Armourscreen

 

 


Armouscreen introduces a series of high design, silk-screened, coloured, toughened safety glass for interior and exterior applications. As a toughened glass, which is at least five times stronger than ordinary float glass, Armouscreen allows for the use of silk-screened glass in applications which call for structural strength, safety and resistance to impact - such as flush-glazed curtain walling and entrance assemblies as well as glass doors and internal partitions. Silk-screened glass also has the added benefit of reducing direct light transmission, so providing protection against glare and radiant solar heat - a particular advantage in overhead canopies and sun-facing curtain walls.

Armouscreen offers a range of innovative designs as well as the opportunity to screen glass panels with specific logos or customised designs, in a selection of colours.

Armouscreen is also available on selected patterns in the DecorVue range. Contact SmartGlass for details.

Manufacture

Specialised printing facilities at SmartGlass ensure that all designs are accurately and sharply reproduced. Selected designs are silk-screened onto glass, in colour, with a maximum of two colours per panel. The coloured design is fused into the surface of the glass at a temperature of approximately 625 °C, ensuring the integrity of the material and its enduring colour-fastness.

Applications

Armouscreen is ideal for applications which require the design benefits of colour and style, functional benefits of solar heat control and shading from direct sunlight, the screening benefits to control through-vision and provide a balance between transparency and privacy, together with the structural and safety benefits of toughened glass.

Architectural
With Armouscreen , you can introduce any required design theme to flush-glazed curtain walls, entrance assemblies, overhead canopies, sliding doors, partitions, walls, balustrades, bulkheads, foyers, lift lobbies, lift interiors and many other wide ranging possibilities.

Doors and Windows
Armouscreen is also ideal for custom-designed shower doors and screened patio doors. Coloured motifs can also be silk-screened onto cottage panes for windows and doors.

Furniture and Shopfittings
Further applications of Armouscreen extend into furniture and shopfittings where reception counters, table tops or any other glass surfaces can be screened to carry a particular design theme through.

 


Audi show room, Johannesburg - KSDP Pentagraph


Balustrades at Hilton, Durban - FGG Architects


Gencor Balustrades, Johannesburg - TC Design

 

 

 

 

 

 


Industrial products
In the industrial market Armouscreen satisfies another demand for branded oven doors on microwave or conventional units as well as fridge doors in retail and other commercial installations.

Characteristics


Structural Strength
As a result of the extreme heating and rapid cooling process to which it is subjected, toughened safety glass is much stronger than ordinary float glass. It is thus especially suited for structural and safety glazing. As a toughened safety glass, Armouscreen has a high resistance to impact and wind loading. It also withstands extreme heat and cold and has a thermal differential-shock capacity of up to 200°C.

Solar Control
In Armouscreen , the density of the screen imprinted onto the glass, whether in a dot-matrix pattern, in vertical or horizontal banding, or in any other specified design, will determine the degree of shading and solar control afforded by the glass. A typical dot-matrix screened curtain wall can eliminate around 50% of direct light transmission and solar heat loadings are reduced accordingly.

Durability
The coloured, ceramic design print is UV-stabilised and, like all glass, Armouscreen is weather-proof, resistant to corrosion and easy to clean.

Safety
In the unlikely event of the glass being broken, it disintegrates into small, relatively harmless particles and so minimises the injuries often associated with broken glass.

Drilling and Edge Working
Armouscreen 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.

Features
• Any two colours can be used on one piece of glass: the natural glass presents a third colour.
• Colours can be overprinted.
• Designs can be reversed out of colours.
• Designs can be printed up to 2mm from the edge of the glass: This is important where design continuity is required in butt-jointed glass panels - such as in curtain walling, partitioning, balustrades and the like.
• Any typeface can be printed.
• Any typesize, from 6pt Helvetica upwards, can be printed.
• Edges can be bright polished for frameless installations.

Further screening options are available on larger sizes of glass. Glass thickness can range from 4mm to 19mm. Varying production constraints apply to different sizes. Specific requirements should be referred to SmartGlass.

Sizes

 

Nominal thickness (mm)

Normal size limits (mm)

Approximate kg/mē

6mm

min - 300mm x 300mm

15kg/mē

 

max - 2000mm x 1500mm


NOTE: 1. Other sizes and thickness on application.

It is imperative that SmartGlass be consulted regarding the lead times for supply of product.

 

 


Armouscreen

meets the Safety glass requirements of the South African National Building Regulations.

Our commitment to the ISO9001 Quality Management System means that our customers have confidence in the ability of SmartGlass to deliver the desired quality, consistently.