Heat Soaked Glass
Color: clear, ultra clear, bronze, grey, dark blue, dark green, etc.
Thickness: 2 mm, 2.2 mm, 2.5 mm，3 mm, 3.2 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm, 12 mm, 15 mm, 19 mm
Size: custom size acceptable with maximum size 3660*11000 mm
Standard: GB15763.4-2009 (China), EN14179-1:2005 (EU) and DIN18516 (Germany)
Heat soaked glass is a type of tempered glass that has undergone a special process designed to reduce the risk of spontaneous breakage, which is a common flaw of tempered glass. It means that the tempered glass can shatter on its own without any external force during processing, storage, transportation, installation, or use. Such an occurrence poses a significant safety hazard to anyone nearby.
To overcome this issue, tempered glass undergoes heat soaking, which involves heating it to 290℃±10℃ in a specialized furnace and maintaining a constant temperature for a specific duration. During this process, nickel sulfide (NiS) crystals present in the glass undergo rapid crystalline phase transformation, leading to accelerated expansion within the tempered glass. As a result, any tempered glass that could have otherwise shattered spontaneously after use breaks in the factory's homogenization furnace, thus decreasing the probability of spontaneous breakage during installation and use.
While we cannot guarantee that heat soaked glass will not spontaneously break, our heat soaking process boasts a reduced rate of spontaneous breakage to approximately one in ten thousand.
- Safer. Compared to regular tempered glass, heat soaked glass has a significantly lower rate of spontaneous breakage, reducing the risk of accidents. With a reduced self-explosion rate of only 0.01%, heat soaked glass is much more stable when in use, providing greater security for those around it.
- Better thermal stability. Heat soaked can withstand rapid changes in temperature without cracking or breaking, making it a reliable choice for a variety of applications.
For its high safety, heat soaked glass has widespread applications in shower enclosures, bathroom cabinets, sunroom skylights, glass walkways, glass railings, and stairway glass.
