Spontaneous fracture of toughened glass can be a dramatic event, involving a loud bang and a shower of small fragments. This can be particularly disturbing when the glass is used for the roofs of buildings such as shopping malls. There is a process which can detect potentially dangerous panels and eliminate them. Carbolite has built an oven for this purpose.
Origin
Carbolite, Uk
Journal Title
Glass 73 4 1996 156
Sector
Flat glass
Class
F 570