Countless birds die each year from collisions into windows and buildings with glass facades. An increasing number of cities are enacting regulations to address this problem. To address the global challenge of birds colliding with glass in buildings, we have developed Saflex FlySafe 3D PVB interlayers, an effective solution for bird-protection laminated glass that gives architects and glass laminators the freedom to create visually stunning buildings while still protecting birds.
Protectbirds as well as your reputation.
These interlayers for bird-protection glass provide an effective bird-friendly glazing that is recognized in the industry and by ornithologists as best in class with minimal obscuring of views. Saflex FlySafe 3D offers more effective options for building facades with two different sequin sizes, 6 mm (0.24 in.) and 9 mm (0.35 in.) in diameter, with two color options of silver matte and shiny.
A safer glass for birds.
Abeautifulglass for buildings without any compromise.
Applications:
Atriums
Balustrades
Cladding
Facades
Glass fins
Jalousies
Link Bridges
Noise protection walls
Overhead and sloped glazing
Podium glass
Storefronts
Highly effective
The 3D sequins in Saflex FlySafe 3D offer an effective method of avoiding avian in-flight collisions, maintaining glass as a preferred design element. FlySafe 3D with 9-mm sequins is highly effective, achieving 9% approaches and a Threat Factor (TF) 9 per American Bird Conservancy (ABC).
6-mm sequins achieve up to 11% approaches, with ABC TF values of 11 or less with low-e coating on surface 2 and the laminate with Saflex FlySafe 3D in the inboard position of the insulating glass configuration.
Compatibility
Bird-protection glazing made with FlySafe 3D PVB interlayers is compatible with selective coatings as well as with Saflex Acoustic, Saflex Structural, and Saflex Storm interlayers, enabling architects and glass laminators to mitigate bird strikes without compromising on safety, security, structural integrity, aesthetics, UV screening, or acoustic control.
Minimal visual obscuring
Unlike bird-protection glass that uses screen printing, etching, or UV coating solutions, FlySafe 3D PVB interlayers use discreet and optimally placed sequins to avert birds without compromising views from both exterior and interior.
Saflex FlySafe 3D offers two different sequin sizes, 6 mm and 9 mm in diameter, with less than 1% of the glass area covered.
Durable choice
Because it’s an interlayer, your bird-protection glass will last. The sequins are protected from the elements and cleaning tools and fluids, requiring only normal laminated glass cleaning and maintenance.
Note: Flight tunnel testing completed at collabs represents the percentage of birds that approach the test panel. The % approaches are typically translated into the threat factor.
