Clear Tempered Glass For Commercial Door

Clear tempered glass, a type of safety glass produced through a heat treatment process that significantly enhances its strength and safety, is less prone to shattering upon impact, making it an ideal choice for high-traffic areas and applications where durability is crucial.

Laurel Glass specializes in the production of high-quality tempered glass that adheres to safety regulations, offering a product suitable for a variety of uses including shower doors, facades, and glass railings, where it combines modern design with exceptional durability. Our tempered glass is widely employed in architectural, residential, and furniture settings, such as shower enclosures, railings, interior partitions, furniture, and home appliances.

Laurel Tempered glass is available in various color options and thicknesses, and can be bent to accommodate specific design needs, providing a versatile and safe solution for a multitude of applications.

Strength

Manufacturers create tempered glass in much the same way as regular glass. The first step involves melting down the raw ingredients in a furnace, creating molten glass. The glass then cools off inside of a special kiln known as an annealing lehr.

 

When creating tempered glass, manufacturers accelerate the cooling process inside of the annealing lehr. This creates a greater amount of surface compression, resulting in more tightly packed molecules. This compression gives tempered glass four to five times the strength of float glass, making it far more durable and damage-resistant.

Safety

The unique physical properties imparted to tempered glass also give it distinct benefits in the event of breakage. When tempered glass shatters, it does not break into jagged shards like float glass. Instead, the glass naturally breaks into tiny cubical particles. The blunted edges of these particles do not produce lacerations like regular glass shards. This attribute makes tempered glass far safer in the event of breakage, especially if somebody happens to fall into or through the glass.

Thermal Resistance

The strength of tempered glass also gives it marked benefits in terms of thermal resistance. Regular glass can shatter as the result of uneven temperature gains. When one part of a sheet of glass expands at a faster rate than another part, the stress created can cause cracks to form.

 

Tempered glass has the strength necessary to resist such thermal stress. As a result, tempered glass is a wise choice for parts of a building with direct afternoon sun exposure.

Scratch Resistance

The high rates of compression achieved during tempered glass production do not just improve its strength. That compression also creates a tougher, more uniform surface. As a result, tempered glass better resists scratching than float glass, allowing it to retain a clean and fresh appearance even when used for heavy-duty applications. The scratch resistant nature of tempered glass makes it a great choice for table-tops, doors, display cabinet panels, and windows.

The key difference between regular (annealed) glass and tempered glass lies in how they're cooled. Annealed glass is cooled slowly in a controlled process, making it much weaker than tempered glass. In fact, tempered safety glass is roughly four times stronger than standard glass.

Another major distinction is how the two types of glass break. You've probably seen that regular glass shatters into large, sharp, jagged pieces. In contrast, tempered glass breaks into small, blunt cube-like fragments that are much less likely to cause injury-hence the term "safety glass."

There's also a crucial difference in how these glass types are processed. Standard glass can be cut, drilled, or shaped even after it's made. But tempered glass has to be cut and shaped to its final dimensions before going through the tempering process. Once it's been tempered, trying to modify it-like drilling or cutting-will cause it to shatter instantly.

At Laurel Glass, the tempering process is carried out using cutting-edge technology in controlled environments to ensure durability, clarity, and safety. And Laurel Glass ensures every batch passes ISO-certified testing protocols to guarantee world-class safety and performance. 

Cutting & Edging

Heating

Quenching

Quality Control

Due to its strength and safety features, tempered glass is commonly used in windows and doors. It is especially popular in patio doors, sliding doors, and storm doors, where the risk of breakage is higher.

 

 

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