Safety Back Application (Pendulum Test)

Hi,

After highlighting about about safety back application for interior glass in the last edition, I would like to show you some Video about the testing done to compare the application of interior glass with safety back mirror and without.

This test is called pendulum test, and was done by AGC Flat Glass Europe, following EN 12600 standard. This standard required a standard pendulum to be dropped from the height of 1.20 m to a glass installed in a standard frame.

Watch the video here:

http://www.facebook.com/InteriorGlassForum/posts/332558416869684

For this test, AGC were using 2 sheets of Lacobel 6mm with and without the safety back application.

in the 1st scene, we could see that the standard pendulum was dropped from 1.2m height to a Lacobel 6mm glass without safety back application, and the result is the glass was breakage into pieces with sharp shards/fragments, which could caused serious injury in the real application.

in the 2nd scene, the test was done on Lacobel 6mm with safety back application, the result is the glass was breakage, however thanks to the safety backs, the shards or fragments still hold together and do not separate, this could minimize the risk of serious injury.

Hope this information was useful for you,

Let us know if you have any further inquiry

See you in the next edition