ARMOURCLAD is a coloured enamelled, toughened safety glass which introduces the joy of colour together with all the established advantages of Armourplate toughened glass. It thus offers architects and interior designers an exciting alternative to conventional building materials for wide-ranging interior and exterior applications

ARMOURCLAD is available in eight standard colours.
with new colours in development.

Final colour selection must be based on an actual sample of ARMOURCLAD. A virtually unlimited colour spectrum is available on minimum order quantities of 400m² or more. If you do not find the colour you want within the standard range, please send us a sample of the required colour. We will match this and submit a return sample indicating the colour that can be achieved in ARMOURCLAD.

Six to eight weeks must be allowed for colour matching and sample approval. It is important to note that while colour variation will be minimised as far as possible, colours can vary marginally within and between production batches.

ARMOURCLAD is now available on selected patterns in the DecorVue range. Contact PFG Building Glass for details.

Manufacture

The recently commissioned roller coating line (next to the roller hearth toughening furnace at PFG Building Glass in Springs) ensures consistent quality and colour in all ARMOURCLAD products. The coloured, enamelled coating is fused into one surface of the glass at a temperature of approximately 625 °C, ensuring the integrity of the material and its enduring colour-fastness.

Applications

Like Armourplate, ARMOURCLAD toughened safety glass is ideal for use in suspended glass assemblies and curtain walling. Because ARMOURCLAD is solid coloured, and therefore opaque, it is especially suitable for spandrel panels.

It is also suitable for wall cladding, entrances and overhead canopies, doors, balustrades, partitions, shower and toilet cubicles and for furniture and shopfitting applications.

ARMOURCLAD can be installed in conventional four sided frames or butt-jointed for flush glazing applications or in bolt-back installations.

Charateristics

Structural strength As a result of the extreme heating and rapid cooling process to which it is subjected, toughened safety glass is up to five times stronger than ordinary float glass. It is thus ideal for structural and safety glazing. As a toughened safety glass, ARMOURCLAD has a high resistance to impact and wind loading. It also withstands extremes of heat and cold with a thermal down-shock of up to 200 °C. Opaqueness Roller coating with a solid colour over the full face of the glass renders ARMOURCLAD opaque, which makes it suitable for applications where concealment or privacy are required rather than transparency. Durability The coloured, enamelled coating is UV-stabilised and, like all glass, ARMOURCLAD is weather-proof and resistant to corrosion. A ten-year warranty on colour-fastness is ensured. Safety In the unlikely event of ARMOURCLAD being broken, the glass disintegrates into small, relatively harmless particles and so minimises the injuries often associated with broken glass. Drilling and Edge Working ARMOURCLAD cannot be cut or worked after it has been toughened, because, with the balanced stresses set up in the glass during the toughening process, any working is likely to cause breakage. All work of this nature must therefore be completed before the glass is toughened.

Sizes

Nominal thickness	Normal size limits	Approximate kg/m²
6 mm	min - 1000 x 300 mm	15
	max - 2100 x 1600 mm

NOTE:
1. Other sizes and thicknesses are available. Specific requirements should be referred to PFG Building Glass.
It is imperative that PFG Building Glass be consulted timeously regarding the lead times for supply of product.

Our commitment to the ISO 9000 Quality Management System means that our customers have confidence in the ability of PFG Building Glass to deliver the desired quality, consistently.

SECURITY SAFTEY SOLAR CONTROL U.V. PROTECTION SOUND CONTROL DECORATIVE CHALLENGES BUILDING AESTHETICS ENERGY SAVING ARMOURCLAD meets the requirements of the South African National Building regulations.