QUALITY CONTROL
SERVICES
Testing Equipment for
glass in building
WE PROVIDE EXPERTISE ON THE TESTS TO PERFORM PER GLASS TYPE,
AND THE ADEQUATE TESTING EQUIPMENT.
A. Tempered glass ( 1 ),
heat strengthened glass ( 2 ),
heat soak tested glass ( 3 ),
chemically tempered glass ( 4 )
| TEST | TESTING EQUIPMENT |
|---|---|
| Fragmentation | Spring loaded punch 1, 2, 3 |
| Local bow (vertically toughened glass only) | RWG-D 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Roller wave and edge lift | RWG-EL 1,2 |
| Surface pre-stress | GASP 1, 2, 3 |
| Mechanical strength | 4-point bender 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Proxy | GES 1, 2, 3 |
| simple 4-point bender bender 1, 2, 3 | |
| DSR 4 |
B. Laminated Glass
| TEST | TESTING EQUIPMENT | |
|---|---|---|
| Resistance to high temperature | Baking test oven | Boiling kettle |
| Resistance to humidity | Humidity chamber ( with condensation ) | |
| Mechanical strength | 1030 g ball, 500x500 mm support, | dropping tower 9m |
| Claimed properties | ||
| Mechanical strength | dropping tower 9m | |
| safety in use ( human body impact ) | Double ring impactor | |
| manual attack ( blunt ) | 4 kg ball, dropping tower up to 9m | 900x1100 mm_ support |
| manual attack ( axe ) | Axe |
C. Coated Glass
Large sample emissivity measurement
D. Insulated Glass Units EN 1279-5
| EN 1279-6 TESTS | TESTING EQUIPMENT |
|---|---|
| Desiccant performance | Microwave / ∆T |
| Sealant adhesion | Tensile tester |
| Sealant hardness | Shore A |
| Gas filled units Argon, Krypton % | Gasglass Handheld and Laser |
E. Glass Performance
| TEST | TESTING EQUIPMENT |
|---|---|
| Solar properties | Lamda 950 + ARTA |
| LOW-E emissivity | Large piece FIR-meter |
