Heavy Starphire^® Glass

Sparkling Clarity & Color Fidelity

Heavy Glass Applications

Vitro makes Starphire^® glass in a variety of thicknesses, from 1/8-inch (3.2 mm) up to ¾-inch (19 mm). With its signature blue edge, Starphire^® glass is the ideal choice for a wide range of extra-heavy glass applications.

Entrances & Storefronts

Starphire^® glass provides an entrance glazing option that is the ideal solution for entrances or storefronts, letting the true colors of products, displays and logos shine through. Lobbies and reception areas can feature more natural light thanks to the uncommon brightness of Starphire^® glass, and Starphire^® glass doors set a new standard thanks to their jewel-like clarity.

Starphire^® glass provides maximum brightness for entryways with 7 percent higher visible light transmittance (VLT) than ordinary clear glass (in ½-inch glass thickness). Its amazing clarity and color fidelity show products as they really are without the green appearance and distortion of conventional clear glass, particularly as thickness increases. Because of its absence of color, Starphire^® glass can be laminated in multiple layers and thicknesses to provide strength and protection for applications such as jewelry storefronts.

Safety & Security Glass

Heavy Starphire^® glass provides a new level of visual quality to safety and security glazing applications. Special building projects, such as zoo enclosures, fish tanks, jewelry display cases, protective windows and museum cases, present design challenges that are typically solved by using multi-layer laminates. That solution, however, prevents objects from being seen in their true colors, as they are distorted by the green appearance that often occurs with increased thicknesses of conventional clear glass.

Starphire^® glass safety and security glass provides 16 percent higher visible light transmittance (VLT) than ordinary clear glass in a 1 3/8-inch laminated glass construction. With Starphire^® glass, you get superior clarity that securely conceals the actual thickness of the glass, and it can be easily fabricated to your exact specifications. Let Starphire^® glass bring unparalleled color transmission, clarity and security to your next project.

Durability and Strength

Starphire^® low-iron glass has the same surface hardness and resistance to abrasion and scratching as standard clear glass, which means its stunning color fidelity and clarity is as protected from scratches and scuffs as clear alternatives, with less green distortion. Additionally, while surface hardness is not the same as tensile strength, both low-iron and clear glasses also offer the same tensile performance.

Here's how it works: low-iron and clear glasses are produced using the same float process and equipment but require different levels of purity in raw materials. This results in the remarkable clarity and brilliance for which Starphire^® glass is known.