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The document provides technical data on tempered glass, comparing it with annealed and heat-strengthened glass, highlighting its increased strength and safety features. It explains the tempering process, standards, and facts about tempered glass, including its fracture characteristics and potential for distortion. Additionally, it outlines the requirements for fabrication and safety markings for tempered glass products.

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Tempered 20glass 20technical 20data

The document provides technical data on tempered glass, comparing it with annealed and heat-strengthened glass, highlighting its increased strength and safety features. It explains the tempering process, standards, and facts about tempered glass, including its fracture characteristics and potential for distortion. Additionally, it outlines the requirements for fabrication and safety markings for tempered glass products.

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TEC GLASS WORLD FABLIK INC.

ADD #33 Escoda St. San Rafael Village, Navotas City


Telefax: (02)290-24-57 Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 0949-866-8528 ;09958124837

TEMPERED GLASS TECHNICAL DATA

Annealed vs. Heat Strengthened vs. Tempered Glass

Annealed float glass can be cut to a desired finished size and tempered to provide a glass product with
greater resistance to thermal, mechanical or impact loads or to break in a manner that allows its use
where safety glass is mandated by federal law or building code. Although tempered glass has increased
resistance to thermal loads, it is not a fire-rated glazing product.

Glass is heat-treated by heating annealed glass to a temperature of approximately 1,150°F (621°C), then
rapidly cooling it. The glass is cooled by a carefully controlled airflow (also known as quenching), which
uniformly cools all glass surfaces simultaneously. High airflow rates produce tempered glass and much
lower airflow rates produce heat-strengthened glass.

Fully tempered glass, normally referred to as just “tempered glass”, is approximately four times stronger
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. Because tempered glass fractures into many small pieces, it tends to vacate the opening, when
broken, more than heat-strengthened and annealed glass does. Tempering also enables heat absorbing
glass products to withstand high thermal loads and stresses, but the industry recommends the use of
heat strengthened glass where thermal stress is predicted. The tempering process adds distortion and
changes the glass surface, factors that should be considered if appearance of reflected images is critical.
Tempered glass is used where high resistance to mechanical loads calls for maximum glass strength
achievable for a given glass thickness, and where a safety glazing product is mandated by law, by
building code or by a desire for maximum safety in the event of human impact.

Tempered Glass Standards & Requirements

Tempered glass meets all safety glazing standards including the federal safety glazing standard, CPSC 16
CFR 1201. The higher the amount of residual stress in a piece of glass, the smaller the particle size will
be when the glass fractures. When annealed glass fractures, the cracks are far apart, and the pieces are
normally quite large with sharp edges. As a result of the heat-treating process, tempered glass fractures
into small particles when broken, thus meeting the safety glazing requirements of the federal safety
Heat strengthened glass typically fractures into large pieces that are more similar to annealed glass
than to tempered glass.
TEC GLASS WORLD FABLIK INC.
ADD #33 Escoda St. San Rafael Village, Navotas City
Telefax: (02)290-24-57 Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 0949-866-8528 ;09958124837

Facts about Tempered Glass

• The color, clarity, chemical composition and light transmission characteristics of glass remain
unchanged after tempering.
• Tempering does not reduce glass deflection under load. Glass deflection can be reduced by using
glass of greater thickness
• Tempered glass breaks into small pieces less likely to cause injury than annealed or heat strengthened glass
• Any fabrication or field alteration of tempered glass will weaken or break tempered glass.
• Tempered glass is subject to rare “spontaneous breakage” caused by one or a combination of these causes:
surface or edge damage, deep scratches or gouges, severe weld spatter, missile or windborne debris
impact glassto metal contact, wind/thermal loading or rare inclusions or impurities in the float glass
that awaken compression layer of the glass. Breakage may occur long after the damaging event,
as a result of normal thermal or wind cycling, but seemingly for no apparent cause
• When tempered glass breaks, the resulting small pieces can vacate the framing system under a lateral load.
other fabricated glass options like laminated glass or heat strengthened glass are less likely to leave
the framing system in the case of breakage
• When viewing tempered glass in certain conditions, a pattern of iridescent spots or darkish shadows
may become visible. This is the strain pattern created by the quench process. Sharp viewing angles,
polarized light, thick glass, and glass coatings increase the visibility of the strain pattern.
• The original flatness of glass is slightly modified by the tempering process, causing reflected images to
be more distorted than annealed glass. Warp, bow, and roller distortion are inherent characteristics
of tempered glass Distortion of reflected images cannot be entirely eliminated, especially when viewed
at high incidence angles, with even the best equipment and craftsmanship.
• As a result of hot glass contact with ceramic rollers, some glass surface changes will occur.
Minute glass particles (fines) from the glass cutting and edging process, and airborne dus
may adhere to one or both glass surfaces Also, the physical contact of the soft glass surface with the
rollers may result in a marking of the glass surface These surface conditions are typically not visible
to the eye under normal viewing conditions. Tempered glass surfaces should not be cleaned with razor
blades or metal scrapers.
• Sizes, locations, and quantities of holes and notches in tempered glass must be governed
by ASTM C1048 guidelines
• Tempered glass must have seemed or polished edges.
• Tempered glass is supplied with a permanent identifying mark in one corner identifying the
manufacturer and the applicable safety glazing standard unless ordered w/ "no logo"

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