1-What is 442 VSG 8.76mm toughened laminated glass?
442 VSG, 44.2 VSG glass, also called 8.76mm toughened laminated glass, which often uses two pieces of 4mm toughened glass panel after a lamination.
This is a hot-selling item in residential and commercial railing projects, they are hot selling in the Scandinavian areas, compared to 17.52mm VSG, which is very cost-effective, so many customers will choose this item.
Besides, we also provide sheet laminated glass but non-toughened versions, so you can adjust locally for different customized sizes. Available size from 1830x2440mm until 2440x3660mm
2- Why use 8.76mm ESG VSG for glass railing?
Safety performance
When 8.76mm laminated glass railing shatters, the fragments remain adhered to the film and do not fall off. The entire piece of glass retains its shape until it is replaced, thereby reducing the risk of injury.
Nice View
Through the 442 VSG toughened laminated glass railing, you can clearly see the outside scenery, the transmission often can reach around 87%.
Sound insulation performance
The 8.76mm tempered laminated glass can reduce noise, as the PVB film can block sound to a certain extent. Especially, they use for Guillotine Glass, the noise reduction effects will be better.
High strength performance
Compared to monolithic toughened glass railings, the 8.76mm toughened laminated glass is much harder. Because there have two pieces of 4mm glass with PVB film, the anti-impact performance can be significantly improved.
Other Colors Available
The PVB color can be customized. We support RAL/Panton color, or vanceva glass number to meet your requirements.
3- Specification of 442 VSG glass
| Product name | 442 VSG glass, 8.76mm toughened laminated glass, 4+4mm laminated glass |
| Thickness | 4mm toughened glass + 0.76 PVB + 4mm toughened glass |
| Size range | Normal clear, ultra clear, or other PVB colors, like red, yellow, blue, pink, green |
| Color choice | Normal clear, ultra clear, or other PVB color, like red, yellow, blue, pink, green |
| Shape choice | Shaped, curved, flat |
| Customized | Polished edge, drill holes, cutout, cut notches, safety corner, etc. |
| Delivery time | around 15 days |
| Trade term | EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP, DDU |
4-Quality control for 8.76mm toughened VSG glass
Nowadays, toughened laminated glass is widely used in construction, and controlling the quality of glass railings is very important. The toughened laminated glass produced by Dragon Glass meets the following standards:
- Subject to BS standard
- Subject to SGCC-ANSI Z97.1 standard
- Subject to ASTM C1172 standard
- Subject to CE- EN12543, EN14449 standard
- Subject to the ISO 9001 standard
- Subject to the AS/NZS 2208:1996 standard
Processing notice
All processing such as polished edges, rounded corners, drilling, notches, and grooves must be completed before tempering and laminating.
5- Applications
Besides railing, they still can be used for balustrades, terraces, balconies, swimming pool fences, guillotine glass and so on.
6- Processing details for 442 VSG glass
Cutting line
Dragon Glass group has over 7 cutting lines, including Bottero, Lisec auto cutting line, CNC cutting line, and so on, according to the customer’s CAD drawing, our professional team will try our best to help you with your glass sizes and shapes.
Edging line
Support over 12 types of edge polishing, including Flat polished, beveling, and round edge, no matter whether building glass, or furniture glass edges or if you have other glass requirements, kindly contact our team.
Bending and tempered line
Besides flat toughened glass, we also can curve the glass, to ensure safety and durability, you will get very nice quality curved toughened glass.
Laminating line
The professional workers will combine two pieces of 4mm toughened glass (5/32 toughened glass) with interlayers 0.76 PVB, and make a pre-laminate before high temperature and pressure.
Autoclave
All the laminated glass will be moved to the Autoclave from Dragon Glass, and after hours of high temperature and pressure, which is cooling, will be moved to the inspection room for our QA & QC checking.
7. Packing and Delivery
Strict inspection for laminated glass before delivery
Recently, we are sending such kind of glass, 442 VSG per 3 weeks, if you are interested, you can let us anytime, and we can put your order in our bulk order production, it will save more budget from your side.
Please don’t miss this opportunity to place your order, we can deliver it very soon to your hand. Contact us now!
