Date: 8 January 2015
The tutorial covers other variables that can factor into glass’s ability to resist cracks from thermal stress, including glass type, coating type, the surface location of the coating, outdoor and indoor shading patterns, heating vent location and framing systems.
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PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) new video in the PPG Glass Education Center is about specifying glass to prevent thermal stress breakage. Click here to visit the online education center. Visit www.ppgideascapes.com or call 1-888-PPG-IDEA (774-4332) for more information.
Viewers also are directed to a free analysis tool at www.ppgideascapes.com that generates a calculation to help assess the risk of thermal stress for individual glass units according to their specified dimensions, coatings, location and related characteristics.
The PPG Glass Education Center is a growing library of glass technical information that serves as an objective, user-focused online resource for glass and building industry professionals. Content is updated regularly based on the most frequently asked questions PPG fields on its website, during sales calls and through its call center. The website currently hosts 12 videos, eight infographics and three slideshows.
To learn more about preventing thermal breakage and other glass-related topics, log on to www.educationcenter.ppg.com. For more information about PPG’s full collection of architectural glass products approved by the CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED(CM) program, visit www.ppgideascapes.com or call 1-888-PPG-IDEA (774-4332).
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