Saturday, September 17, 2011

Transparent glass

1. Clear sheet glass - Also called Drawn sheet glass

  • B.S. 952 state 
  • Sheet glass has natural fire - finished surfaces but because of the 2 surfaces are never perfectly flat and parallel . 
  • There is always some distortion of vision and reflection  
  • There are mainly 3 main B.S. Grades : 
(i) OQ - Ordinary Glazing Quality
(ii) SA- Selected Glazing quality
(iii) SSQ - Special selected glazing quality .

2.Clear plate glass
  • B.S. 952 plate 
  • This glass has "flat & parallel" surface producing clear vision and reflection . 
  • Wired clear plate glass . 
  • 27 is 6mm thick & the normal size of the plate is 330 x 183 mmm , both Georgian & diamond pattern's of plate glass specified in the B.S. 952 
(i) GQ - Glazing Quality  -for general use / works
(ii) SG - Selected glazing quality - suitable for superior work to make mirrors .
(iii) SQ - Silvering quality - Suitable for high class mirrors .

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