Glazed Bullet Protection Systems

Glazed Bullet Protection Systems

What is Bulletproof Glass? Better known as; bullet resistant glass, bullet resistant glass is actually one of several types of bullet-resistant thermoplastic, sometimes laminated in layers that include traditional tempered glass. It is a little known fact that in most cases there is no actual “glass” involved.Bullet resistant glass is usually constructed using polycarbonate, thermoplastic, and laminated glass. The aim is to make sandwiched layers of different materials have the appearance of standard glass.

Polycarbonate
  • Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic polymer.
  • Polymers are large molecules composed ofrepeating structural units in long chains.
  • Thermoplastic polymers are a type of polymer than liquefy when heated and harden when cooled, a process that is completely reversible and may be repeated.
  • Polycarbonate has an ideal application in bulletproof glass, in that it has a very high strength, and is also optically transparent.
  • Polycarbonate is often used as the “soft” material in bulletproof glass because it can flex back while holding shards of broken glass in place.