| All bent products begin as
flat glass commonly selected from the broad range of commercial
float products including clear, ultra clarity low-iron, grays, bronzes,
greens, and blues. The
surface may have a reflective, low-e, self-cleaning, or other pyrolitic
coating. Specific colors
and coatings are often known simply by the brand names assigned
by primary glass manu-
facturers8.
We also process patterned, stained, cast, glue-chip, ground, and
acid-etched glass.
These raw flat glass sheets are CNC
fabricated then undergo the complex processes
to create annealed, heat-strengthened, or tempered bent glass2,7.
Matching products
may be permanently assembled as glass plies bonded to a lamination
interlayer to create
bent laminated glass. Finally, annealed, heat-strengthened, tempered,
or laminated bent
glass products may be permanently assembled as glass layers joined
by a hermetically
sealed space to create a bent insulating glass unit.
The bent glass possible includes that within the broad range
of sizes and radii in the
capabilities tables referenced for each product1.
These tables also reference special
capabilities for jumbo sizes, tight radii, and bends over 90 (quarter
circle) to as large
as 180 degrees (half circle). Adjoining individual pieces or units
with different radii,
reverse installations, and flat glass allow the creation of unique
shapes6. |
