With SmartGlass you can let in light and views while improving safety, security, insulation and energy efficiency in buildings. SmartGlass provides a choice of coating, tinting, toughening, laminating and double glazing options that can be combined to meet specific performance requirements.

A range of finishes, colours and patterns give you the freedom to incorporate glass into dazzling architectural and interior designs. Thanks to the superior strength and performance functionality of SmartGlass, glass can be used extensively and creatively in architecture and design without compromising the safety, security, insulation, solar control and energy efficiency of buildings. SmartGlass provides a choice of coating, tinting, toughening, laminating and double glazing options that can be combined to meet any performance requirement. A range of finishes, colours and patterns gives the modern designer the creative freedom to use glass in many unique and innovative ways.

Below is the range of performance glass options available:

ClearVue™ ordinary float glass is best for basic glazing applications where safety regulations do not require safety glass products and where additional functionality is not required.

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DecorVue™ patterned glass offers a range of textures to obscure views without noticeable loss of natural or artificial light.

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DecorLam™ combines the obscuration and decorative properties of DecorVue patterned glass with the safety, security, UV control and sound dampening features of laminated SmartGlass.

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Armourplate® is five times stronger than ordinary float glass and is designed for safety glazing, bolted structural glazing, frameless applications and where high resistance to impact and wind loading is required. Armourplate is ideally suited for balustrades, shower doors and table tops.

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Armourclad® is a coloured enamelled, toughened glass suitable for structural and safety glazing. Roller coating with a solid colour renders Armourclad opaque, making it an attractive alternative to conventional materials for interior and exterior cladding of buildings.

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Armourscreen® silk-screened, coloured, toughened safety glass can be custom-manufactured for a range of interior and exterior applications. Armourscreen can be screen-printed with specific logos or customised designs in one or two colours.

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ArmourLam™ can be used where ordinary annealed glass would be likely to fracture due to high thermal stresses. The product combines the strength and safety of Armourplate toughened glass with the security, solar control and sound dampening features of laminated SmartGlass.

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Intruderprufe® all purpose laminated safety glass guards against person injury and makes it significantly more difficult to intrude into a building or break through a shopfront. The tough polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer also acts as an effective barrier to UV light and dampens the impact of sound.

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Soundprufe™ laminated safety glass is manufactured with a special vinyl interlayer that offers superior sound control than traditional polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers.

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ColourVue™ laminated glass products are made from various combinations of clear and tinted glass and PVB (polyvinyl butyral) interlayers to offer a wide range of colours that meet a variety of aesthetic, glare reduction and solar control demands.

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SolarVue™ provides medium solar control and a neutral, low-reflective appearance in a range of colours. A thin deposit of nickel and chromium eliminates more than 55% of solar heat, while transmitting more than 45% of visible light.

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Solarshield® combines a metallic coating and a clear or tinted PVB (polyvinyl butyral) interlayer to allow for the design of attractive buildings while keeping out the sun’s heat and limiting light transmission.

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E Range® is a coated monolithic glass offering superior thermal insulation in standard fromes. The product, designed for single glazing application, reduces the cost of heating or air conditioning a building by retaining heat in winter and blocking it out in summer. E Range is available in toughened and laminate glass options.

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CoolVue® provides lower visible reflectivity, which allows through-vision by day and at night. The product solves the need for natural day lighting and building transparency, while limiting the heat gain associated with ordinary clear glass. CoolVue can transmit more than 70% of visible light while blocking more than 50% of solar heat.

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InsulVue® double glazed units offer the most effective insulation solution in the SmartGlass range. Insulvue double glazed units are manufactured from two or more panes of glass held apart by a metal spacer and bonded with a primary and secondary seal. Dehydrated air is trapped between the glass panes to create the most thermally efficient insulation solution.

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SmartGlass Images® is a premium quality tarnish resistant copper-free mirror product that uses a patented manufacturing process to last three times longer than ordinary mirror.

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Activ™ self-cleaning glass has a special titanium oxide coating that breaks down organic material enabling glass to clean itself with rain. Active glass saves labour, reduces the risk of damage caused by cleaning equipment, and gives windows a better appearance for longer.

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Privacy Glass™ uses an electrical current to switch glass from a clear to an obscure state to conceal any space on demand. Privacy glass offers space and surface versatility benefits – enabling the conversion of glass into a display screen at the flick of a switch or the transformation of public spaces into private zones when needed.

Here are  some of the option available:

• float glass and mirrors
• obscure patterns
• tinted glass – various colours
• toughened safety glass toughened
• laminated saftey glass
• various smart glass options smart glass
• bullet-resistant glass
• double-glazing units for windows and doors

Clear Float Glass

Float Glass is also called Annealed glass. It is called float glass called because it is floated in its molten state on a bath of liquid metal, usually tin, and allowed to cool. The process produces glass which has a naturally polished finish, is flat, and capable of being manufactured to a uniform thickness.
Float glass is available in various thicknesses, the most standard of which is 4mm and 5mm.
Float glass breaks into large jagged shards with numerous small splinters. Because of its breakage pattern, it is not considered a safety glass. On breaking there is a significant risk that large pieces of glass will fall from the frame and, as a result, there are regulations in South Africa as to where float glass can and cannot be used.

Toughened Safety Glass

Toughened glass is produced by heating annealed glass in a furnace to approximately 700°C and then cooling the outer surfaces rapidly using jets of cold air so creating high compression forces within them. This increases the strength of the glass by a factor of four or five times that of annealed glass / float glass.

This rapid cooling process is the key element in the physical changes in annealed glass that creates toughened glass. It is strong enough to resist the impact of a person striking it.
Because of its strength, tempered glass is essential in certaion applications.

Features and Applications

• Toughened safety glass is Grade A safety glass
• Up to 500% stronger than annealed glass and therefore is more resistant to thermal breakage and can withstand greater windloads
• On breaking it fragments into many small harmless pieces unlike annealed glass
• Can be used within a temperature range of minus 70°C to plus 300°C (surface temperature should not exceed 250°C if other surface is lower than 0°C ambient)
• Recommended for door, side and low lites, frameless entries, balustrades, shower, bath screen panels and furniture

Laminated Safety Glass

Laminated glass consists of two or more panes of float glass bonded together by an interlayer consisting of one or more sheets of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), which provides a high degree of personal safety. When accidental impact is made the glass will shatter, but be held intact by the PVB interlayer.

• Acoustical Comfort – The configuration and nature of laminated glass provides much better sound insulation compared to ordinary glass, especially at certain frequencies. More information available on request.
• Solar Energy Control – Laminated glass is an ideal product to protect against harmful U.V. rays. More than 99.5% of U.V. can be filtered, thus reducing fading and discoloration of goods. In addition, laminated glass allows control of solar energy with a choice of different colours. More information available on request.
• Safety – Provides a high degree of personal safety. When accidental impact is made the glass will shatter, but be held intact by the PVB interlayer.
• Solar Heat Control – These products are manufactured to give the designer a greater choice of colours when looking at the aesthetics of the building. These products also offer a greater degree of solar control, which assists with the airconditioning requirements. Glass that absorbs solar energy is susceptible to breakage from thermally induced stresses and therefore a prerequisite is that the edges be polished and free from any damage.
• Sound Control – Laminated glass is highly effective in reducing unwanted sound into a building. Simply put, its exceptional sound control is the result of the sound dampening characteristics of the PVB interlayer.
• Ultra-violet Elimination – The effects of ultra-violet radiation below 380 nanometers can be extremely damaging to natural & synthetic fabrics and finishes. Laminated architectural glass with clear or tinted interlayers is essentially a barrier to ultra-violet radiation.

Tinted Glass

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Powder Coating

Powder coating is a process whereby electrically charged powder particles are “dry sprayed” onto a suitably earthed component, which will ensure the adhesion of the powder.

Thereafter powder coated components are heated and the powder “cured” in a suitable oven, with temperatures ranging from 140ºC – 220ºC, depending on the powder formulation, application and cross-linking characteristics.

The resulting qualities

# A large selection of colours and textures is available
# Good anti-corrosion properties
# Environmentally friendly
# Resistant to most solvents and chemicals
# Flexible and tough
# Colour stability
# Colour matching

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Kalkote

New generation Kal-kote is a technically advanced innovative coating process wich produces authentic wood finishing on aluminium profiles. This decorative durable process allows you the enjoyment of wood without the constant and costly maintainance demands, toghether with the performance benefits and sealing features of aluminium products, makes it ideally suited to harsh coastal atmospheric conditions.

The process provides oppotunities for architects, interior decorators and developers to create an appropriate theme in construction and decorative design.

Kal-kote adds value, whilst enhancing the aesthetics of your property investment, through true reproduction of the most precious woods such as oak, mahogany, cherrywood beechwood and Oregon pine.

The automation, refinements and performance criteria upgrades were embarked upon due to the overwhelming success of kal-kote. Kal-kote is backed by an international ten year warranty and has been tested internationally for the following:

• Cross-hatch adhesion test
• Ultra violet ( 2000 hours accellerated carbon test.
• Salt fog test.