Glass

Most people don't associate industrial knives and blades with automotive glass. However, as with most products, industrial knives, and blades play an important role in manufacturing.

Automotive glass starts out as float glass and is transformed into what is known as laminated glass. Float glass is named after the manufacturing process used to create it. The raw materials literally float inside a chamber during part of the process. Since 1937, vehicle windshields have been required to be made from laminated glass for safety reasons.

Laminated glass, also known as sandwich glass, is made up of two pieces of float glass with a plastic layer