Glass plays a very important role for aluminum windows and doors except the material and craftsmanship.
As the largest component of aluminum windows and doors, it will make your home different with indoor natural lighting, sound insulation, thermal insulation, and safety.
However, there are so many kinds of glass in the market, which should be the right one?
Tempered glass, Insulated glass, Low-E glass, laminated glass, Ultra-clear glass etc. Which are presently applied in architectural windows and doors. Among them, tempered glass, insulated glass, Low-E glass and laminated glass are very popular.
Tempered Glass is a high-strength glass made by quick cooling, after Float glass heated around the softening point in the tempering furnace. The glass chips will become into honeycombed fragments when the glass is destroyed, and it is not easy to do harm to people.
Characteristic:
High strength, high temperature resistance, high safety.Tempered glass is now the most popular glass in architectural windows and doors.
Purchasing Tips:
Must be with 3C certificate. It is China Compulsory Product Certification System, and tempered glass is compulsory product. All tempered glass made by the regular glass manufacturer must be with 3C certificate.
Insulated glass, also known as double-pane glass, is a glass product made by using an aluminum frame filled with molecular sieve desiccant to separate two or more pieces of glass at a certain width, and then bonding and sealing them with butyl rubber and sealing them with silicone or structural adhesive.
Characteristic: It has excellent sound insulation, heat insulation, heat preservation, and anti-fogging and dewing properties.
Purchasing Tips:
In noisy areas, it has perfect sound insulation to get rid of high-frequency noises;
It will achieve better heat insulation, heat preservation, and UV protection, when combined with low-E glass.
Low-emissivity coated glass, is a product with multiple layers of metal compounds coated on the float glass, through a Magnetron sputtering device. The coating layer has the characteristics of high transmittance of visible light and high reflectivity of medium and far-infrared rays.
Characteristic:
It provides excellent heat insulation and good light transmission. In addition, Low-E glass comes in various colors, better meeting consumers' personalized requirements.
Purchasing Tips:
u The more silver film layers of Low-E glass, the stronger its heat insulation performance. How many layers required are subject to your heat insulation needs.
u Based on different location. High-transparency low-E glass (2 or 3 layers) is suitable for cold regions; In winter it will reduce heating energy consumption by utilizing sunlight. In areas with strong solar radiation and high temperatures such as South China and Central China, sun-shading Low-E insulating glass can be selected.
Laminated glass, also called Explosion-proof glass, is a composite glass made by 2 or several pieces of glass sandwiched tough (PVB) film under the operation of high temperature and high pressure.
It is not difficult to be penetrated when impacted and broken since The film is tough with strong adhesive. All the fragments will not fall off but remain tightly adhered to the film.
Characteristic:
It has the properties of shock resistance, anti-theft, bulletproof, and explosion-proof.
Purchasing Tips:
Generally speaking, laminated glass is suitable for scenarios with high safety requirements such as sunroom roofs and indoor partitions, as well as those with high sound insulation requirements. However, it is not very suitable for scenarios with strong heat insulation needs such as bay windows and south-facing bedrooms.
