Pilkington Optilam™ is the brand name for our laminated glass range. Pilkington Optilam™ is ideal for providing both impact resistance and security since it may break on impact but the glass is held in place thus preventing injury or intrusion.

Pilkington Optilam™ is produced by combining two or more sheets of glass with one or more plastic interlayers. The performance of Pilkington Optilam™ can therefore be varied by changing the number and thickness of each of the glass panes and the polyvinylbutyral (PVB) interlayers to give the specifier a wide choice of products depending on application, whether it be for safety or security, noise control, solar control, UV screening, bullet and blast resistance or privacy and decoration.

Pilkington Optilam™ can be supplied with an ionomer interlayer (e.g. SGP) instead of PVB for increased loadbearing capability and improved post-breakage behaviour.

Protection from Accidents

Range of laminated glass which reduces the risk of injury by accidental human impact

Remains in place, even when broken

6.4 mm is the most widely used thickness for protecting people against risk of accidental injury giving Class 2 performance to EN 12600

Main applications include building entrances, internal and external doors, partitions and barriers, overhead glazing, swimming pools and bathing areas, shop display windows and windows glazed in low level safety critical locations. In these applications Pilkington Optilam™ will continue to resist penetration even when broken and provide some security protection in addition to safe breaking characteristics

Can be combined with other products from the Pilkington product range in an Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) e.g. combine with a Pilkington Toughened Glass outer pane to provide excellent overhead glazing protection

Available incorporating Pilkington Optifloat™ Tint and Pilkington Suncool™ to provide impact safety combined with solar control properties

Available incorporating the range of Pilkington low-emissivity glass coatings such as Pilkington Optitherm™ and Pilkington K Glass™ as a pane of an IGU to enhance thermal insulation whilst providing impact safety

Protection from Vandalism and Burglary

Laminate resists penetration – glass may break but interlayer retains overall integrity and continues to act as a barrier

Protects against break-ins by preventing or slowing down burglary attempts

Protects against vandalism and brief attacks using easily available objects

Withstands repeated blows from heavy objects such as bricks, hammers, crowbars and similar hand held heavy objects

Depending on the extent of the attack the product remains integral and protects the premises adequately and limits penetration whilst awaiting replacement, offering:

protection from secondary looting

damage from the wind and weather

relative safety even while broken, reducing personal injury

often no need for 'boarding up'

Typical applications include buildings or shops displaying valuable goods, banks, building societies, post offices, security glazing in hospitals and prisons, museum display cases etc

Available in 6.8 to 19.5 mm standard thicknesses

The correct grade and thickness specified for the application depends on the value of goods on display, degree of risk, estimated time needed by thieves to break in and enter

Conforms to EN 12600 Class 1

Provides a high degree of UV protection

Range of products meeting EN 356, the specification for anti-bandit glazing

The light spill at night from glass shopfront windows acts as an additional deterrent to the burglar - compare the effect with solid shutters which highlights to the burglar that the shop is empty

Retailers claim that a lot of shoppers make purchasing decisions when browsing during out of shop hours - using solid shutters prevents this

Pilkington Toughened Glass is up to five times stronger than ordinary glass of the same thickness. Because of its increased strength, Pilkington Toughened Glass allows architects and builders far greater scope in their use of glass in buildings. It meets worldwide safety standards for glass subjected to accidental human impact at the highest level of severity. Wherever the benefits of ordinary glass need to be combined with extra strength, safety or resistance to temperature differentials, Pilkington Toughened Glass can offer a complete and proven solution.

Pilkington Toughened Glass (THS) is the heat soaked form of Pilkington Toughened Glass for those applications where a reduction in spontaneous fracture is advantageous, such as structural applications, barriers and roof glazing. In this case Pilkington Toughened Glass (THS) should be specified along with the other product benefits required.

Pilkington Toughened Glass is manufactured by subjecting final size, edgeworked panes of glass to a heating and cooling treatment whereby high compressive stresses are set up at the surfaces with balancing tensile stresses in the centre. The high compressive surface stresses give Pilkington Toughened Glass its increased strength.

Offers a complete and proven solution for impact safety and strength:

Based on over 60 years of worldwide manufacturing experience

Up to 5 times stronger than ordinary glass of the same thickness

Achieves Class 1 (C) when tested to BS EN 12600 for pendulum body impact resistance and meets the requirements of many worldwide safety standards

Because of its increased strength, Pilkington Toughened Glass allows architects and builders far greater scope in their use of glass in buildings.

Pilkington Toughened Glass (THS) is heat soaked for extra confidence in use

Ideal for use in countless applications, from windows to barriers, interior design, curtain walling etc

When broken, Pilkington Toughened Glass shatters into small, blunt-edged fragments which reduce the risk of personal injury

Pilkington Solar Control Glass should be used in toughened form or heat strengthened to ensure they do not suffer from thermal stress breakage by exposure to solar radiation

A wide range of design options is available as almost all the products in the Pilkington Range can be supplied in toughened form.