Glass Partitioning Safety Standards
Toughened safety glass is four to five times stronger than standard glass of the same thickness and is ideally suited to most safety critical applications. The safe solution consists of sheets of toughened Safety glass bonded together with a tough plastic interlayer which enhances safety and security as well as retaining glass fragments in the event of breakage.
The glass normally has two panes of glass and either a clear PVB (PolyVinyl Butyrall) or EVA (Ethylene and Vinyl Acetate copolymer) interlayer for design applications. Multi-ply laminates with three or more glass panes and two or more interlayers are available for use as flooring, fins, beams and other structural applications.
Clear toughened Laminated glass has a slightly lower light transmission than ordinary glass of the same thickness. It is thermally safe and will resist high temperatures without breakage.
A available in a wide range of glass, interlayer and thicknesses and can be used to satisfy all safety glazing requirements of Approved Document N of the Building Regulations and BS 6262 part 4. Subject to calculation it can be used to form full height barriers, infill panel barriers as well as free standing barriers (structural Balustrades) in compliance with Approved Document K of the Building Regulations and BS 6180.