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When it comes to glass fabrication, look to the experts at Cat-i Glass Manufacturing. With their engineering and management group having an excess of twenty-five years of glass experience, you can count on them for all your coated glass needs. Providing high-quality, precision products at affordable prices and always giving superior service, call Cat-i Glass today!
Founded in 1950, S & S Optical Company is a leader in coated glass and other products. Their engineers are skilled in making various parts for optical, industrial, aerospace and military, marine and more applications. Supplying diverse manufacturers across the country and globe, S & S Optical is a company you can rely on for high quality products and exceptional customer service.
For over forty years, Pegasus Glass has been providing quality coated glass and other parts for a wide variety of industries around the world. There zero-waste project is constantly recycling and re-using parts so your costs can be lowered, less space is taken up in landfills and the environment can remain a little greener. For a company that cares about customers and the planet, call Pegasus.
By providing three generations of experience in glass cutting Precision Glass Bending supplies quality coated glass on schedule at competitive prices. Our bent glass is nearly as affordable as flat glass, even when tempered. We have eliminated all the old limitations of glass cutting with new patented methods. We were voted "favorite bent glass supplier" in 2001 by the US Glass Magazine.
Glastron / Tech Glass has the coated glass resources to fulfill your needs quickly. We offer the same high quality products and services to individuals & small businesses as we do to major distributors. We offer prompt & efficient service for the best in commercial, electronic, medical & laboratory glassware. Call today to find out how you can benefit & save by purchasing direct from us!
Glas Werk is a superior glass fabricator. We specialize in manufacturing custom and scientific glassware products and custom quartzware for a variety of applications. Our offerings include: furnace tubes, wafer boats, pedestals and bell jars. We are dedicated to providing personalized customer service.
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Industry Information
Coated Glass
Glass is a sensitive material and is susceptible to damage and breakage. Different coatings can reduce brittleness, increase strength, increase or decrease the reflectivity, protect against electromagnetic radiation, increase water roll-off and change the color either for safety glass or decorative purposes. Glass coatings can be metal, plastic, paint or various chemicals and can achieve numerous purposes. Before coating glass with a material, there are characteristics of the material to be considered. Coatings must be compatible with the properties of the type of glass to which they are being applied and not likely to corrode or destruct over time. The coatings must be applied in uniform thickness to preserve the visibility and smooth finish of the glass. The operations for glass fabricators must be safe and environmentally friendly, and the process must be able to produce safety glass quickly and efficiently.
Glass materials are relatively strong with good electrical and thermal insulation and corrosion resistant properties. However, these properties can be strengthened by the addition of extra materials such as coatings. Different types of coatings include safety coatings such as laminate, anti-reflective coatings or silver/metal coatings, or screen and decorative coatings. The main glass coating processes used today are plasma vapor deposition (PVD), magnetron sputtering and chemical vapor deposition. In PVD, ions formed in gas plasma are accelerated onto the glass, causing the coating material to be ejected and deposited onto the glass. Combining various chemicals and materials together make coatings that selectively absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light. The process of plasma vapor deposition forms anti or high reflective glass coatings which are used on thinly coated objects such as semiconductor wafers. Magnetron sputtering is the most common form of glass coating and is also used for thin-film deposition. It uses a vacuum to produce multi-layer coatings that may be applied in any direction. Finally, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) uses a gas mixture and heated glass. A chemical reaction happens on the surface, which causes a coating to form and bond to the glass.
