• Increased Patient Privacy: 

The switchable smart glass panels can be easily switched from clear to opaque ensuring an increased level of patient privacy in examination rooms,
patient rooms, and operating theaters.

• Observation Without Contamination:

Cross-contamination from highly contagious pathogens such as MRSA is a growing problem in hospitals. A key benefit of switchable privacy glass is that
hospital staff can easily observe a patient by flicking a switch, without risking cross-contamination of infectious diseases.
 

• A Hygienic Alternative to Curtains:

Switchable glass is simple to clean and maintain, making it a hygienic alternative to traditional hospital curtains and blinds. Harmful germs can
easily gather on the surface of curtains and these are difficult to sterilize. The antibacterial features of Smart Glass provide a hygienic and cost-effective
alternative not only to traditional hospital curtains but also to curtains in homes and offices without endangering lives.
 

• Reduced Noise:

Research has shown that noise plays a negative role in healing. Decreasing noise in patient care areas helps the healing process and facilitates a faster
recovery. Laminated smart glass installed into an acoustic partition significantly decreases noise contributing for a quieter healing space.

• Increased Patient Privacy: 

The switchable smart glass panels can be easily switched from clear to opaque ensuring an increased level of patient privacy in examination rooms,
patient rooms, and operating theaters.

• Observation Without Contamination:

Cross-contamination from highly contagious pathogens such as MRSA is a growing problem in hospitals. A key benefit of switchable privacy glass is that
hospital staff can easily observe a patient by flicking a switch, without risking cross-contamination of infectious diseases.
 

• A Hygienic Alternative to Curtains:

Switchable glass is simple to clean and maintain, making it a hygienic alternative to traditional hospital curtains and blinds. Harmful germs can
easily gather on the surface of curtains and these are difficult to sterilize. The antibacterial features of Smart Glass provide a hygienic and cost-effective
alternative not only to traditional hospital curtains but also to curtains in homes and offices without endangering lives.
 

• Reduced Noise:

Research has shown that noise plays a negative role in healing. Decreasing noise in patient care areas helps the healing process and facilitates a faster
recovery. Laminated smart glass installed into an acoustic partition significantly decreases noise contributing for a quieter healing space.

• Increased Patient Privacy: 

The switchable smart glass panels can be easily switched from clear to opaque ensuring an increased level of patient privacy in examination rooms,
patient rooms, and operating theaters.

• Observation Without Contamination:

Cross-contamination from highly contagious pathogens such as MRSA is a growing problem in hospitals. A key benefit of switchable privacy glass is that
hospital staff can easily observe a patient by flicking a switch, without risking cross-contamination of infectious diseases.
 

• A Hygienic Alternative to Curtains:

Switchable glass is simple to clean and maintain, making it a hygienic alternative to traditional hospital curtains and blinds. Harmful germs can
easily gather on the surface of curtains and these are difficult to sterilize. The antibacterial features of Smart Glass provide a hygienic and cost-effective
alternative not only to traditional hospital curtains but also to curtains in homes and offices without endangering lives.
 

• Reduced Noise:

Research has shown that noise plays a negative role in healing. Decreasing noise in patient care areas helps the healing process and facilitates a faster
recovery. Laminated smart glass installed into an acoustic partition significantly decreases noise contributing for a quieter healing space.

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ADVERTISEMENT Super Spacer® TriSeal™ from Quanex is the premium choice for commercial and architectural insulating glass needs, including silicone structural glazing. With its unique triple-seal design incorporating an inner acrylic adhesive seal for immediate unit handling, a polyisobutylene primary seal for enhanced gas retention and low moisture vapor transmission, and an outer silicone seal for proven structural strength and superior durability, TriSeal is trusted the world over for the most demanding commercial glass applications. 

ADVERTISEMENT Super Spacer® TriSeal™ from Quanex is the premium choice for commercial and architectural insulating glass needs, including silicone structural glazing. With its unique triple-seal design incorporating an inner acrylic adhesive seal for immediate unit handling, a polyisobutylene primary seal for enhanced gas retention and low moisture vapor transmission, and an outer silicone seal for proven structural strength and superior durability, TriSeal is trusted the world over for the most demanding commercial glass applications. 

ADVERTISEMENT San Francisco’s Union Square is known for the largest collection of department stores, upscale boutiques, hotels and fine dining. Adding to this famed hub is the Central Subway – Union Square Market Street Station featuring a 2-hour fire rated floor system by SAFTI FIRST®.

The new design features a glass floor on the surface of Union Square that would also act as a light well. In order to comply with fire rated code requirements, the transparent floor needed to meet a 2-hour fire resistive rating.

The GPX® FireFloor System is a complete fire resistive glass and framing assembly that meets ASTM E-119/UL 263 up to 2 hours. It has the largest tested individual glass panel sizes and features a top loaded design for easy installation. Proudly USA-made and listed by UL and Intertek.

ADVERTISEMENT San Francisco’s Union Square is known for the largest collection of department stores, upscale boutiques, hotels and fine dining. Adding to this famed hub is the Central Subway – Union Square Market Street Station featuring a 2-hour fire rated floor system by SAFTI FIRST®.

The new design features a glass floor on the surface of Union Square that would also act as a light well. In order to comply with fire rated code requirements, the transparent floor needed to meet a 2-hour fire resistive rating.

The GPX® FireFloor System is a complete fire resistive glass and framing assembly that meets ASTM E-119/UL 263 up to 2 hours. It has the largest tested individual glass panel sizes and features a top loaded design for easy installation. Proudly USA-made and listed by UL and Intertek.

ADVERTISEMENT San Francisco’s Union Square is known for the largest collection of department stores, upscale boutiques, hotels and fine dining. Adding to this famed hub is the Central Subway – Union Square Market Street Station featuring a 2-hour fire rated floor system by SAFTI FIRST®.

The new design features a glass floor on the surface of Union Square that would also act as a light well. In order to comply with fire rated code requirements, the transparent floor needed to meet a 2-hour fire resistive rating.

The GPX® FireFloor System is a complete fire resistive glass and framing assembly that meets ASTM E-119/UL 263 up to 2 hours. It has the largest tested individual glass panel sizes and features a top loaded design for easy installation. Proudly USA-made and listed by UL and Intertek.

ADVERTISEMENT The kSA Inline Glass Breakage Detection System is a vision-based metrology system that determines Go/No-Go (Pass/Fail) conditions for every glass lite and panel it inspects inline during processing.

The system compares glass lites against user-defined parameters and tolerances in a master specification reference to identify defects such as cracks, chips, scratches, digs, and pinholes.

• The custom frame enclosure houses a linescan camera, LED lights, and photoeyes.
• The camera vision system captures images of the panels as they pass by the instrument on a conveyor.
• LED lights illuminate the panels to help distinguish between defects and minor irregularities.
• Photoeyes detect the leading and trailing edges of the panels to trigger the system to start and stop data collection.
• High-resolution encoders trigger spatially-resolved linescans as the panel moves under the LED lighting, generating an image of the panel for processing and defect detection.
• The CPU provides image processing and data storage capabilities.