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Clear float glass

Clear float glass

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If you desire the simplest glass of mass production for the best prices – here it is, in front of your eyes!

The float glass manufacturing technology is devilishly interesting! In order to receive the glass, silica sand, soda, calcium carbonate (potassium), ash, and various metal oxides are mixed in the required proportions. If there is a need to receive a clearer grass (yet this is another our product), less iron is added. Everything is heated up to the temperature of +1600 °С, gets melted, thoroughly mixed, and then it’s poured into a bath!

Yet this is not a simple bath or a hot tub as one might think – it’s a tin bath! The melted tin is approximately 4.5 times denser than melted glass, so that’s why glass floats on its ideally even surface thanks to this density difference and own high fluidity (this technology has given the name to the float glass). The tin bath is needed to make the glass ideally even; its down side is even because of tin, and the upper side is even because of the glass’s own surface tension.

Specifications

  •  Regular (4-12 mm), and thick (15-19 mm)
  • Sheet sizes: from 3210X2250 mm to 2440X3660 mm (plus individual customer sizes)
  • Standards: EN 572 (for Europe and Ukraine), GOST 111-2001 (for post-Soviet countries)
  • High transparency, it is easy to cut, can be insulated, acid-etched (frosted glass), varnished, filmed, or hardened/tempered/toughened.

But the glass wouldn’t float for eternity in that bath! It is being pulled out of it with special rollers, and is fed further on the conveyor, where it is cooled, cut, and transported to the storage facility or goes further on in the processing line (to turn into something different).

On such a conveyor, an endless glass sheet that comes out of the furnace (which is working all-year-round, 24/7), undergoes a number of controls, which eventually allow it to become that glass you’re using every day:

  • Sheet thickness and edge thickness differential
  • Uniformity of the cross-section
  • The same transparency gradient around the sheet and around the edges
  • Quality of edges
  • Shape accuracy and no curvature
  • No plaque or optical distortion
  • No accidental defects.

The entire table of possible allowances exists, which tells if the glass can be used or not. As a result, you get the glass for your purposes. And there are a million options to use the float glass in the modern world – as 90% of all glass market is taken by float glass.

You can buy the colorless float glass in wholesale and retail from us. Interested? Then call!

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Reviews our clients
Vadim
Vadim
2 years ago
Працюють швидко та якісно! Робота менеджерів на високому рівні.
Vlad Petryk
Vlad Petryk
4 years ago
Взялися за складне замовлення без вагань. Що приємно, після погодження та обмірів підписується договір, а не як завжди - скиньте на карту привату. Вклалися в строки, установку провели швидко, все це за розумну вартість.
Андрей Док
Андрей Док
5 years ago
Спасибі за встановлену перегородку, і окреме дякую майстрам (рідко можна зустріти монтажників, які роблять не на тяп-ляп), тут звичайно дуже порадували. Ну і ціни приємні, найнижчі у місті. Незабаром буде ще робітниця, наче звернуся ще раз! Дякую.
Michael FTF
Michael FTF
5 years ago
Професіонали. Ціни адекватні. Свій цех із верстатами з обробки скла. Крапки по місту типу "прирізка скла" (на ковдрі) і за цінами вдвічі вище зворушують) Скло в душ кабіну – це добре. Але де товари типу двері в душ кабінку. З фурнітурою не дружать. Або немає фахівців
Лилия Золотарева
Лилия Золотарева
7 years ago
Замовила скло, зробили швидко та якісно, дякую!
FAQ

Float glass is a type of high quality flat glass that is manufactured using the float process. This method involves melting glass mass, which is then poured onto the surface of molten tin in a vacuum chamber. The molten glass melts to form a flat surface. Once cooled, it is smooth and even without the need for additional polishing.

Float glass has a number of advantages: it is very smooth and flat, has high transparency and optical uniformity. This makes it ideal for use in windows, mirrors, automotive production, and other industries that require a clean and even surface. Float glass is also easier to process for further use in the manufacture of various glass products.

Yes, there is a significant difference. Float glass is a method of producing flat glass that can then be further processed, including tempering. Tempered glass, in turn, is float glass that has been processed by rapid cooling to increase its strength and safety in case of breakage. Tempered glass breaks into small, sharp pieces when broken.

Float glass is widely used in many industries due to its characteristics. It is used in window glazing, mirrors, furniture, glass doors and partitions, the automotive industry for windows and windshields, and in the construction industry for building facades and interiors.

Yes, float glass is recyclable. It can be collected and remelted to produce new glass products, making it an environmentally responsible material. Glass recycling helps to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills and reduces the need for raw materials for the production of new glass, as recycled glass can be used without significant loss of quality. This not only helps protect the environment, but is also economically beneficial for manufacturers by reducing raw material and energy costs.

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