Tempered glass is widely used as indoor sports courts for its high strength.For example paddle courts,racquetball court,ice hockey rink,the glass work as good fences preventing the high speed ball hurting people.
Why the sports courts need tempered glass?
In 2018,April, an game in Germany ice hockey league,the glass fences was broken by the high speed ice hockey,the game had to be suspended after glass was replaced.
broken tempered glass fence in Germany
Unluckily on November 4th,the tempered glass was broken again in another game.
Broken tempered glass in ick hockey games
The ice hockey is made of a black hard rubber with a thickness of 2.54 cm, a diameter of 7.62 cm, and weight between 156 -170 grams. During the game, the ice hockey puck swung by an athlete with a stick can reach a top speed of 150 kilometers per hour. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a miniature shell.
Similar as ice hockey,the racquetball is filled with inert gas. When the squash ball is hit, the gas is heated and expanded due to friction, and its flying speed can reach a speed often reaching 200 km/h, the highest record is 270 km/h. The speed is second only to the king of speed badminton, and it becomes a fast and violent sport.
racquetball sports-high speed
Tempered glass work as a barrier between the games and audiences ,it keep the ball inside the sports court,prevent severe and even fatal injury to audiences,court owners can also get rid of possible lawsuits result from injuries.
The tempered glass also keep the game uninterrupted.
How the tempered glass fence works?
Tempered glass is a kind of heat treated glass,after heating the glass to 670-710 degree temperature and a fast wind cooling process,uniform compressive stress is formed on the surface of the glass, and tensile stress is formed inside, which improves the bending and impact strength of the glass, and its strength is about 3-5 times that of float glass.
When the glass is damaged by external force, the fragments will become honeycomb-like obtuse-angled small particles, which are not easy to cause serious harm to the human body.
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International tempered glass standards,whether it’s EN12150, ANSI2208,ASTM C1048,contain impact test for tempered glass.The 45kgs weight bags or dual tyre fall from height 1200mm,impact glass directly to simulate a human body hit the glass,glass shall not break and keep high strength.
Glass impact test
The application of tempered glass in sports courts
1.Padel tennis courts
panel court -12mm tempered glass fence
Padel combines technical features such as tennis, squash, table tennis, and badminton. Padel has been popular in 78 countries, 35 of which have joined the International Padel Federation.
It is a ball game played on a fully enclosed dedicated court. The padel court is 20*10 meters wide. The bottom of the court uses tempered glass as a defensive, surrounded by a mesh fence;
12mm tempered glass for padel court
tempered glass for padel court ready for export
The glass used in Padel court are 10mm or 12mm clear tempered glass,with sizes 30002000mm, 19952995mm,or 1995*1995mm, with countersunk holes.
ice hockey rink
Ice hockey rink glass fences are made with 12mm or 15mm clear tempered glass,standard court size is 61M*30M.
Thicker glass has higher strength and loading capability,that’s the reason thicker glass is recommended.
Beside single piece tempered glass,laminated glass can also be used to increase the glass strength again.
2.ice hockey rink glass fences-15mm clear tempered glass
3.racquetball court
The squash court is a room with walls on all sides. The standard area stipulated by the International Federation are 9.75 * 6.4 meters* 5.53 meters high., 13.72 *7.62 * 6.1 meters high.
Glass back wall is used for the audience to watch and coaches to guide.
racquetball court tempered glass fence
racquetball court tempered glass fence-china MORN
The racquetball court glass doors can be aluminium framed ones,but most times,customers prefer frameless glass fences with glass fins.
10mm or 12mm clear tempered glass are connected with the glass fins by hardware for large viewing area.
Beside above mentioned sports courts,more and more glass are applied in people’s daily sports,such as glass backboard,glass fences for games,but even though tempered glass is strong,there’s also breakage possibility under impact,protect yourselves when playing games.
Morn manufacture and supply all kinds of tempered glass for your courts construction projects,welcome contact us for more info.
Tempered glass with round corners
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