SmartGlass International is one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative smart glass products. Over the years, SmartGlass International has consistently invested in ongoing research and development in order to develop the highest quality electronically switchable privacy glass – LC SmartGlass.
LC SmartGlass is a product that offers end users instant privacy at the flick of a switch. Through the application of a small electrical current, users can immediately transform any LC SmartGlass surface from clear to opaque and back again.
The surface of any LC SmartGlass product can be transformed from crystal clear to opaque in order to create wide-open spaces or intimate private enclosures in your home, office or boardroom.
LC SmartGlass can be switched from transparent to opaque and back again from wall switches, remote controls, movement sensors, light sensors or timers.
Quality engineering and versatility
All LC SmartGlass panels are bespoke manufactured using a lamination process which encapsulates a PDLC film between two or more glass sheets. Using a minute electrical current, users can immediately switch the LC SmartGlass from clear to private opaque and vice versa.
LC SmartGlass is easily installed and can be utilized in many applications. Various configurations can be supplied including color tinted, fire rated, double glazed, curved and shaped.
Why use LC SmartGlass?
LC SmartGlass is a highly flexible smart glass product that creates a variety of practical benefits. One of the main benefits that this product offers users is the ability to create instant privacy on demand. It has plenty of other features and benefits as well:
- LC SmartGlass eliminates the need to install any automatic or manual screens, blinds or curtains
- Facilitates the efficient use of space
- Blocks 99.5+% of damaging UV rays
- Provides exceptional optical qualities that reduce glare and eye strainI
- Is eco friendly
- Features high durability, solid-state technology with no moving parts to wear out or break
- Is available in a variety of sizes and shapes that can be customized to meet your individual requirements
- Is hygienic and low maintenance
- Enhances corporate image
- Reduces fading of carpets, furniture and protects valuable artwork
- Is high contrast for use as rear projection screen
- Has a long life tested to in excess of 1,000,000 cycles
Unparalleled quality, delivered globally, from the specialists in switchable glass.
LC SmartGlass offers the greatest clarity, consistency and stability by using low iron, premium float glass and premium, German made, Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB), along with the world’s most advanced Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) for reliable, consistent performance.
All glass is processed and finished in-house using the latest machines and furnaces, assembled in a climate-controlled, clean room environment. All glass is tempered and polished as a standard and precision packed for global shipping.
Every unit is subjected to a rigorous set of quality checks including extensive, automated, electrical tests to ensure reliable, consistent operation. Advanced electrical controllers deliver the highest level of clarity and provide for several fail safes that can automatically shut down and protect the product, prolonging product lifespan.
The specialist in switchable glass since 2001
SmartGlass International, based in Ireland, controls every aspect of its manufacturing to ensure delivery of a quality, made-to-order solution clients can trust. All glass is processed and finished in-house using the latest in machines and furnaces. SmartGlass processes low iron, premium quality float glass to achieve the highest levels of clarity and consistency, using the finest materials including the world’s most advance, Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) and premium quality, ultra-clear, German made Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB). Each unit is hand finished and checked, and shipped with a comprehensive 5-year guarantee.
Reference projects
Sunderland Royal Hospital ICCU
The new state of the art ICCU at Sunderland Royal Hospital is part of a new £28m ward block at the hospital and is seen as a model of excellence within the NHS as it includes hi-tech technology, incorporating the most advanced electronic patient monitoring systems available. The Integrated Critical Care Unit (ICCU) includes high dependency single bed units, isolation single bed units and general postoperative single bed units. A new high dependency is placed on ICCU to separate theater staff and nursing staff to eradicate the chances of contamination spreading between the two sections. LC SmartGlass LC SmartGlass toughened panels were used to create a state of the art partitioning system along the corridors of the ICCU.
Canary Wharf, located at the West India Docks in the Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, is home to the European headquarters of numerous major banks, professional services firms and media organizations including Barclays, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, HSBC, State Street, KPMG, Skadden and Thomson Reuters. The main feature of the venue is the impressive arched glass atrium which measures 27 meters at its highest point. The gallery, suspended above the main floor, can accommodate up to 120 guests seated and 250 for a reception type event. The gallery makes a great alternative space for smaller functions and drinks receptions where guests can still enjoy the striking architecture of the East Wintergarden. LC SmartGlass was specified for this project to allow instant and precise privacy control when an event is taking place.
Eccleston Square Hotel is a new, hi-tech, luxury, boutique design hotel bordering Belgravia in the heart of Central London SW1. Historical on the outside yet timeless on the inside, Eccleston Square Hotel is an elegant fusion of old meets new. The state of the art hotel was designed by Woods Bagot to facilitate director Olivia Byrne’s vision of uncompromising luxury and technology. The design brief centered on creating bright open spaces filled with plenty of light. SmartGlass International’s LC SmartGlass was used to create a partition separating bedroom and bathroom in each room.
