Heat strength glass must have a surface compression between 3 500 and 10 000 psi or an edge compression between 5 500 and 9 700 psi.
Tempered glass spec sheet.
Glass strength overall bow localized bow dimension hole notches and cut out tolerances and product labeling.
Cardinals glass bow standard is.
Cardinal glass industries technical glass guide new update version 2 0.
This guide provides an introductory overview of glass concepts and terminology plus technical information on cardinal glass products for both windows and doors.
Heat strengthened and fully tempered coated and uncoated flat glass.
Tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.
Monolithic heat strengthened glass is not suitable for safety glazing as defined by ansi z97 1 or cpsc 16 cfr 1201.
Our insulated glass manufacturer cardinal has specifications for tempered glass bow that are one half the national standard.
Astm c1048 standard specification for heat strengthened and fully tempered flat glass october 1 2018 astm this specification covers the requirements for monolithic flat heat strengthened and fully tempered coated and uncoated glass produced on a horizontal tempering system used in general building construction and other applications.
Specifies the quality requirements for flat laminated glass consisting of two or more layers of glass bonded with an interlayer material.
According to federal specification dd g 1403b fully tempered glass must have a surface compression of 10 000 psi or more or an edge compression of 9 700 psi or more.
Tempered glass meets all safety glazing standards including the federal safety glazing standard cpsc 16 cfr 1201.
Amount distortion allowed with tempered glass.
When broken by impact fully tempered glass.
Glass products with extremely uneven surfaces can not be tempered.
Please contact guardian for thicker glass standards.
Bow what does this mean for you and your customers.
1 32 per foot length 1 32 example.
Oldcastle buildingenvelope fully tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.
Please contact guardian for thicker glass standards.
Glass size 24 2 ft 2 1 32 1 32 3 32 max.
Clear tinted reflective low e and most rolled pattern glass can be tempered.
Astm c1172 standard specification for laminated architectural flat glass.
Residual surface compression must be over 10 000 psi for 6mm glass according to astm c 1048.
5 2 kind ft fully tempered glass is approximately four times as strong as annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.