Some clients asked: what are the common characteristics of cover glass for medical industry ?
30% of cover glasses are used in the medical industry, around hundreds items with different dimension and distinguished features
- From Acrylic to Glass
Compared to acrylic, glass has better strength and scratch-resistance performance and high transmittance, especially it won’t deform with time passing-by. Many clients switch to custom glass when upgrading products or designing new products.
Below are typical projects switched from acrylic to tempered glass
Because of this point, glass factories always meet new challenge. Acrylic can be processed to any shapes,while glass has its limits. It’s hard for glass to do below shape, like ‘ox horn’, half shaped groove.etc.
- What kind of glass can meet requirement of medical industry ?
How to choose glass types for engineers who use cover glass for the first time ?
Sometimes, clients inquired gorilla glass because of its high transmittance and high strength and brand value. But there are many types of medical instruments, gorilla glass may not be best choice for your application. Such as: there is no touch on instrument, just to display some normal data. It’s better to choose soda lime glass for competitive price.
- Medical instruments with AG (anti-glare) glass.
Many instruments have issues of strong reflection, this will affect judgement of doctors. So clients will switch to anti-glare glass, such as ultrasonic display.
In addition, AG glass always provide a feeling of ‘paper-touch’, operation panel always choose low gloss to ensure your sensitive and safe control.
Above are features of cover glass for medical instruments, hope this will help you to choose better solutions. Any questions, please contact us directly.