Pilkington Plateau™

Overview

Pilkington Plateau™ uses specially manufactured Pilkington Optifloat™ to achieve the higher quality surface and thickness standards demanded by the acrylic casting industry.

It can be purchased in a range of different finishes to provide a variety of cast acrylic sheet surface finishes.

Benefits

• Supplier of high quality glass to the Acrylic casting market for 60 years
• High quality base float glass – special toleranced float glass manufactured especially for Pilkington Architectural. This gives a special flatness to the glass which makes this ideal for use glass for Acrylic Casting.
• Thickness tolerance of the glass is maintained at a high level along with the wedge of the glass to provide a high tolerance glass mould.
• High strength glass ( toughened ) ensuring improved safety during use and also increased longevity of the mould
• Specially designed manufacturing system to ensure the best quality during production
• Quality control of each sheet of glass for the mould and specially inspected for surface defects and also plate shape.
• Automatic shape measuring machine allowing for the pairing of similar glasses to ensure high quality and tolerance acrylic sheets being manufactured
• Paring data supplied as well as plate data should the need arise to re-pair damaged glasses.
• Pilkington Plateau™ use experienced personnel on  a specially designed manufacturing and measuring line in order to supply high quality glass moulds for the cast acrylic market
• Glasses are Clear Toughened and annealed supplied from a high surface quality, high toleranced glass. Pilkington Plateau™ also comes along with the variety of etching the surface to a Satin or Silk finish to provide the caster with alternative surface finishes. 6 mm patterned glasses are also available as alternatives ( subject to availability)
• Edge finish has been developed as a C profile in order to ensure longevity of the glasses during manufacture and reduce damage to the glass edges.
• All glasses are packed in export cases with paper interleaving and wrapped in plastic to protect the valuable casting surfaces.