AGC Automotive Replacement Glass HOME ABOUT COMPANY ALL ABOUT AUTO GLASS WHERE TO BUY GLASS BECOME A PARTNER NEWS CONTACTS home/All about auto glass Types of car glass Types of car glass Innovative glasses Production technology Quality Auto glass tests Auto glass authentication Decoding of marking Automotive glass can be divided into two main types - laminated (triplex) and tempered glass. Triplex is used primarily for the manufacture of windshields. Laminated glass consists of two layers of glass interconnected by a durable, flexible, invisible layer of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film. It is a colorless transparent film with very high resistance to weather conditions and practically unaffected by ultraviolet rays. High-quality laminated glass ensures the safety of the driver and passengers of the car: thanks to an elastic layer, the glass absorbs shocks, preventing foreign objects from entering the passenger compartment, and a person in an accident to fly out onto the road, if the glass is damaged, its fragments do not fly away, but remain on the film and do not injure others in case of damage, the crack does not spread over the entire surface, thus maintaining visibility through the rest of the glass. Tempered glass is a sheet glass that has undergone a special heat treatment, in which the glass is first heated uniformly and then uniformly and quickly cooled by an air stream. This treatment increases the strength and safety of the glass. Tempered glass is mainly used for the rear and side windows of vehicles. If damaged, high-quality tempered glass breaks into many small fragments with blunt edges, which do not injure a person. © 2015 "AGC Automotive Europe." | All rights reserved