Annealed Glass Sheets

Ideal for door and window inserts picture frames cabinets and craft projects.

Annealed glass sheets.

Annealed glass also called float glass plate glass regular glass standard glass. Acrylic sheets lightweight and shatter resistant acrylic can be custom cut and used as a safe glass substitute in home improvement or diy projects. Annealing float glass is the process of controlled cooling to prevent residual stress in the glass and is an inherent operation of the float glass manufacturing process. Annealed glass is float glass also called flat glass that has not been heat strengthened or tempered.

Annealed glass is also known as a standard sheet of float glass. Polycarbonate glass similar to acrylic polycarbonate is a lightweight and break resistant thermoplastic. Annealing is actually a process of slowly cooling glass to relieve internal stresses after it is formed. A wide variety of annealed glass sheet options are available to you such as others graphic design and total solution for projects.

Project boards for temporary outdoor signage school projects hobbies crafts and flooring protection. Annealed glass can be cut machined drilled edged and polished. The glass formerly annealed on shelves in a melting furnace is now usually carried on rollers through temperature controlled kiln known as a lehr annealing ovens. We also stock acid etch or satin glass in almost every thickness and configuration including low iron acid etch and double sided acid etch.

Annealed glass annealed glass is regular glass that comes from the glass manufacture and is sometimes refereed to as float glass. This type of glass is most common use on residential windows but not windows closed to a door table tops cabinet doors basement windows sometimes even commercial. How is annealed glass made. You can also choose from decorative glass acid etched glass and bulletproof glass.

Use indoor or outdoor. Thickness available range from 3 32 to 3 4. M3 glass technologies stocks standard types and thicknesses of annealed domestic flat glass also known as sheet glass plate glass or single pane glass in 3 0mm to 25mm in clear tints and low iron. Annealed glass is the weakest of the three types and care should be given when choosing a location for this glass.

The shaped glass is annealed to relieve stresses caused by manipulation then is slowly cooled.