Can Tempered Glass Be Cutted?

Aug 06, 2025

Leave a message

We all know that tempered glass is particularly popular among people. However, when the model of tempered glass is not suitable for their own household use, many people want to cut it, but they are not very clear whether tempered glass can be cut. Therefore, if you want to understand this issue, at the same time, you don't need to know what the cutting steps of tempered glass are. Only correct cutting can achieve good results.

Once tempered glass is completed, it cannot be cut, drilled or formed. This is because tempered glass is specially designed to distribute pressure and will break and shatter if the tension inside the glass is broken. Therefore, before the toughening process occurs, any tempered glass unit must be cut to the required size and shape.

curtain wall tempered glass03

B. If float glass is broken, it will shatter very sharp and dangerous glass fragments. However, the internal and surface tension of the glass panel created during the toughening process is increased to enhance its strength and durability. This also ensures that if the glass breaks, it will break small, harmless glass fragments.

 

Tempered glass cannot be cut. The traditional cutting method will lead to a decrease in the compressive strength of the glass edge.

However, there is now a new cutting method. It involves covering both sides of the glass to be cut with acid-resistant protective films, leaving space for the cutting opening. Then, corrosive liquid is sprinkled on both sides. After waiting for about 60 minutes, the cutting can be carried out.

greenhouse tempered glass01

This cutting method will not cause cracks or split points at the edge of the glass cutting, nor will it reduce the compressive strength of the edge of the glass cutting.

Tempered glass is generally cut by machines through mechanical means or lasers, but traditional cutting methods can lead to a decrease in the compressive strength of the glass edges. However, there is now a new cutting method. It involves covering both sides of the glass to be cut with acid-resistant protective films, leaving space for the cutting opening. Then, corrosive liquid is sprinkled on both sides. After waiting for about 60 minutes, the cutting can be carried out. This cutting method will not cause cracks or split points at the edge of the glass cutting, nor will it reduce the compressive strength of the edge of the glass cutting.

When an object deforms due to external factors (such as force, humidity, changes in temperature fields, etc.), internal forces interact among the various parts within the object to resist the effects of these external factors and attempt to restore the object from its deformed position to its pre-deformed position. The internal force per unit area at a certain point on the cross-section under investigation is called stress. The stress that is perpendicular to the cross-section is called normal stress or normal stress, and the stress that is tangent to the cross-section is called shear stress or shear stress.

 

Therefore, the best time to cut tempered glass is before it is tempered, that is, when the glass is still ordinary glass .

Send Inquiry
Contact us if have any question

You can either contact us via phone, email or online form below. Our specialist will contact you back shortly.

Contact now!