Today’s construction glass has almost unlimited possibilities, including safety of people and assets. It can be both barrier to fire and resistant to impact load, that is, protect against burglary. More and more frequently, we find it combine a number of functions. The POLFLAM fire-resistant glass sealed to a glass sheet of an increased safety class (P) is an example of such a multi-function product.
Fire-resistant glass is an extremely specialised product which requires both technological knowledge and high investment in research and in the certification proces. For years, it has been associated with global brands or sector tycoons. A new brand in the market, the glass of unique parameters or proprietary technology – all this was quite a surprise. POLFLAM makes its way onto European markets – says Paweł Dziedziak, Export Sales Director at POLFLAM.
The large-format fire-resistant glass has become POLFLAM’s hallmark. Further solutions with POLFLAM® large-size glass are regularly subjected to testing in European certified testing institutions.
In October, the symmetric POLFLAM® glass of the EI 30 class, the dimensions 5900 x 3100 mm and the weight 1450 kg was tested in the renowned ift institute in Rosenheim.
Even larger glazed partitions to provide maximum daylight inside the building – this is the dominating trend in modern architecture today. Large fire-resistant glass panels are, however, a technology challenge for manufacturers, nearly as big as the required fire-resistance rating.
POLFLAM has broken down another technology barrier by introducing POLFLAM® EI 60, the symmetrical fire-resistant glass in a record-breaking format: 2420 x 4620 mm!
Fire protection regulations are very strict all over the world. A building’s design must provide for limited spread of fire and smoke inside the building. What response can modern architecture expect where open space, glass facades and light-weight glass walls are predominant? Read More
The first batches of POLFLAM® fire-resistant glass were produced in 2005. Today, more than ten years later, the then mounted POLFLAM glass is the company’s best reference, as it has successfully passed the most reliable of all tests – the test in use. Read More
POLFLAM’s technology for production of fire-resistant glass has, in no time, won the company a considerable market share in Poland. The company’s target for growth is to expand onto foreign markets. New markets mean a swiftly growing order portfolio, therefore, the necessity of opening another production line. The new line has been installed in the recently built production facility, the investment having long been a must.
Fire-resistance parameters are nothing but the beginning. Today, fire-resistant glass is expected to have more performance properties, which are reached through adding some functional glass panels to the single unit. Calculation of the parameters for POLFLAM® glass in various configurations is now available from the Guardian® Configurator. Read More
Curtain walls made of fire-resistant glass have taken contemporary architecture to a whole new level. They opened the space giving it more natural light in places where opaque curtain walls had formerly been used. Nevertheless, the requirements are growing. Today, the greatest importance is attached to the transparency of glazing, both indoor and outdoor.
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