SCHOTT CONTURAN^® - anti-reflective glass for displays

At a Glance

CONTURAN^® is used whenever protection of precious displays in combination with minimized undesirable reflection is needed.

CONTURAN^® is an anti-reflective glass with an optical interference coating on either one or both sides. As a result, this coating design prevents optical reflections from sunlight or artificial light being caused by the glass surface.

CONTURAN^® can be used for different applications, including indicator board covers, railroad destination indicators, anti-reflective filters for technical displays, and many more. It can basically be put to use anywhere irritating reflections occur.

SCHOTT CONTURAN® used as cover glass for a display

SCHOTT CONTURAN^® anti-reflective glass is ideally suited as protective cover glass for displays

Summary:

reduction of irritating reflections
high transmission and increased contrast
high abrasion resistance and chemical stability extends its lifetime, makes it hardly vulnerable and easy to clean
appears to be invisible and neutral in color, yet enables perfect viewing
available in any customized shape, form or set-up

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Benefits

SCHOTT CONTURAN^® - anti-reflective glass for displays is unique due to ...

... Transparency ...

high transmission characteristics
less than 0.5% on each surface
increased contrast
good view of dimly lit items

... Durability...

high abrasion resistance extends the lifetime of the respective object
high chemical stability means that CONTURAN^® is hardly vulnerable and easy to clean ► ideal characteristics for use as protection cover

... Quality ...

appears to be invisible and neutral in color, yet enables perfect viewing
wide-ranging portfolio for specific applications and processing requirements
optimized coating design for thermal tempering and chemical toughening

... Processing ...

available in any customized shape, form or set-up
can be adapted to meet customer needs by applying UV or IR protection
only anti-reflective coating that can be chemically toughened for optimized process chain

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Area of Applications

Information displays

customized cover glasses for digital signage, transportation and outdoor displays with various dimensions and customized screen printing and optional anti-fingerprint coating (DARO)

Industrial control

touch applications, e.g. machine control
ruggedized displays

Medical & Biotech

cover glass for displays, e.g. in medical technology

Household applications

e.g. cover glass for washing and drying

SCHOTT CONTURAN^® used for outdoor displays

Machine control display

Destination display at a train station

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Technical Information

These anti-reflective characteristics are made possible by the sol-gel dipping process developed by SCHOTT. The glass is dipped in different metal oxide solutions.

Once dipped, the metal oxide coating layers are burned in at 450° C to 500° C. The oxidic layers produce interference that actually helps prevent annoying reflections. These layers are actually much purer and especially mechanically and chemically more stable than those processed with conventional PVD techniques (such as vapor deposition or sputtering, for example).

Pristine view of any display

every glass surface of uncoated glass reflects about 4% of light (8% overall both sides)
CONTURAN^® is covered on one or both sides of the float glass with multiple layers of metal oxides
anti-reflective layers can reduce reflection by 90%.

CONTURAN^® has less than 0.5% reflection on each surface and guarentees an unrestricted view due to high light transmission.

SCHOTT CONTURAN® compared to standard float glass

Glass substrate types

float glass
low-iron, extra-clear glass
grey glass
BOROFLOAT^®

		CONTURAN^®				CONTURAN^®
	Float glass	Standard	Magic		Float glass	Standard	Magic
Luminous transmittance T_VA in % (absolute)	91	98	99	luminous reflectance p_vA in % (absolute)	8	approx. 0.9	approx. 0.9
Absolute increase in transmittance by		~ 7%	~ 7%	Relative reduction in reflectance by		~ 90%	~ 90%

CONTURAN^® is available as:

Supply forms	CONTURAN^® stock sizes	CONTURAN^® cut-to-size
Thickness	Monolithic glass: 1.1 mm (single side coating only) 1.6 mm, 2.00 mm, 3.00 mm, 4.00 mm, 5.00 mm, 6.00 mm, 8.00 mm, 10.00 mm
Dimensions	1,770 mm x 1,220 mm 1,770 mm x 3,210 mm	upon request
Different types of CONTURAN^®	Monolithic: • CONTURAN^® Standard • CONTURAN^® Magic • CONTURAN^® Grey • CONTURAN^®BOROFLOAT^® Laminated: • CONTURAN^® Protect Standard • CONTURAN^® Protect Magic • CONTURAN^® Protect Grey Oleophobic coating on CONTURAN^®: • CONTURAN^® DARO
Others	Coating: • bluish/greenish coating • weather-resistant coating (greenish/bluish) • temperable coatings Chemical toughening: • CONTURAN^® can be chemically toughened after dip-coating • processed glasses can be chemically hardened as regular uncoated glass • thickness 1.1 – 3.0 mm • increase of bending strength, especially for thin glasses
Processing methods	• Cutting • Edge treatment • Drilling • Screen printing • Tempering • Laminating

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Downloads

Please download our Brochure for further product information:

CONTURAN^® – Technical Glazing – Brochure

CONTURAN^® - General Flyer

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