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LAMINATED GLASS

Pilkington

SAFETY FIRST FOR

ARCHITECTURE,

BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION

AND INTERIOR

PILKINGTON OPTILAM™
DESIGN Optilam™ is Pilkington’s range of laminated
glass to meet the multiple safety requirements
of consumers. In fact, in the fields of architec-
ture, building construction and interior design,
safety is a very important factor to consider, not
only in the design of spaces and in the choice
In today’s world of ‘bigger, better, more of products, but also with regards to security
against vandalism or break-in attempts.
technological and environmentally-protective, The Pilkington Optilam™ glass range is able to
fulfil both safety and security demands, while
architects, builders and designers are maintaining the fundamental characteristic of
transparency and several other extraordinary
continuously looking for materials to respect material properties of glass.
WHAT IS PILKINGTON OPTILAM™?
and satisfy these requirements. In this article, It is a range of laminated safety and security

glass, able to withstand accidental impacts,
Pilkington gives us an overview of its laminated vandalism attempts and firearms. This type of
product consists of two or more panes of glass
glass range that responds to these multiple bonded together with one or more sheets of
flexible PVB (polyvinylbutyral) interlayer.
requests. PVB is a plastic material which, in the event
of breakage, retains the glass fragments and
any splinters, preventing them from becoming
dangerous. Another well-known application of
laminated safety glass is for car windshields.

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