Flat Tempered
EUROGLAS™ fully tempered glass is approximately four times stronger against an impact than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration. When it is broken, tempered glass fractures into small fragments that reduce the probability of serious injury as compared to annealed glass. Tempered glass meets all national and international safety glazing standards.
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The colour, chemical composition and light transmission characteristics of glass remain unchanged after the heat-treating process. The physical properties of glass, such as the compressive strength, hardness, specific gravity, the softening point, thermal conductivity, solar transmittance, stiffness and expansion coefficient, also remain unchanged. |
A float sheet of glass is heated up to a temperature of approximately 1150°F and then suddenly cooled down. This cooling process is done in a careful and controlled manner by blowing air (also known as “quenching”) simultaneously to the upper and lower glass surfaces. |
