The Rise in Laminated GlassAdding safety and durability to modern design

SAFETY & SECURITY

NEW DESIGNS

GLASS AS STRUCTURAL ELEMENT

IMPACT TO

PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

”The Crash and Grab” -standard

Apple store picture - Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi ©James OCallaghan, Eckersley O’Callaghan

”The Crash and Grab” -standard

Apple store picture - Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi ©James OCallaghan, Eckersley O’Callaghan

3 x 12mm tempered glass

SentryGlas +

Wind loads - Hurricane glazing

Impact on glassprocessors product mix?

SAFETY AND SECURITY - legistlation

If there is a risk for glass fragments to fall on people, laminated glass should be used

All outside panes of balconies must be laminated

Glazing which, if broken, would permit someone to release the locking devide should be laminated

Transparent “Balcony” on 103 Floor Skyscraper the Sears Tower, Chicago

http://www.designrulz.com/architecture/2012/10/transparent-balcony-on-103-floor-skyscraper-the-sears-tower-chicago/

Digitally Printed and Laminated Surfacesmbar, Helsinki, Finland

http://www.follownews.com/china-dares-you-to-cross-its-giant-glass-bridge-5fkr

”Brave men bridge” - China's Shiniuzhai national park in Hunan province. Length ca. 300m

Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi ©Urmilla Jokhu-Sowell, GANA

Aquaria Grande residential

tower Mumbai India

New designs are also newconfigurations of laminated glass

Different coatings are making their way into laminates

http://www.viracon.com/page/laminated-glass

Coated laminates are increasing rapidly, much faster than other types

MosCom Bank,Moscow, Russia

Glass beams as structural element

Supporting floors/roofs

Glass frames

Fins for glazed façades

Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi © Kenny Martens, Ghent University

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi ©Mick Eekhout, TU Delft

Glass finnsas structural element

Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi ©Mick Eekhout, TU Delft

Adhesively transparent connection

Summary of GPD – 2015, J.VitkalaSource: www.gpd.fi © Kenny Martens, Ghent University

Connected glass beams

What is the impact to glassprocessor?

1. Laminating market growth2. More coatings, paints and prints in laminates

3. More individual design projects

Glass processors will have growing, howevermuch more complex product mix

Laminated glass production flowwill get more complex – or will it?

Today, only similar sizes withsame glass type can be driven at the same time

The biggest reason is the furnace part of the line and the used heating method

Traditional: Radiation(+convection)

Different materials needdifferent settings due to reflection/absorbtion

With full convection laminatingfurnace the only parameter is theglass thickness

Total change toproduction management principles!

Convection does not care aboutthe material – forces heat transfer(multiple layers, painted/partiallypainted, Low-E etc.)

…And helps glass processors to copewith the more complex product mix

Easier production flow controlConstant quality with all glasstypes (no clippings)Recipe-free process

Lamination continuous it’s growth, take advantage of it!