Breaking A Sheet Of Tempered Glass

Most of the time spontaneous glass breakage is the result of improper annealing of the glass by the manufacturer or thermal shock of the glass during normal usage.

Breaking a sheet of tempered glass. Here we break a large sheet of tempered glass to see the amazingly fast crack propagation followed by the crashing down of the shattered glass. Any non tempered glass will normally break as a single crack or multiple cracks which develop or propagate from origin either spontaneously or gently. Spread a 10 foot length of industrial paper. The glass breakage is shown full speed half speed.

Dress in a long sleeved shirt long pants and. Pull a glass out of the oven or dishwasher when it is hot and place ice water into the glass and it may break due to thermal shock. Breaking tempered glass at work. How to safely break a sheet of tempered glass step 1.

Thick industrial paper is used to catch the broken tempered glass. The small pieces are not very sharp and safer to deal with than the next type. Tempered glass is used where there is a likelihood of human contact and as such is made to shatter into small pieces when broken. These breaks tend to be linear and not circular.