
	Float glass is an industrial product and is manufactured fully automatic on huge production lines (approximately 1.2 km long) at a melting temperature of approximately 1,600°C. Similar to the blast-furnace of the steel producers a glass melting plant is designed to continuously manufacture for 10-11 years. During this time tons of float glass plates are rolling off a conveyor without interruption, day by day and around the clock. They are commissioned, packaged und dispatched by lorry, rail or ship to the glass refinement industry. Here the cutting und work on the edges takes place. For the tables with bevelled glass there is a special procedure for the ready plates in which they are reheated up to approximately 800°C until it is possible to bend them over special moulds. They then have to slowly cool down to retain the required shape. These glass plates, manufactured with great technical effort, have therefore certain characteristics, which clearly deviate from normal float glass plates. The special features of these glass plates, especially in the curved areas, are: ripples, rainbow-coloured mirror reflexes, spot indentations, small bubbles or inclusions and fine lines. Slight irregularities can also be seen at the edges. The dimensional accuracy of height and width and the angles of the side walls are also influenced by the bending procedure. These special features are due to the manufacturing process and need to be understood and accepted as such. DRAENERT opens up for the manufacture of glass tables the endless universe of colours by a new technology. With special glass lacquers, we combine the brilliance and clarity of glass with almost every required colour shade; also mirror glass is possible. To best preserve the colourfastness of the lacquers we use for this product line, exclusively, white glass as a carrier material, a clear glass with low iron oxide content, which, when looking through, stands out due to the missing green tinge. However, a light turquoise shade is visible at the edges. The edges of normal float glass tables are dark-green. In addition, a special adhesive technology enables, in connection with the glass lacquers, a continuous vision on the glass surface without interruption by glued-on metal parts. They, therefore, stay invisible. General care instruction There is not much to be said about the care of float glass. Float glass is both a user-friendly as well as a sensitive product, resistant to virtually all normal household acids and alkalis and easy to take care of with conventional non-abrasive cleaning agents. This is valid also for lacquered surfaces. As part of our range of care products, DRAENERT offers a special cleansing foam. Dull rings on the surface of the glass mostly come from lime deposits in water and can be easily removed with a non-abrasive de-scaling agent. However, glass can be easily scratched through mechanical influences or even break as a result of mishandling. Some basic rules for using furniture with bevelled glass Bevelled glass tables can take loads equivalent to conventional tables, but should not be loaded above the normal capacity. Please never sit on bevelled glass tables. Bevelled glass tables are not toys for children. Glass must never be exposed to rapid temperature changes (e.g. hot or deep frozen items). This can result in a spontaneous fracture. Please use coasters. Care should be taken with ceramics, porcelain or diamond rings as their very sharp edges can cause light scratches. Please use coasters. Damage to edges can, after a while, lead to plate fracture with dangerous glass splinters. Tables of a set which can be pushed under each other must be moved with great care. The hard glass edges may damage the lacquer. top		Product information about floatglass Product information about security glass Product information about bevelled glass Product information about glass lacquered with colours Product information about satinated glass