Float Glass Windows

Ideal for door and window inserts picture frames cabinets and craft projects.

Float glass windows. Shatter resistant and non yellowing. 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. Float glass is extremely smooth distortion free glass used in many window applications. What is float glass.

Modern windows are made from float glass. Float glass is made by pouring the molten glass from a furnace into a chamber that contains a bed of molten tin. 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. Float glass has what is known as a tin side.

Tempered glass is highly resistant to breaking and when it does it crumbles into thousands of tiny pieces with no sharp edges. Float glass readily transmits visible and near infrared wavelengths and can be used in a wide variety of applications. Our float glass is the building block for all types of uses. It has wide application in residential structures.

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. 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. The float glass process is. Clear and distortion free guardian float glass is offered in a wide range of sizes and thicknesses to suit any flat glass application.

The tin side is the side of the glass that was floated over the bed of molten tin as it flowed out of the oven. Float glass is used. It is sometimes also called window glass. It is prized for its high light transmission optical clarity and ability to be fabricated to meet custom performance and aesthetic needs.

Ideal as a protective surface over shelves and tabletops. The glass floats on top of the tin and cools with no distortions. This method gives the sheet uniform thickness and very flat surfaces. 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. 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. Clear float glasses are highly popular in the construction of architectural exteriors and interiors of the building. Project boards for temporary outdoor signage school projects hobbies crafts and flooring protection.

It also provides the material for many other forms of glass including tinted glass heat absorbing and laminated glass. Float glass is the most common type of glass made by pouring molten glass over a bed of tin.