Privacy Glass – The Future Of Glass Series

Location: Westfield Shopping Centre, Australia.  We found this great video on YouTube. And wanted to share it in our Future of Class category.   Technology is moving so fast.  So the future holds a vast array of changes to our everyday lives using new composites and materials.  Privacy glass is just one emerging area in the glass & glazing industry.

Application: Switchable Glass Privacy Glass.

Switchglass Privacy Glass is a laminated glass panel composed of polymer dispersed liquid crystal film (PDLC). By applying a small electrical current, so users can change its state from opaque to transparent, and vice versa.

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As you can see on the Demo video various Switchglass Privacy Glass can be joined together. So forming one large panel controlled by a single switch. Ultimately creating a privacy glass wall.

What’s the difference between PDLC and Electrochromic Glass?

Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Glass (known as switchable glass) functions by the application of an electrical current that aligns the randomly scattered crystals within the laminated film to create transparency. So electrochromic Glass has a thin transparent coating on the protected inside glass surface which becomes increasingly dark grey tinted with the application of a low voltage electric current. But it does not prevent transparency as does PDLC Switchable glass. They can be combined.

For more cool videos, see our YOUTUBE channel Future of Glass playlist.

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