Tempered Glass Spec Sheet

Heat strengthened and fully tempered coated and uncoated flat glass.

Tempered glass spec sheet.

Amount distortion allowed with tempered glass. This guide provides an introductory overview of glass concepts and terminology plus technical information on cardinal glass products for both windows and doors. Glass size 24 2 ft 2 1 32 1 32 3 32 max. Please contact guardian for thicker glass standards.

Bow what does this mean for you and your customers. Clear tinted reflective low e and most rolled pattern glass can be tempered. 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 is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.

Tempered glass meets all safety glazing standards including the federal safety glazing standard cpsc 16 cfr 1201. 1 32 per foot length 1 32 example. Glass strength overall bow localized bow dimension hole notches and cut out tolerances and product labeling. 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.

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. Residual surface compression must be over 10 000 psi for 6mm glass according to astm c 1048. Cardinals glass bow standard is. Specifies the quality requirements for flat laminated glass consisting of two or more layers of glass bonded with an interlayer material.

Fully tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration and residual surface compression must be over 10 000 psi for 6mm according to astm c 1048. Astm c1172 standard specification for laminated architectural flat glass. Cardinal glass industries technical glass guide new update version 2 0. When broken by impact fully tempered glass.

When it is broken tempered glass fractures into small fragments that reduce the probability of serious injury as compared to annealed glass. Glass products with extremely uneven surfaces can not be tempered. Our insulated glass manufacturer cardinal has specifications for tempered glass bow that are one half the national standard. Oldcastle buildingenvelope fully tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness and configuration.

Yracuse glass company s tuffvue tempered glass is available in 1 8 thickness in a size range from a minimum of 4 x10 to a maximum of 84 x 144.