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Aluminum & Glass Work Made Easy
Aluminum
Of factory-applied coatings and colors perform
More than 3 billion pounds of aluminum is used well and stay colorfast on aluminum roofs, which is
annually in U.S. construction, and much of that is in critical for highly visible steep-slope roof
aluminum roof construction and wall systems of applications.
commercial buildings. The coatings also help ensure virtually
Aluminum is highly receptive to today's high- maintenance-free performance and long service
performance architectural coatings. A wide variety life.
Float Glass Toughened Glass
Float glass is made of sodium silicate and calcium Toughened glass is strong glass which has low
silicate so, it is also called as soda lime glass. It is visibility. It is available in all thicknesses and when
clear and flat so, it causes glare. These glasses are it is broken it forms small granular chunks which
available from 2mm to 20mm thickness ranges. are dangerous. This is also called as tempered
They have a weight range of 6 to 36 kg/m2. These glass. This type of glass is used for fire resistant
Insulated glazed glass units contains a glass is
are used as shop fronts, public places etc. doors, mobile screen protectors etc.
Shatterproof Glass Insulated Glazed Units
Shatterproof glass is used for windows, skylights,
floors etc. Some type of plastic polyvinyl butyral is separated into two or three layers by air or
added in its making process. So, it cannot form vacuum. They cannot allow heat through it
sharp edged pieces when it breaks. because of air between the layers and acts as good
insulators. These are also called as double glazed
Laminated Glass units.
Laminated glass is the combination of layers of
normal glass. So, it has more weight than normal
glass. It has more thickness and is UV proof and
soundproof. These are used for aquariums, bridges
etc.
Tinted Glass
Tinted glass is nothing but colored glass. A color
producing ingredients is mixed to the normal glass
mix to produce colored glass which does not affect
other properties of glass. Different color producing
ingredients are tabulated below
