High-performance marine glass is a strong, laminated glass construction that offers improved resistance to high energy impacts and the risk other glass products may have as to fall-out. The better you understand this product and its proper specification, the better the chance of getting exactly what you wanted for your project. Here is a step… Read more »
Category: Curved Glass for Heavy Equipment
Marine Windshields: Building in Safety with Laminated Glass
Unlike motor vehicles and trains, boats are not required to incorporate laminated glass in windshields. Many boat builders do opt for laminated glass because it is the only fabricated glass product that offers glass retention after breakage. The consequences of glass breakage of tempered glass can be catastrophic. Think about it, while tempered glass offers… Read more »
Locomotives Get New FRA I Windshields
Texas Central Business Lines is a handling carrier operating on privately-owned tracks over the Inland Port Trackage at Midlothian, Texas. The company has access to five miles of yards and switching track and connections with Union Pacific and BNSF Railways. Traffic consists of automobiles and trucks, steel products and cement. ProCurve Glass supplied six curved… Read more »
How to Stay Safe Around Heavy Equipment
There are plenty of workers on construction sites that are killed due to safety hazards and not following the right safety tips. You can help prevent accidents on your job sites by taking the proper safety precautions. Let’s take a look at a few of the safety tips you and your employees should follow to… Read more »
Glass is the Most Environmentally Friendly Material Used in Construction
On Monday, April 22nd, we will celebrate the global holiday known as Earth Day. Whenever this time of year comes around, we instantly start to think about our daily actions and how they affect this big blue ball that we call home. If you are looking for some good news, then consider this: while most… Read more »
How to Stay Safe Around Heavy Equipment
Every year, there are hundreds of workers killed on construction sites as a result of accidents involving heavy equipment. You can help prevent accidents on your job sites by taking the proper safety precautions. As the world prepares to celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1st, let’s take a look at a few of the… Read more »