ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR BUSINESS OR HOME?
With Bullet Resistant Glass you can add a layer of safety and solace to your life. The glass is able to provide many solutions for bullet, blast, impact and forced entry giving the business of homeowner a sense of security.
The word glass in bulletproof is a term and the actual material that is used is made from a polycarbonate layer, an acrylic layer, or a glass clad polycarbonate glaze with a bullet resistant material. Most of these options can be customized to meet your interior and exterior design specifications. Most of the applications can be installed in doors, windows, and transaction windows to name a few.
With a UL protection in levels 1-8, you as the customer, are sure to find a level of protection that suits your needs. With the most common glass being a solid piece of plastic ranging in size from 1 ¼” to 1 3/8”. The plastic can be drilled, cut and made to fit any mounting hardware your set up might require.
Many schools are upgrading their buildings with bullet resistant glass. Specifications and more detail are shown on the graphs below. With understanding how bullet resistant glass works, it needs to be tested.
The glass is test with ballistics to ensure that the product is made correctly and the specifications needed to ensure safety. With the bullet resistance glass that A Cutting Edge Glass you can have a piece of mind knowing that the glass we provide is able to resist attacks from various weapons.
(1) Indicates UL certification and permanent UL logo.
(2) Maximum size is limited by the listed weight.
(3) GP-glass-clad polycarbonate with exposed polycarbonate; AGL-all-glass laminate.
Bullet Resistant, ArmorResist® Test Standards
(1) Maximum velocity is 110 % of the minimum velocity.
(2) AP–Armor Piercing; FMJ–Full Metal Jacketed; JSP–Jacketed Soft Point; LRHV–Long Rifle High Velocity;RN–Round Nose; SWC–Semi-Wadcutter.
(3) These items must be specified by the user.
Bullet Resistant Glass is a leading glass for security it ranges in many different make ups to with stand multiple different ammunition. Bullet resistant glass is made up in layers with make ups such as lamination, polycarbonate and glass. This ranges from ¾” thick to with stand a 9mm Full metal Copper Jacket with Lead core all the way up to 2 3/8” to stop a 7.62mm Rifle lead core full metal copper jacket, Military Ball (.308 Caliber)
You might see the difference in Caliber with the makeup material that is available.
Most common areas for Bullet Resistant Glass would be in High Security areas such as Banks, Pharmacy, Military Bases, Etc.
This glass is special order and can take up to three weeks to fabricate.
