Toughened /
Tempered Glass

Ordinary float glass is heated to approximately 1,256⁰ F (680⁰C) in a tempering furnace and then automatically conveyed to a quenching chamber where it is rapidly cooled, this makes it more resistant to mechanical and thermal stresses and gives it the required fragmentation characteristics and produces glass which is 4 to 5 times stronger than ordinary float glass. If broken, the whole panel of glass shatters into smaller pieces of blunt granules minimizing the risk of serious injury.

Toughened glass is used mostly in doors, side and frameless entries, low level balustrading, kitchen splashbacks, table tops, shower enclosures and where glass is subjected to high thermal stress.

Sapphire Glass processing facility can produce specialized jumbo size processed glass of sizes upto 3000mm x 8000mm.