Imagine being able to create dramatic designs or lifelike photographic images in a laminated safety glass, but without the time delays and frustration of traditional imaging processes. DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ gives you just that kind of versatility.
Using digital imaging and ink jet printing technologies, SentryGlas® Expressions™ is your gateway to a new world of creative expression in decorative safety glass. One that's fast, efficient and flexible... as flexible as your imagination.
What is SentryGlas® Expressions™
DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ is a decorative glass manufacturing concept which has grown out of two of DuPont's core technologies: digital inks (and ink jet printing): and materials and technologies for glass laminating, to serve architectural and automotive safetyglass markets.
Great Solids and Gradient Tones
DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ accurately reproduces virtually any design you wish to put in glass. Solid colors remain consistent, and gradient tones hold just as they were created in the original digital image. Whether you're working with thick lines or thin, vibrant colors or subtle tones, you can be confident of an accurate reproduction. If you think your image looks good on your computer screen just wait until you see it full scale in laminated glass.
Tests Show Excellent Printed Image Lightfastness
Lightfastness is a term used in the print industry to describe image resistance to fading. The main factors that contribute to fading are light, humidity and pollutants such as ozone or smoke. SentryGlas® Expressions™ printed interlayres are laminated to glass, which protects the embedded image from pollutants and humidity. The proprietary interlayer also blocks the trasmission of UV rays that can contribute to fading.
The pigments chosen for SentryGlas® Expressions™ printed interlayers are also used in excellent weathering automotive and architectural paints.
To test lightfastness of SentryGlas® Expressions™ printed interlayers, DuPont has placed printed, laminated samples in a sunlight-intensifying test apparatus located in the Arizona desert. To date, SentryGlas® Expressions™ has achieved the equivalent of 10 years of lightfastness in the accelerated testing. It is expected to demonstrate many additional years as testing continues.
A Choice in Transparency
DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™ lets you create three levels of transparency within a single laminate pane. It's as versatile as your digital image, so you can have solid colors or high density art or photography in one part of the image and complete clarity elsewhere. You can also create art for 100 percent coverage, but that is "ghosted" back for special effects and more transparency. With DuPont™ SentryGlas® Expressions™, it's easy to achieve nearly anything your mind imagines.
