Float Glass
IRD Glass is a leading supplier of float glass components for the biotechnology, microelectronics, photovoltaic, security, law enforcement, chemical, commercial, and construction industries. We are an official distributor of Schott Borofloat, allowing us to serve your Borofloat needs both quickly and efficiently. For teams comparing float glass manufacturers, the value is not only access to material. It is also having a partner who can prepare components for how they must perform in the final system.
Properties
Float glass is highly resistant to water, strong acids, alkalis, impact, and heat, making it an ideal choice for application in numerous industries. Float glass may be tinted to provide aesthetic characteristics as well as enhanced heat and light transmission, insulation, or ultraviolet transmission. When light transmittance is important, optical coating may be applied during manufacture. Clear float glass can be useful when a design needs strong optical transmission without adding unnecessary color to the light path. We can help match your glass choice to the operating environment and coating requirements.
Float Glass Applications
Float glass is used for pyrolytic self-cleaning ovens, over plates for high-power floodlights, bulletproof glass, sight glasses for reaction vessels and fittings, precision optical components, optoelectronics, photonics and analytical equipment. In those uses, float glass manufacturing considerations often come down to how the component handles exposure and repeated service conditions. Engineers may also need to account for inspection requirements before the part moves into production.
Float Glass Materials
IRD Glass offers float glass created with a number of materials, including BOROFLOAT® 33 manufactured by SCHOTT Technical Glass Solutions GmbH. This clear and transparent colorless glass provides excellent transmission and very weak fluorescence intensities over the entire light spectrum. Measurements are hardly influenced by the glass receptacle because the exposure to water and acids results only in the leaching out of small amounts of ions from the glass.