How are Your Windows Tested for Safety and Performance?
Ever wonder, when watching a cityscape through your office window, about the window making process, and how the components are tested? Window Glass is made from a concise mixture of sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone and salt cake which is then super-heated and then poured onto a bath of molten tin, where the glass floats forming a sheet. The Temp is reduced, and the sheet is lifted onto rollers. From there the glass can be cut and assembled into framed windows.
Commercial windows must pass a battery of tests by a materials testing lab such as NSL Analytical to determine their strength and reliability. Three of the most commonly required tested for commercial windows on the market: Wind pressure resistance, which can be determined through load testing; Impact resistance testing (think hurricanes or tornadoes) and water and air penetration testing.
NSL Analytical Services has physical and mechanical analysis capabilities that include these tests and more:
| Mechanical | Physical |
| · Tensile Strength · Flexural strength · Compressive Strength · Impact resistance · Crush strength · Shear Resistance · Interlaminate strength · Hardness | · Density · Specific Gravity · Water Absorbtion · Water vapor permeability · Contact Angle · Rheology · Viscosity · Melt processing characteristics · Melting point · Cloud point · Pour point · Oil absorption of pigments |
If your firm manufactures polymer and composite materials, or any other product and needs materials testing, chances are, NSL Analytical Services has the tests for that. Contact NSL Analytical Services or call (877) 560-3943 today for more information. NSL Analytical Services is the materials testing lab you can trust for accuracy, reliability, precision and turnaround.