Cellular Wave Translucent Insulated Glass

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives – the permanent availability of a mobile network is taken for granted. Behind modern all-glass façades, but also in long-distance trains, mobile telephony or data reception is often only possible to a limited extent. The reason: the metal coatings in thermal insulation or solar control insulating glass almost completely shield the high-frequency waves. The solution of transmitting mobile phone signals into the interior of buildings or train carriages by means of special transmitters (so-called “repeaters”) involves a great deal of technical and financial effort. GEWE-com^® connect allows mobile phone signals to pass through the pane with only a marginal change in the coating, so that this additional technical building equipment can usually be dispensed with. Precise laser processing during production modifies the coating so inconspicuously that the thermal-visual properties, measured as heat transfer coefficient Ug, light transmission LT, total energy transmittance g etc., remain almost the same. Compared to GEWE-com^® connect and unmodified glass units, the passage of mobile radio signals increases by more than 100 times.

Another decisive advantage of GEWE ^® -com connect machining is that, in contrast to the technical solution, no maintenance is required for its functionality and no operating costs are incurred. Furthermore, this solution can also be used for future mobile communications standards without adapting to the glazing and is therefore already fit for the future. When equipping buildings with repeaters, the technical basis for each new mobile communications standard must be adapted in a complex and cost-intensive manner.

For health reasons, good network quality is also the way to reduce the burden on the user, as mobile devices try to compensate for a weaker network signal by increasing their own transmission power. This is accompanied by a greater burden on the caller as well as increased power consumption and thus significantly reduced battery life.

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