Color-Neutral, Anti-Reflective Glass

Pilkington OptiViewTM — All the traditional benefits of laminated glass...And So Much More!

Another great product from Pilkington North America — Available at Tower Insulating Glass

Pilkington OptiView™ is a laminated glass with low reflectance coatings on surfaces #1 and #4 (both outer surfaces of the laminated glass), which reduces interior and exterior visible light reflectance to under 2%. As a consequence, views from both inside and out are clear, un-obscured and virtually reflection-free.

Pilkington OptiView™ offers all the traditional benefits of laminated glass, such as improved safety, enhanced security, durability, acoustic properties, and solar energy

control. It also offers durability, design flexibility, easy installation and low visual distortion. Furthermore, it provides protection from UV radiation (UVA and UVB) by blocking over 99% of UV transmittance, helping to reduce fading of the contents and interiors of

a building.

A single lite of Pilkington OptiView™ can be used in a monolithic glass with the low reflectance coating on one surface, which reduces visible light reflectance and allows more visible light to pass through, when compared to clear float glass with 8% light reflectance as standard.

Outstanding Features - Overview

• Exterior and interior light reflection reduced to less than 2%

• Light transmittance greater than 90%

• High clarity, neutral color

• UV transmittance reduced by over 99%

• Highly durable, on-line pyrolytic coating

• Safety & security protection

• Superior acoustic performance

• Solar energy control

• Design flexibility

• Easy installation

• Low visual distortion

SAFETY & SECURITY

• It's a laminated safety glass that performs under impact. Ordinary glass shatters into large pieces when impacted, while the laminated lites of Pilkington OptiView™ resist penetration and are shatterresistant. Even though the glass may break, the glass

• fragments will remain firmly bonded to the interlayer, minimizing the risk of injury.

  
  

• It can help protect against break-ins and theft. Standard glass can be easily broken, allowing burglars easy access. The interlayers provide a safeguard against intrusion by remaining intact even when glass is broken.

  
  

• It can be bulletproof and even protect against bomb blasts by using certain glazing combinations.

  
  

• It can be used in place of metal bars in applications such as banks, prisons and convenient stores requiring high security.

AUDIO PERFORMANCE

• It provides an excellent barrier to noise. The laminated lites provide insulation against

audio disturbances by dampening the sound.

SOLAR ENERGY CONTROL

• Reduces solar heat gain and heat transfer when compared to ordinary clear glass.

UV CONTROL

• Its anti-reflective properties allow it to absorb UV wavelengths and reduce damage and fading caused by UV radiation.

THERMAL PERFORMANCE

• The coating contains emissivity properties that provide a U-factor comparable to that of a laminated insulated glass unit with our thermal performance low-e, Pilkington Energy Advantage™.

DURABILITY

• Its durable and maintains its strength, and is easy to clean like ordinary glass.

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY

• It can be bent, tempered, heat-strengthened, painted for spandrel, and a ceramic frit can be applied.

• Custom designs, images, logos, text, patterns, or tinted interlayers can be laminated into the lites to create a truly personalized application. The design can be easily cleaned and free of fingerprints and other abrasions.

EASY INSTALLATION

• It is easily installed. Most laminated combinations can be easily cut to size and fabricated.

NO VISIBLE DISTORTION

Distortion can occur with heat-strengthened and tempered glass, known as roller wave distortion. Pilkington OptiView™ provides crisp clean views, free of distortion.

SEVERE WEATHER & NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION

• Extra protection should be taken in areas where severe weather is expected, such as severe storms, high winds, hurricanes or cyclones. Air born debris can easily shatter windows, causing interior damage and personal injury.

• Combinations of laminated Pilkington OptiView™ can be designed to withstand impact to prevent devastating damage. It can even prevent damage caused from glass breakage during earthquakes. Laminated glass can keep the glass intact and in its frame.

Applications

Display Cases

Showrooms

Restaurants

Retail Stores

Atriums

Condos & Apartment Buildings

Window Displays

Office Buildings

Sports Stadiums

With its large size capability and ability to be processed like ordinary glass, Pilkington OptiView™ is ideal for a wide range of traditional and new anti-reflective applications in which clarity of view is of paramount importance.

Common applications include: Display cases l Retail shop fronts l Showrooms l Panoramic restaurants l High rise condominiums or apartments l Glass atriums l Sports stadiums

Pilkington OptiView™ can be used to enhance any view, either looking inwards or outwards. At night, occupants in high rise condominiums or apartments can enjoy spectacular views from their residence, reducing reflected images in the glass as seen with standard glass.

Adding to its unique properties, it is available in larger sizes and achieves a more neutral color than any other anti-reflective glass, providing architects with greater freedom to innovate than before. It is easily fabricated due to the durable coating, and when incorporated into insulating glass units, it can be combined with other products from the Pilkington range to provide additional benefits such as solar control or thermal insulation.

Specifications

Available Laminated Glass Thicknesses

• 1/4” (6mm) Based on 3mm (1/8”)

+ clear pvb + 3mm (1/8”)

• 5/16” (8mm) Based on 4mm (5/32”)

+ clear pvb + 4mm (5/32”)

• 1/2” (12mm) Based on 6mm (1/4”)

+ clear pvb + 6mm (1/4”)

Available Stock Sizes

• 96” x 130”

• 102” x 130”

• 130” x 180”

• 130” x 204”

Contact Us for Questions or a Free Quote

Call (516) 887-3300, or email sales@Towerigllc.com

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