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Does safety glass refer to tempered glass?

time2018/09/06

What is safety glass, what are the types of commonly used safety glass?

Does safety glass refer to tempered glass?


Tempered glass is just one of safety glass.

Safety glass is a type of glass that is not broken by severe vibration or impact, and is not easy to injure even if broken. It is used for doors and windows of automobiles, airplanes and special buildings. Buildings use safety glass to resist bullets or 100 kilometers per hour. The attack of gravel in the hurricane is particularly important for the modern construction of the main glass structure. Common types of safety glass include foil glass and tempered glass.

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What are the common types of safety glass?

Commonly used safety glasses are automotive safety glass and construction safety glass.

The car safety glass has tempered glass and laminated glass. The latter is used for the front windshield of passenger cars (cars and large, medium, small, and micro-buses). The former is used for all parts of the front windshield of passenger cars and trucks.

Safety glass for construction includes tempered glass, laminated glass, fire-resistant glass, and composite glass products made of hollow glass. It can be widely used in various parts of buildings, but there are special regulations: lighting with a height of more than 5 meters. The top must use laminated glass or tempered laminated glass.

From a safety point of view, tempered glass is high in strength and should not be damaged. Even if it is damaged, it will become fine particles, which will not cause serious injury to the human body, but it will cause harm; because tempered glass has the risk of self-explosion, so Cannot be used in front windshields and higher lighting roofs for passenger cars. Laminated glass is used to bond two or more pieces of glass together with a film with very good bonding properties. It will not fall when the glass breaks. People, so laminated glass is not harmful to the human body. It can be said that laminated glass is the real safety glass. Another special case of laminated glass is bulletproof glass - a combination of three or more layers of glass, of course, safety glass.  Insulating glass is energy-saving glass, safe insulating glass is energy-saving and safe.