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Lynn Javoroski
New member Username: Lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 8 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 12:40 pm: | |
About 5 years ago, a company was touting a "new and improved" anti-reflective glass. The ads showed a volkswagon viewed through regular glass and the new product. Anybody know the company? Anybody have good information about anti-reflective coated vs. non-coated? Anti-reflective vs. non-glare? The application is a glass panel over a slanted computer monitor in a security desk. Thanks! |
Tracy Van Niel
New member Username: Tracy_van_niel
Post Number: 10 Registered: 04-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 02:25 pm: | |
Lynn: You're thinking of Schott Corp. "Amiran" glass. Colin has a link to Schott's website under the glass category in Division 8.
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Ken McCain Unregistered guest
| Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 01:01 pm: | |
Amiran is the stuff and the Schott Corp. is the only one who has it. I have looked into this glass before for a project on the water where a client did not want any glare. It priced out much too high for his budget, though, so be aware that it is costly glass. Heat Mirror, by Southwall Technologies has also been talked about in use in automobile windshields and side glass, televisions, and CRT's as anti-reflective. I have not seen much if anything emerge recently, though. Ken Fenestra America |
William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS
New member Username: Wpegues
Post Number: 45 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 07:59 pm: | |
This is not entirely correct, Schott's Amiran is only one product, and though it is a great product, it does not have as many high profile installations as the other manufacturer. That is McGrory glass, and they too have a link here in the glass section of 4Specs. Their web site is... http://www.mcgrory-glass.com/ The product is Luxor by Glas Trösch. McGrory is the US distributer for Luxor. Note also that Schott is also not a US Company, they distribute drectly here, but Amiran is fabricated in Europe. I think that lately, McGrory has some of the more high-profile installations. In NYC, Times Square, the big Toys-R-Us is McGrory, which is not just a storefornt but a very nice architectural design worth looking at in its own right. McGrory is also the principal supplier to the Smithsonian for glass. Also, for both of the manufacturer's, the glass can be insulated or monlithic, and it can be low-E coated. The low-E coating does add some reflectivity to the glass, but very very little. It still tends to look like it is simply not there at all. I have a couple projects in the DC area where I am using it for the building lobby main entrance for for retail entrances and windows (typically used for displays). I consider both Luxor and Amiran equivalent products. William |
William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS
New member Username: Wpegues
Post Number: 48 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 11:04 pm: | |
By the way, on Christmas Eve, NBC News had a short piece about retail shopping on the last day. One of the major features was the Toys-R-Us at Times Square. This is not just some glass storefront for display windows. This is a major architectural use of the curtainwall. If I am not mistaken, it is also using one of the Pilkington systems with the Luxor glass, and I think that the facade area is maybe over 40 feet in height. I know that the interior area has a ferris wheel in it that is itself over 60 feet in height with a good amount of clear area above the top to the ceiling, but not sure the glass facade covers all that height or not. Even with all the bright lights of the Times Square area and at night, you can see right into the store with no reflections or glare regardless of the angles. *** Oh, I should also note that where both Shott and McGrory will send you nice samples (I have samples from both) - Shott has a small display box that they will send to Architects that is like a shadow box and the glass in the front has one half of the opening in standard 'clear' glass, the other half in their anti-reflective product. Actually, you will be always wiping the anti-reflective side clean because people keep poking it to see if it really has glass in it. I keep mine set in a location that gives a very bad glare on the glass which makes the anti-reflective side look like it has no glass in it at all (excpet for the finger prints that keep appearing!) William |
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