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    Commercial Refrigeration

    Refrigerators and freezers are important presentation areas for products and brands, and an unrestricted review is critical.

    Low reflective coatings increase the visibility of the product, whatever the lighting conditions and heated glass can be used to address the common issue of condensation.

    Energy efficiency is a key consideration for shops and supermarkets and our low-e coatings can be used to keep the cold inside.

    Passive Cooling Active Refrigeration

    NSG TEC™

    NSG TEC™ is an electrically conductive and low-emissivity coated glass. It can be used for the glass walls of refrigerated cabinets in the refrigeration industry to promote thermal insulation of the environment to be cooled and to prevent the formation of condensation on the glass, thanks to the possibility of electrically heating it.

     NSG TEC™ can be installed in single or double glazing, flat or bent.

    Visit NSG TEC™ Range page

    Passive Cooling

    NSG TEC™ has the best thermal insulation in its category. It can be bent, screen-printed, it has low light reflection and perfect neutrality, exceptional colour rendering and remarkable abrasion resistance.

    Installed in double glazing, NSG TEC™ offers excellent thermal transmission values that limit heat dispersion and allow energy savings; it also controls condensation on the glazing.

    The glass types mainly used for this application are: NSG TEC™ 6, NSG TEC™ 10, NSG TEC™ 15.

    Active Refrigeration

    With high humidity values and large temperature differences between the external environment and the refrigerated environment (refrigerated cabinet with temperatures below 0°C), it is possible to resort to heated elements, which provide energy to the glazing in order to avoid the formation of condensation.

    In these cases, electrical contacts will be applied to the glass, which will use the conductivity of the layer to heat the glass plate. Depending on the power supply voltage envisaged by the application, the parameters (temperature, humidity, etc.) of the internal and external environments, the dimensions of the heated glazing, it is possible to choose from the wide range of NSG TEC™, the most suitable glass product that has resistivity appropriate to the application. In general, a power of about 70 to 80 W/m, distributed evenly over the glass plate, is sufficient to prevent the formation of condensation on the outer surface of the glazing and to provide a view of the contents located inside the refrigerated glass cabinet.

    The glass types mainly used for active refrigeration range from NSG TEC™ 15 to NSG TEC™ 70 and NSG TEC™ 250.

    Anti-reflective glass

    Supermarket refrigerators and freezers have become important sales and product presentation areas. Modern cooling systems with high-quality insulation glass demand energy efficiency, cost effectiveness and a pleasant customer experience.

    The anti-reflective glazing provided by the versatile Pilkington OptiView™ product range offers the perfect solution. Customers are protected from the cold, are free to browse longer and the business has reduced running costs. Pilkington OptiView™ thus makes an important all-round contribution to the economic success of the business. Anti-reflective glass can also be used in smaller displays such as counters in bakeries or butchers’ shops.

    The natural ease of cleaning glass combined with an extremely low reflectance meet the very high standards of hygiene in the food sector while still providing an unrestricted view of the products on offer, whatever the lighting conditions.

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    Spectrum Calculation Program

    Pilkington Spectrum is a Windows-based glass performance model which enables you to quickly and efficiently calculate key properties of insulating glass units without the need to construct and measure them. You can use Pilkington Spectrum to provide the following information:

    • Light and solar properties (transmittance, reflectance, absorptance, g value, etc.).
    • Centre pane Ug-value.
    • Sound insulation values.
    • Ultra violet (uv) transmittance and colour rendering index (Ra).
    • Other properties (e.g. pendulum body impact resistance, fire resistance, resistance to manual attack, etc.).