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How can you differentiate between Annealed Glass and Safety Glass?

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Getting home interiors done is one of the tedious tasks. Especially when you want your home to look simple but elegant. I hired an interior designer who is helping me design my home in the simple and the best way possible. However, i am very particular about the safety aspect. We live with our parents, in-laws, brother’s family and kids. We wanted to have the designs elegant, simple and safe. As a consumer i always had a question whether i should believe my interior designing vendor of the Safety Glass. How can i check and verify about the usage of safety glass? What are the parameters that i should look for to check safety glass? Here are a few tit-bits that can probably help: There are 2 types of safety glasses. 1.     Toughened or Tempered which is strong and normally does not break but if it does break in extreme case, it will disintegrate into numerous small particles. These glasses are always marked with a non removable identification label. To identify, you may

Why Usage of Safety Glass should be mandated by the Government in India?

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History of glass dates back to 3000 years BC. Manufacturing of glass has been evolving over the time. Industrial era saw the most magnificent change in the glass making and glass processing industry. The invention of mesh glass, laminated glass and toughened glass were few major contributions from this era. Till two decades back, the usage of glass was limited to industries and commercial segment. Especially in constructing of sound proof, bullet proof glass etc., The residential sector had limited usage of glass for windows, door partitions etc., Annealed Glass was more prominent in the residential segment. However with the increased production and awareness about the existence of Safety Glass, now we see an increase in its usage in the domestic segment. Usage of Safety Glass for interiors gained traction in the last one decade. Consumers have started considering glass interiors to display their elegance and comfort. In the last five years there has been extens