It all starts with the basic element: the glass. Each substrate has unique and specific qualities to match with the application and specifications required. From there, you look at strengthening, coatings, machining, polishing, and packaging. Abrisa’s expertise with the fabrication of various substrates and Lean Manufacturing methodology is our foundation to the successful completion of your order.

Abrisa stocks sheet sizes of various substrates for quicker turns or for blanket orders. Your Sales person can best assist you with these programs. Call 805-525-4902 or your regional Sales Manager for current inventory.

SODA-LIME GLASS
This is the standard type of glass available. Most types of soda-lime glass can be heat strengthened, heat tempered, or chemically strengthened, and coatings applied.

BOROSILICATE GLASS
Borosilicate Glass all contain Boron as a component material. This type of glass is characterized by its resistance to heat, chemicals and specific coefficients of thermal expansion. The exact composition of each of these glasses differentiates them from one another and determines their best applications.

SCHOTT TUBING & ROD
DURAN® is a special borosilicate glass of the first hydrolytic class. Its invention was one of Otto Schott's great achievements. Laboratory and chemical plant technology would be unthinkable without DURAN® tubing, capillary and rod, which provide the basis for custom-made solutions to specific problems. Abrisa now offers the entire SCHOTT DURAN® tubing product line.

GLASS-CERAMICS
Glass-Ceramics are ceramics with glass-like properties. They are made in sheets like a ceramic and fired to make them transparent or semi-transparent. They have excellent thermal properties and are used in high heat applications. They also have a very low coefficient of thermal expansion which makes them stable under wide swings of temperature. Abrisa carries several types of glass-ceramics.

QUARTZ / FUSED SILICA
Quartz and Fused Silica glasses are virtually identical, but have different methods of manufacture and slightly different material properties. They are used in applications where high ultraviolet light transmission, good thermal stability, or chemical inertness is required.

SPECIALTY GLASSES
Each specialty glass has its own unique properties for distinctive uses.