When do you use what glass thickness?
This depends on the system and the installation situation: What is the height and width of the system, how much weight does the sliding system have to withstand? For this reason Glas Marte offers different systems. Our recommendations are given in the planning manual. Our in-house and field service advisors are happy to answer any questions.
What glass should you use for high wind loads?
That also depends on the system. Generally we use TSG. On 3rd/4th floors of buildings however that is less recommended because TSG needs to be thicker here and in the event of glass breakage, that means larger pieces of falling glass. It's better to use LSG/TSG or LSG/HSG here. The thickness depends on the glass thickness dimensioning. This in turn depends on the installation and system height, the glass width and the wind load.
How do you choose the grading of the individual glazing types?
Our sliding systems can slide in both directions. It's up to the customer whether the system slides left to right or right to left. The customer can also choose the number of elements. Glas Marte naturally advises as to whether the elements might be too heavy. We recommend an element ratio of 1:3. If a system is 2,500 mm wide, the width of a sliding element should be at least 800 mm.
We recommend an element ratio of 1:3.
