You may have seen the news about someone who was trapped in their vehicle after an accident because the car was equipped with laminated side windows. Laminated windows are almost impossible to break with ordinary glass breaking tools. Sadly, These regular glass breaking tools don't work with laminated side windows. Even professionals have difficulty breaking through laminated glass windows with special tools. As a comparison, Tempered glass will break in just a matter of seconds. The following is information about choosing tempered glass or laminated glass that Otodiva.com has quoted from Glass.com. Yuk, take a look!
Know Your Car Glass
Identifying whether your car has laminated side windows is generally quite simple. Anda hanya perlu menemukan “bug” yang berupa perangko kecil, usually in the bottom corner of the glass. The stamp is affixed permanently and includes relevant information about the glass such as the manufacturer, code that describes the glass, dan kata “laminasi” atau “tempered”. Another easy way to identify, namely whether the glass is laminated or tempered. Simply lower your car window halfway and check the top edge of the glass. Laminated glass is a sandwich of two pieces of glass with an interlayer in the middle, and this layering can usually be observed along the edges. Vice versa, the coating will not be visible along the edges of the tempered glass. It will appear as one section only.
Benefits of Laminated Side Window Glass
Laminated glass actually has a number of advantages that tempered glass does not offer. First, Laminated glass provides a quieter vehicle cabin. The polyvinyl interlayer acts as insulation from external sounds. There is even a type of polyvinyl called acoustic interlayer that is designed specifically for noise dampening purposes. The addition of this interlayer can help reduce road noise, engine noise, traffic noise, and wind noise that makes the trip more enjoyable.
Benefits of Tempered Side Window Glass
Tempered glass is actually lighter and cheaper than laminated glass. The weight savings resulting from choosing tempered glass over laminated glass can help play a role in achieving fuel efficiency. As an example, save 100 pounds of weight equals an increase in fuel efficiency of about one percent. Besides that, Tempered glass is also more cost effective. Therefore, buying a vehicle with tempered glass can help you save money.
That's information about choosing tempered glass or laminated glass.
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