Automotive glass

For laminated glass

Please see below the instruments needed for testing laminated glass according to ECE R43

Mechanical strength

• Dropping tower
• Safety fence
• Ball 227g
• Ball 2260g
• Test piece support 300x300mm
• Freezer

Headform test

• Headform with or without deceleration
• Headform felt cover
• Test piece support 500x1100mm

Abrasion test

• Single-head abraser
• Haze meter

Light transmission

• Portable light transmission meter KVLMA
  

Optical distortion

• Projector
• Slide DOT Matrix (8mm dots) a matrix of clear dots on an opaque background to simulate oncoming headlights. 

Secondary image

• Double image test light source: it is a light source box with illuminated ring and spot.
• Laser double image collimator system LDIS-100
• Variable angle windshield support: used for optical distortion test and double image test.

Radiation & Humidity

• UV Radiation Chamber - ECE R43 par 6.1
• Resistance to simulated weathering tester
• Humidity chamber with condensation

High temperature test

• Boiling kettle
• Baking test oven: the baking test is the only quantitative test giving early warning of changes in laminate quality of laminated safety glass.

Additional instruments for laminated automotive glass testing

• PVB humidity meter
• Bend radius meter
• Temperature and humidity meter
• Thickness meter
• Precision scales
• Pummel

For heat treated glass

Please see below the instruments needed for testing heat treated glass according to ECE R43

Fragmentation test

• Punch

Mechanical strength

• Dropping tower
• Safety fence
• Ball 227g
• Ball 2260g
• Test piece support 300x300mm
• Freezer
• Non-destructive mechanical strength determination through the use of a surface stress meter GASP or JF-3E

Resistance to radiation test

• UV radiation chamber ECE R43
  

Light transmission

• Portable light transmission meter KVLMA
  

Thickness and hardness tests

• Thickness meter
• Print thickness meter for wet film
• Hardness test pencil

Other standards and instruments

Please see below other standards for automotive glass



ANSI Z26.1

• Dart ANSI Z26.1
• Shot bag 5kg ANSI Z26.1

BS 857 + DIN 52305

• Projector
• Slide 45° Zebra lines (12mm lines) used for testing angular deviation
• Slide Horizontal Zebra lines (12mm lines) to test for refractive power

Optical retardation

• Softeco polariscope
• Automatic Edge-stress meter NES-R
• VRP-100
• GASP Surface stress meter
  
• GES-100 Edge stress meter