Topic Terms: Product Spotlight, Specialty glass
Anti-reflective glass
Tru Vue’s new product line, TRU-AR, is a high-performance glazing line serving fabricators that support specialty architectural projects. TRU-AR offers the ability to be fully tempered or laminated, and comes in a variety of sizes, including a 9.5-millimeter, double-sided, post-temperable, AR-coated glass. The full product line consists of 3-mm and 6-mm, single-sided, anti-reflective glass and an exclusive 9.5-mm, double-sided AR glass, all in standard lite size of 96 inches by 130 inches.
Bird-friendly channel glass
With the entire channel glass line now certified as Bird-Smart, Bendheim offers an alternative to traditional opaque building walls and flat architectural glass. Architects and designers can now choose from the various surface textures, hundreds of colors, thermal performance coatings, insulation inserts, and frame systems.
Piccolo channel glass’ fine, corduroy-like texture, for example, deters birds from flying into it by reducing reflection on the glass surface. Channel glass can be manufactured in lengths up to 23 feet tall and can be installed in openings spanning hundreds of feet without interruption.
In addition to creating bird-friendly glass textures, Bendheim and Lamberts are committed to sustainability. Bendheim’s Lamberts glass contains 40 to 50% recycled glass, of which 25 to 35% is post-consumer content. Bendheim channel glass has also received third-party prepared Environment Product Declaration (HPD) and Health Product Declaration (HPD).
Bendheim’s channel glass façade systems diffuse light and minimize glare while also offering thermal performance with a U-value range of 0.49 to 0.19. Channel glass adds elegance with glass-to-glass corners and serpentine curves, and just ¼ inch thick, lightweight and easy to install.
Bird-friendly channel glass
With the entire channel glass line now certified as Bird-Smart, Bendheim offers an alternative to traditional opaque building walls and flat architectural glass. Architects and designers can now choose from the various surface textures, hundreds of colors, thermal performance coatings, insulation inserts, and frame systems.
Piccolo channel glass’ fine, corduroy-like texture, for example, deters birds from flying into it by reducing reflection on the glass surface. Channel glass can be manufactured in lengths up to 23 feet tall and can be installed in openings spanning hundreds of feet without interruption.
In addition to creating bird-friendly glass textures, Bendheim and Lamberts are committed to sustainability. Bendheim’s Lamberts glass contains 40 to 50% recycled glass, of which 25 to 35% is post-consumer content. Bendheim channel glass has also received third-party prepared Environment Product Declaration (HPD) and Health Product Declaration (HPD).
Bendheim’s channel glass façade systems diffuse light and minimize glare while also offering thermal performance with a U-value range of 0.49 to 0.19. Channel glass adds elegance with glass-to-glass corners and serpentine curves, and just ¼ inch thick, lightweight and easy to install.
Generative video glass
VideowindoW, akin to tintable glass, features segmented panels with rapid switching capabilities, harnessing sunlight as the screen backlight. Ideal for transportation hubs, offices, hospitals, and more, it offers a transformative experience. Its Biophilic Glare Control employs procedural generative video patterns, mimicking natural foliage to mitigate glare. The result is reduced heat, serene ambiance akin to a forest canopy, and ever-evolving visuals. This innovation not only enhances comfort but also holds potential for monetization, transforming glass from a cost to a revenue generator, thereby expediting its widespread adoption.
Generative video glass
VideowindoW, akin to tintable glass, features segmented panels with rapid switching capabilities, harnessing sunlight as the screen backlight. Ideal for transportation hubs, offices, hospitals, and more, it offers a transformative experience. Its Biophilic Glare Control employs procedural generative video patterns, mimicking natural foliage to mitigate glare. The result is reduced heat, serene ambiance akin to a forest canopy, and ever-evolving visuals. This innovation not only enhances comfort but also holds potential for monetization, transforming glass from a cost to a revenue generator, thereby expediting its widespread adoption.
Switchable privacy glass
SDX3 SmartView powered by CUC, by Skyline Design and Cardinal Glass Industries, is a switchable privacy glass with a film-free design utilizing liquid crystal technology for commercial spaces.
SDX3 SmartView employs a proprietary liquid crystal technology applied directly to glass, offering a truly clear view in the transparent mode and maintaining privacy when activated. The liquid crystals are randomly scattered in privacy mode, allowing diffused light to pass through while fully obfuscating the view. The transition to clear mode, achieved by applying an electrical charge, aligns the crystals uniformly, providing an unobstructed view like traditional glass from any angle.
SDX3 SmartView also employs minimal energy consumption. A large pane of SDX3 glass utilizes less energy than a 25-watt lightbulb, with no limitations on the duration it can remain in clear mode. This energy efficiency, coupled with acoustical privacy, security, and UV protection, positions SDX3 as a versatile solution adaptable to various applications, seamlessly integrating into existing automation systems.
Whether used in windows, doors, or wall systems, SDX3 SmartView switchable privacy glass offers a combination of privacy and natural light benefits that is ideal for commercial spaces and hospitals.
Switchable privacy glass
SDX3 SmartView powered by CUC, by Skyline Design and Cardinal Glass Industries, is a switchable privacy glass with a film-free design utilizing liquid crystal technology for commercial spaces.
SDX3 SmartView employs a proprietary liquid crystal technology applied directly to glass, offering a truly clear view in the transparent mode and maintaining privacy when activated. The liquid crystals are randomly scattered in privacy mode, allowing diffused light to pass through while fully obfuscating the view. The transition to clear mode, achieved by applying an electrical charge, aligns the crystals uniformly, providing an unobstructed view like traditional glass from any angle.
SDX3 SmartView also employs minimal energy consumption. A large pane of SDX3 glass utilizes less energy than a 25-watt lightbulb, with no limitations on the duration it can remain in clear mode. This energy efficiency, coupled with acoustical privacy, security, and UV protection, positions SDX3 as a versatile solution adaptable to various applications, seamlessly integrating into existing automation systems.
Whether used in windows, doors, or wall systems, SDX3 SmartView switchable privacy glass offers a combination of privacy and natural light benefits that is ideal for commercial spaces and hospitals.
Glass wall system
PurOptima's Revolution 100 is a dry-jointed system that can be single or double-glazed, allowing the same visual appearance across a workspace while addressing varying acoustic requirements. Completely adaptable, Revolution 100 glass walls can be easily adapted between single- or double-glazed systems to accommodate changing design requirements. Modular in nature, these glass walls are fully reusable and can safely demount, relocate, and reinstall this glass wall solution time after time, offering clients a smart way to reuse our systems and extend the product lifecycle by utilizing the circular economy.
Glass wall system
PurOptima's Revolution 100 is a dry-jointed system that can be single or double-glazed, allowing the same visual appearance across a workspace while addressing varying acoustic requirements. Completely adaptable, Revolution 100 glass walls can be easily adapted between single- or double-glazed systems to accommodate changing design requirements. Modular in nature, these glass walls are fully reusable and can safely demount, relocate, and reinstall this glass wall solution time after time, offering clients a smart way to reuse our systems and extend the product lifecycle by utilizing the circular economy.
Folding Glass Walls
Generation 4 Folding Glass Walls is a platform of eight different systems designed to meet requirements for a wide array of project types—all with similar aesthetics, features and performance—for both commercial and residential applications, interior or exterior. Now, choice is made easier as specifiers use the system base that best fits the project. Being a customizable product family, Generation 4 offers multiple sill and hardware choices, and flexibility through customized configurations—all in three material choices—aluminum, solid wood or clad. Technology developments include a multifunctional thermal break design offering the slimmest, most energy-efficient bi-fold door available.