Fenestration assemblies and related methods
Various embodiments of the disclosure are directed towards fenestration assemblies having a first pane; a second pane, the second pane spaced from the first pane; and a third pane configured in spaced relation between the first pane and the second pane, where the third pane is a laminate. In one aspect, the total thickness of the third pane laminate is not greater than 3 mm. In one aspect, the laminate comprises a first glass layer not greater than 1 mm thick and a second glass layer not greater than 1 mm thick, and an interlayer between first and second layers.
1. A fenestration assembly, comprising:
a first pane;
a second pane, the second pane configured in a spaced relation with the first pane; and
a third pane configured in spaced relation between the first pane and the second pane, the third pane comprises a laminate, wherein the laminate thickness is less than 4.3 mm,
wherein the laminate comprises:
a first glass layer having a thickness of not greater than 1 mm;
a second glass layer having a thickness of not greater than 1 mm; and
an interlayer configured between the first and second layer.
2. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the laminate thickness is less than 3 mm.
3. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the laminate comprises a low emissivity coating on at least one of: a first major surface of the first glass layer, a second major surface of the second glass layer, and combinations thereof.
4. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first glass layer and the second glass layer of the laminate has a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE).
5. The fenestration assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first glass layer and the second glass layer of the laminate have a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 7×10 −6 /K.
6. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first glass layer and second glass layer of the laminate comprise:
a. a soda lime silicate glass;
b. alumina borosilicate glass;
c. an alkali-aluminosilicate glass
d. an alkaline earth boro-aluminosilicate glass; or
e. an alkali-free boro-aluminosilicate glass.
7. The fenestration assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first glass layer comprises a soda lime silicate glass layer and the second glass layer comprises an alumina borosilicate glass layer.
8. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the fenestration assembly is not greater than 35 mm.
9. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fenestration assembly further comprises an insulating glass unit (IGU).
10. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a window, a door, a skylight, a curtain wall, and/or combinations thereof.
11. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first pane and second pane are selected from the types of glass consisting of:
a. a soda lime silicate glass;
b. alumina borosilicate glass;
c. alkali-aluminosilicate glass
d. an alkaline earth boro-aluminosilicate glass; and
e. an alkali-free boro-aluminosilicate glass.
12. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first pane and the second pane are composed of the same type of glass.
13. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first pane and the second pane are composed of different types of glass.
14. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a low emissivity coating on the first surface of the first pane.
15. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer comprises a polymer.
16. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer is an acoustic dampening polymer configured for noise reduction.
17. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer is a tinted polymer configured for light absorption.
18. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first defined gap between the first pane and the third pane; and
a second defined gap between the second pane and the third pane.
19. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first defined gap and the second defined gap are filled with non-reactive gas.
20. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fenestration assembly passes a safety test as set out in at least one of: ANSI Z97.1 and EN 12600 standard, when measured in accordance with the standard.
21. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fenestration assembly comprises a weighted noise reduction metric R w of at least 35 dB, when measured in accordance with ISO 717-1 standard.
22. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer of the third pane is not greater than 2.3 mm.
23. The fenestration assembly of claim 1 , wherein the laminate thickness is greater than 2 mm.