Can glass be both complexly curved and fully tempered?
Until now, this combination was not achievable due to mechanical constraints of conventional tempering and bending furnaces currently available on the market. Contemporary architecture increasingly demands freeform, multidirectional glass geometries, shapes that, until recently, were only possible through gravity bending. While effective, slumping methods requires a bespoke mould for each different geometry and only allows annealed glass, significantly limiting its use, particularly in structural or safety-critical applications.
sedak now introduces a ground-breaking, in-house-developed bending technology that overcomes these limitations. This innovative process enables the production of multi-curved glass that can be either heat-strengthened or fully tempered, blending complex shapes with high mechanical performance. A true game changer for architectural design and engineering.
In this presentation, sedak will review established glass bending methods, including gravity bending, machine bending, and lamination bending, outlining their benefits and limitations. The new technology will then be introduced, showing how it resolves key challenges of conventional techniques.
