It can be manufactured using glass that is annealed heat strengthened or tempered and can be made up using different glass types including.
Can mirror be safety laminated.
Laminated glass unlike tempered glass is not heat treated.
The main pros and cons of laminated and tempered safety glass can be weighed in the following categories.
4mm safety glass option.
It is a combination of two or more glass sheets with one or more interlayers of plastic pvb also known as resin.
Generally mirrors are a piece of annealed glass it is none safety glass like laminated or tempered.
Like tempered glass laminated glass is considered a safety glass.
We ve used film backed safety mirrors guardian ultra mirror and laminated mirrors with the outer lite 3mm mirror select the inner lite 3mm clear annealed glass and an 0 30 inc polyvinylbutyral interlayer.
Some of the common colors of laminated glass are.
Mirrors once broken can become shards of glass that can not just be dangerous but also lethal.
Look for a small label etched into the mirror that says tempered or safety glass at one of its four corners.
Tempered glass is heat treated to achieve its durability and when struck tempered glass breaks in to smooth edged small pieces.
Likewise it could be used for glass shelves or on display cases.
The safecoat film is tested to the current european standards bs en 12600 and has a class 2b2 pass.
As edward notes tempered mirrors will have visual distortion that will likely be unacceptable to the end users.
Laminated glass is another option used when safety glass is required.
Safety backed mirrors.
When it breaks it breaks in large pieces take these pieces and elevate them of the floor and suddenly these broken pieces come undone and become.
Since it is also important to keep shower glass intact laminated glass can be selected in place of the more common tempered glass.
Laminated glass usually found in automobile windshields includes a vinyl.
Tinted reflective patterned and or mirror.
There s no type of glass that s perfect for every project so when it comes down to laminated and tempered glass it s important to consider the pros and cons of each.
Toughened double glazing double glazing two panes of glass is the most common form of igu and can reduce heat loss or gain by more than 50 per cent in comparison to single glazing.
The pros and cons of laminated and tempered safety glass.
We are specialized in fabricating laminated safety glass mirror.
Standard mirrors can have a polypropylene mirror backing applied to them to provide a safety film which holds the mirror together preventing large sections of mirror from falling in case of breakages.
This is much safer than annealed or standard glass which can break into shards.