Noval Glass

Noval glass —- Float glass

Noval clear float glass is made of molten glass which flows through twee to a tin bath and then to the leer. While floating through the molten tin, the combination of gravity and surface tension results in smooth and flat surfaces on both sides. Clear float glass Product characteristic: 1 Smooth and flat surface and good vision 2 excellent optical performance 3 Stable chemical properties 4 Resistant...

How to Decorate With Mirrors

One of the best ways to maximize light and space is with mirrors. Reflective surfaces will help bounce light around a room, so they’re great for making spaces seem brighter and more full of light. Because they reflect light and color, mirrors are also a great way to make smaller rooms seem larger. So make your home brilliant and bright by adding some reflective surfaces. colored mirror Instruction Step...

Residential Building Codes for Safety Glass

Until the 1960s, there were no regulations regarding safety glass in residential, or even commercial, building codes. As a result, many lawsuits targeted the glass manufacturing industry. Understandably, the glass manufactures rallied together to create national standards regarding glass breakage resistance. These regulations became law as part of the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1973. Since...

How to Install Bathroom Mirror

One of the most important features in a bathroom, as it is looked into everyday, a bathroom mirror must not only be straight but secure as well. Correctly install a bathroom mirror that will stay put, by following these simple steps. Step 1 Examine the mirror and make sure it came with four clips to hold it in place. Most mirrors are prepackaged with clips, but in case they aren’t, measure the...

How to Make a Light Up Mirror

Most women use our makeup mirrors on a daily basis. Have you ever wanted to create your own lighted mirror? It is not a very hard thing to do. Read on to see how easy it is to create a fun and functional lighted mirror for yourself. Step 1  Choose the size you want your mirror to be, go to a glass store and ask for that size mirrored glass. They will cut it to any size you need. Step 2  Go to...

Noval Laminated Safety Glass

Noval laminated safety glass feature: Noval laminated glass is produced in an autoclave by compressing and heating two or more sheets of float glass and one or more sheets of polyvinyl butyral (PVB by Dupont or sleflex). 1. Safety. If impacted by outside forces it shatters but never splinters protecting objects inside. 2. Good sound insulation. 3. UV-proof, Laminated glass insulates most UV while allowing...

Information on Tinted Glass

Tinted glass(also called heat-absorbing glass) is a type of window glass that filters out selective solar energy, reduces temperature gain through the glass and prevents an excessive buildup of heat. According to “Architectural Graphic Standards,” tinted glass was developed to control and reduce glare and solar heat. Manufacture Tinted glass (or tint glass) is produced when coloring...

How to Make Float Glass

Float glass is made by floating molten glass on top of molten tin. The primary advantage of this method is that it makes glass with a very flat surface and uniform thickness. Window glass and other types of flat glass have been made with the float process since it was developed in the 1950s. Float glass is typically made from soda-lime glass, although it can also be made from special materials...

Laminated glass

Laminated glass description: Safety glass can be either toughened or laminated depending on where and how it is being used. When it breaks, it breaks safely thus protecting against the risk of serious injury. How does it work? ·There are two glass types available to protect against the risk of injury. The choice is made depending on where and how the glazing is being used. ·Toughened safety glass...

Low-E glass

Low-E glass description: Noval Low-E Glass is an advanced thermal insulation glass manufactured by coating clear or body tinted float glass with metallic oxides through a process of magnetically enhanced cathodic sputtering under vacuum conditions. Its highly reflective to long–wave heat radiation, hence is a very good thermal insulator. Noval Low-E Glass when coated on body tinted glass gives solar...