Key Features of Heat Strengthened Glass

• It is valued for its mechanical strength which is twice of normal annealed though half of fully tempered glass.
• With the exception of strength and breakage characteristic, it retains the normal properties of annealed glass including chemical resistance, hardness, expansion and deflection.
• Provides necessary resistance to thermal stress associated with high performance glazing materials such as tinted glass, reflective glass and Low-E glass
• It also provides necessary resistance to heat building up when using spandrels glass.
• Heat strengthened glass with its flatter surface also results in the facade having less optical distortions.
• Suited for spandrel and vision panels of curtain walls and structural glazing as it safeguards against thermal breakages providing better optics than fully tempered glass provided the calculations on wind loading are within safe limits.
• It is ideal for making laminated glass panels for safety combined with strength.
• It is also used in complex glass combinations like double glazed with one lite of laminated glass, pool sides, pool bottoms, aquariums etc.