

The name of insulating glass
Insulating glass becomes more and more popular in modern tall building, especially for it characteristics of energy saving (known as reduce heating transmission), sound proof, and colorful color. It is the national regulation to install insulating glass in some countries; of course, more and more countries will regulate to use insulating glass for sure. In order to reduce the building energy consumption and environment pollution, insulating glass plays an important role.
However, do you know what is insulating glass? How many names does it have?
Let’s see what from Wikipedia: “Insulated glazing (IG), more commonly known as double glazing (or double-pane, and increasingly triple glazing/pane) is double or triple
glass window panes separated by a vacuum or gas filled space to reduce
heat transfer across a part of the
building envelope”.
In a word, two glass, one air gap between them. An insulating glass unit commonly consists of two (sometimes three) panes of glass separated by a spacer material and sealed together at the edge. The insulating airspace is filled with air or a noble gas, such as argon or krypton inside.What's Double Glazing Units?Why called Double Glazed Units?Double Glazing Units,Double Glazing Machine,Double Glazed Machine,DGU Machine,Automatic DGU Line,DGU Line.
The equipment machines manufacturers usually name it as “insulating glass unit(IGU)”, while it is called “double glass” by most of the house owner.
Name
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Short for
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Insulating glass unit
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IGU
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Formal
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Insulated glass unit
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IGU
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Formal
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Double glazing unit
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DGU
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Oral
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Double glass
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DG
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Oral
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Sound proof glass
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Oral
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Energy saving glass
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Oral
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doble vidriado hermético
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DVH
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Spanish/Portuguese
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стеклопакет
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Russian
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일반복층유리
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Korean
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複層(ふくそう)ガラス
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Double glass
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Japanese
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German
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No matter what we called, it is the glass in our life that we love. Not only in north cold Russia, but also in hot weather near equator.
In winter the IGU can keeps cold away from window, while in summer IGU can keep the hot away from window.