Float Glass Windows

Float glass is extremely smooth distortion free glass used in many window applications.

Float glass windows.

Float glass readily transmits visible and near infrared wavelengths and can be used in a wide variety of applications. The glass floats on top of the tin and cools with no distortions. Clear float glasses are highly popular in the construction of architectural exteriors and interiors of the building. There are devices which can indicate which side of a piece of glass was the tin side during the float process.

Ideal as a protective surface over shelves and tabletops. Float glass has what is known as a tin side. Use indoor or outdoor. Float glass is an inorganic product with no bubbles streaks or other imperfections and ideal for use in windows and doors.

It is made by reheating float glass and then cooling it quickly. It is prized for its high light transmission optical clarity and ability to be fabricated to meet custom performance and aesthetic needs. It has wide application in residential structures. Our float glass is the building block for all types of uses.

Float glass is made by pouring the molten glass from a furnace into a chamber that contains a bed of molten tin. Float glass is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal typically tin although lead and other various low melting point alloys were used in the past. Shatter resistant and non yellowing. This method gives the sheet uniform thickness and very flat surfaces.

Float glass optical windows are optical glass with polished faces that are relatively parallel and are typically used as a protective element between two environments. Most float glass is soda lime glass although relatively minor quantities of specialty borosilicate and flat panel display glass are also produced using the float glass process. What is float glass. It is sometimes also called window glass.

Clear and distortion free guardian float glass is offered in a wide range of sizes and thicknesses to suit any flat glass application. Modern windows are made from float glass. Float glass is extremely smooth distortion free glass used in many window applications it also provides the materialfor many other forms of glass including tinted glass heat absorbing and laminated glass. Ideal for door and window inserts picture frames cabinets and craft projects.

First commercially produced in the united kingdom by sir alastair pilkington in the 1950s float glass is the most widely used type of glass today. Project boards for temporary outdoor signage school projects hobbies crafts and flooring protection. Float glass is used. Tempered glass is highly resistant to breaking and when it does it crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces with no sharp edges.

The float glass process is. Float glass is the most commonly used in glass windows.