Tempered glass exhibits characteristically high mechanical strength. This, plus its unique breakage pattern, make it ideally suitable and safe for a range of applications.

The thermal process that converts annealed glass to tempered significantly increases its resistance to mechanical stresses, such as those forces associated with bending and impact. Further, the tempering process results in an added strength that resists thermal stresses caused by temperature differences.

When broken the risk of serious injury is significantly reduced by its safe breakage pattern. It breads into small harmless fragments, which unquestionably qualifies the product safety glass. Its usage is thus suitable for an extremely extensive list of applications, including construction, industrial, and furniture.

Fabrication of tempered glass such as edgework, notches, holes must be done prior to tempering.