to three times more than normal glass.
Re-cut capability
Normal glass can be re-cut into desired dimensions and sizes, while tempered glass does not have this capability. Tempered glass must be accurately measured before ordering, and all necessary operations such as cutting, drilling, rolling, etc. must be applied to it before the tempering operation.
Price
Due to the need to perform special hardening operations; It is obvious that the price of tempered glass is higher than ordinary glass. The price of tempered glass, depending on the thickness, type and dimensions, is about 1.5 to 4 times that of ordinary glass with the same dimensions and thickness.
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What are the similarities between tempered glass and ordinary glass?
Weight
Many people think that tempered glass weighs more than normal glass with the same thickness. If tempered glass and ordinary glass with the same thickness do not have any difference in weight, and the reason why tempered glass is stronger is the special treatment that is done on it.
Color and transparency
Tempered glass is a product of ordinary glass that has the transparency and color of the original raw glass.
thickness
Toughened glass and ordinary glass have the same thickness, and the glass remains at the same initial thickness after applying the toughening process.
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