Laminated Glass

Bonded panes that hold their fragments on breakage — the standard for balustrades and overhead.

Laminated glass is two or more panes bonded to an interlayer under heat and pressure. Break it and the fragments stay stuck to that interlayer rather than falling — which is why it is the standard answer wherever glass sits overhead, at a change in level, or where anyone could fall against it.

Key characteristics

• Fragments retained by the interlayer on breakage
• Residual structural capacity after breakage in many configurations
• Attenuates sound transmission compared with monolithic glass of similar thickness
• Interlayer filters a substantial proportion of UV
• Available in multiple pane and interlayer combinations

Typical applications

• Balustrades and barrier glazing
• Overhead and canopy glazing
• Façades and curtain walling
• Security and privacy applications
• Acoustically sensitive locations