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Profilon^®

Security Laminates

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 Safety vs. Security Films Article
 Profilon® Installation Spec

Profilon^® is a three-ply polyethylene terephthalate polyester film composite designed to increase the security strengths of glass. Profilon^® is not to be compared to "safety/security films" of single or multiple plies not meeting the stringent Underwriters Laboratories UL 972 burglar resistant glazing test standard. Profilon^® applied to 1/4" inch standard commercial glass, meets the same resistance requirement as 9/16" inch thick multi-ply laminated glass with a .060 PVB (polyvinyl butyl) interlayer.

Six impacts, access denied. Two single pane windows & one insulated glass window.

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Profilon's unequaled strength:

Profilon^® offers excellent resistance to a wide range of attacks, both natural and man-made. Profilon^® provides excellent break in resistance during various types of violent attacks such as: burglary, riots, hand thrown objects like gasoline bombs, rocks and bomb blasts, etc. Profilon^® is able to withstand significant abuse. Even if the glass is broken, cracked or shattered, Profilon^® holds it in place and maintains an environmental seal between what is inside and what is outside.

Over its 20 year history, Profilon^® has numerous documented accounts of saving lives and property during various bomb incidents.

Attempted forced entry - 10 blows with the tool laying in the foreground. 1/4" (6mm) plate glass.

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Profilon's non-toxic fire resistance:

During a fire Profilon^® holds windows in place longer, giving people the extra time to escape, (When a window collapses during a fire, fresh oxygen rushes in to fuel the fire.) Fire resistant and non-toxic, Profilon^® will withstand temperatures up to 500o F degrees farenheight and eliminates the need for expensive fireproof glass installations or replacements. The threat of burglary, fire or a natural disaster is reason enough to ensure your security and safety with Profilon^®. However, protection from flying glass is only one of Profilon's incredible strengths. Protecting merchandise and furnishings from fading: Designed with solar UV inhibitors in each layer of adhesive, Profilon^® will screen out a high percentage of ultraviolet rays (99.7%). These are the rays that ruin carpets, upholstery, woods, artwork and furnishings, Profilon^® also protects valuable merchandise displayed in store windows from fading or discoloring thereby losing value quickly.

Profilon^® blocks heat and glare:

The summer sun can make your building feel like a sauna. But Profilon^® solar control laminates will take the heat out of such excessive temperatures. Profilon^® keeps people cooler and more comfortable, increases the efficiency of existing heating and cooling systems and can save you thousands of dollars throughout the years in energy costs.

Profilon^® can provide additional EMI/RF shielding protection:

Profilon^® can also provide EMI/RF shielding protection up to 30 db decibels of reduction through the window with the Profilon^® Tempest laminate. This electro magnetic interference/radio frequency shielding protects by neutralizing EMI emissions that effect computer equipment and by reducing the exposure to audio eavesdropping by damping the RF emissions produced by communications and radio transmissions. Combined with a complete EMI/RF shielding protection installation for a room, this protection level can attain a level of 80 db.

Profilon^® can provide alarm sensing capabilities:

Profilarm™ is a Profilon^® laminate with alarm sensing capabilities uniquely integrated into the laminate. As soon as the window is attacked the alarm is activated, while the security properties of the laminate work to provide added protection. Standard alarm installations will only sound the alarm, while no protection from smash and grab burglaries would be afforded. Profilarm™ provides both sensing and security.

Profilon^® can provide several features in one application:

Profilon^® laminates can be combined in any manner to maximize safety and security by incorporating one or all of the following: Security protection from penetration, Solar reflection, Architectural tints, EMI reduction, Profilarm™ sensing capabilities, all available in clear or opaque "frosted" laminates.

Profilon^® is offered in clear, architectural tints, solar control, frosted, EMI/RF shielding and alarmed variants. Profilon's long term, exceptional resistance and bonding strength is attributed to it's adhesives. Profilon^® is the only security laminate to use non-hardening, non-drying adhesives that continue to maintain elasticity throughout it's life. The fact that Profilon^® uses a 0 grade PET film which is optically the clearest available and water clear adhesives shows the extent of no exceptions to the use of the highest quality components for a finished product. In addition to that you have UV inhibitors between each layer of adhesive as well as the primary adhesive layer.

Profilon^® is the only security laminate/film that can withstand industrial exposure to chemicals without degradation, hazing, cracking, peeling, or discoloration.

Profilon^® Outperforms the Rest

Through the cooperation of the FBI and the Georgia State Police, we were able to demonstrate the exceptional strength of Profilon^®.

We brought in a plain, garden-variety 1/2 inch annealed plate glass panel treated with Profilon^® AXA1 as a shoot-out target. As you can imagine, security professionals were skeptical, but Profilon^® stood up to .38, .45 and 9mm caliber handgun rounds with no penetration and no spall.

This result exceeds many low-level ballistic ratings. It was accomplished simply by applying Profilon^® on normal 1/2 inch plate glass. This represents typical drive-by shooting scenes where the shots are generally no closer than 12 inches apart, with a stand-off distance of no closer than 25 feet. This is not a replacement for standard ballistic glazing where closer or larger quantities of shots are required to be defeated.

Typical field installed results may vary, depending upon mounting of glazing, glazing thickness combinations, standoff distances, bullet configurations, bullet velocities, or other uncontrolled variables. It is recommended that the end user always pre-test P.E.T. laminated glass compositions prior to utilization.

Front of shot sample

Back of shot sample

.38 impact closeup, no penetration

.45 impact closeup, no penetration

9mm impact closeup, no penetration

Quality Assurance

PROFILON^® has been subjected to the following tests and standards. The following text provides evidence of certifications and methods of each test as passed by PROFILON^®.