Pro Aluminium is proud to be a Smart Glass Partner – partnering with the leading specialised glass company in South Africa. SmartGlass High Performance Glass Solutions offer superior functionality to ordinary glass.
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.