What is KeepSafe Maximum?
Brand Name: KeepSafe Maximum glass manufactured by Solutia Inc.

Product Description: KeepSafe Maximum glass is passive, scratch resistant laminated glass. When used in properly designed windows, KeepSafe Maximum glass provides impact resistance against hurricane force winds 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. KeepSafe Maximum glass is made by permanently bonding a plastic interlayer (Saflex), .090" thickness between two panes of glass under intense heat and pressure. The result is a tough, durable, high-performance glazing material that tests show can resist hurricane-force winds and windblown debris. All window systems using KeepSafe Maximum glass meet the hurricane requirements for wind borne debris.

Advantages:

• Hurricane Protection: Windows and doors made with KeepSafe Maximum glass meet or exceed the toughest code requirements for hurricane protection.
• Safety: Resists penetration from accidental impact. If broken, glass fragments tend to adhere to the interlayer thereby reducing the danger of serious injury. Meets CPSC, CFR 1201 and ANSI Z97.1 safety glazing standards.
• Sound Control: Is effective in controlling the transmission of sound into your home.
• UV Protection: Screens out 99% (up to 380 nanometers) of the sun's most damaging rays reducing glare, fading of carpets, drapery, and furnishings.
• Security: Protects against forced entry and resists repeated blows from hammers, bricks or similar weapons. Meets ASTM F-1223 (Class 1) forced entry standard.
• Durability: With glass on both sides, windows are less likely to scratch during routine cleaning or handling. Tends not to bubble, discolor or lose its physical or mechanical properties after installation.
• Appearance: No unsightly metal shutter systems over every window. No stacks of plywood in the yard or garage.

Composition & Materials: KeepSafe Maximum laminated glass is made from two layers of glass bonded under heat and pressure with Saflex .090" thickness interlayer between them to create a single unit.

Approvals: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the architectural glazing safety sections of model building codes have set uniform requirements for the performance of glazing materials. Two-ply laminated glass with 0.090 in thick interlayer meets requirements for Category II.

KeepSafe Maximum glass meets requirements for ASTM F1233, Class 1 (body part passage) forced entry testing and UL 972.

Installation: Only by approved KeepSafe Maximum manufacturers, such as Modern Window and Doors, Inc.

Warranty: An approved window or door system made with KeepSafe Maximum glass can qualify for KeepSafe's Break-In Protection Limited Warranty which covers up to $1,000 of the purchaser's insurance deductible (see Keepsafe maximum website at www.keepsafemax.com for complete terms and conditions for applicable warranty coverage).

Technical Services: Contact Modern Window and Doors, Inc. for technical assistance with the selection, specification, design and installation of KeepSafe Maximum window and door systems.

Round-The-Clock Hurricane Protection & More!
Protecting Your Home, Inside & Out
Why KeepSafe Maximum? Let the facts speak for themselves.

Each year hurricanes cause more than $2 billion in damage to the U.S., and that number is expected to grow.

According to weather experts, Americans can expect bigger, stronger and more devastating storms in the future.

45 million permanent residents now live along hurricane-prone coastlines.

With KeepSafe Maximum glass windows and doors, you can help protect your home and family, as well as guard against the destructive effects of hurricanes. Unlike the glass in conventional window systems, KeepSafe Maximum glass will not shatter and fall from its frame when struck by a projectile, or flying debris. Instead, any glass fragments tend to adhere to KeepSafe Maximum's unique plastic interlayer. So even when faced with hurricane-force winds, windows and doors made with KeepSafe Maximum hold together and hang tough. All of which helps protect your home's integrity, while keeping out damaging winds, rain and flying debris.

Safety with KeepSafe Maximum
The Clear Alternative For Added Safety
The same strength that lets KeepSafe Maximum stand up to hurricanes means greater safety for your home and family year-round.

Whether it's a misguided ladder or a backyard foul ball, it helps prevent any accidental impact from breaking through, and virtually eliminates hazardous shards of broken glass. Plus, KeepSafe Maximum glass meets all local safety and building codes.

Noise Control With KeepSafe Maximum
The Sound Solution To Unwanted Noise
Unwanted noise from neighbors, airplanes, traffic and construction enter your home and intrude in your life. But the good news is that KeepSafe Maximum can provide the first line of defense against unwanted and irritating noise.

Thanks to its sound-dampening interlayer, KeepSafe Maximum glass helps reduce overall sound transmission. Compared to ordinary glass, it can dramatically cut the noise that penetrates your windows and doors. And that keeps aggravating noise outside the home, while preserving peace and quiet within.

UV Protection with KeepSafe Maximum
Protecting Your Home, Inside & Out
The fact is, the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause considerable damage and fading to your carpet, artwork, family photographs, and other household furnishings. But KeepSafe Maximum helps protect against harmful rays*.

By filtering out up to 99% of the sun's most damaging rays, KeepSafe Maximum glass helps reduce glare and protects valuables inside your home. By contrast, conventional glass blocks out less than 5% of the suns most damaging rays.

Residential Security With KeepSafe Maximum
Bringing Safety & Security To Homeowners
KeepSafe Maximum glass stands up to repeated blows from bats, bricks, crowbars, hammers and other common burglary tools. After trying unsuccessfully to break through KeepSafe Maximum glass, would-be intruders move one to easier targets.

Before it bears the KeepSafe Maximum name, windows and door systems must pass a battery of demanding, standardized performance tests which include:

ASTM F 1233 Class 1 (measures a window's ability to resist forced entry)

ASTM F 588-85 Grade 10 (measures a window's assemblies to resist intrusion)

ASTM F 588-85 Appendix 2 (measures a window's ability to resist impacts)

ASTM F 842 Grade 10 (measures a sliding glass door's resistance to forced entry) and

ASTM F 476 Grade 10 (measures doors and sidelights resistance to forced entry).

So, with KeepSafe Maximum glass, your property stays safe and your family stays secure.

In addition, KeepSafe Maximum is much more than the glass itself. It's a total window system designed for optimum home security. Whether you're home or away, windows and doors with KeepSafe Maximum glass help protect your home and possessions. And they complement traditional security measures like alarm systems, deadbolt locks and more.

Product Specifications
Advantages of KeepSafe Maximum:

• Hurricane Protection: Windows and doors made with KeepSafe Maximum glass meet or exceed the toughest code requirements for hurricane protection.
• Safety: Resists penetration from accidental impact. If broken, glass fragments tend to adhere to the interlayer thereby reducing the danger of serious injury. Meets CPSC, CFR 1201 and ANSI Z97.1 safety glazing standards.
• Sound Control: Is effective in controlling the transmission of sound into your home.
• UV Protection: Screens out 99% (up to 380 nanometers) of the sun's most damaging rays reducing glare, fading of carpets, drapery, and furnishings.
• Security: Protects against forced entry and resists repeated blows from hammers, bricks or similar weapons. Meets ASTM F-1223 (Class 1) forced entry standard.
• Durability: With glass on both sides, windows are less likely to scratch during routine cleaning or handling. Tends not to bubble, discolor or lose its physical or mechanical properties after installation.
• Appearance: No unsightly metal shutter systems over every window. No stacks of plywood in the yard or garage.

Technical Data: Applicable Standards American Standard of Testing Materials (ASTM)

ASTM F 588-85 Grade 10 - measures a window assembly's resistance to "opportunistic or unskilled burglars."

• Resistance to: hand manipulation, tool manipulation and static load/locking device strength resistance.

ASTM F 588-85 Appendix X2 - requires resistance to:

• A steel-weight pendulum delivering horizontal impacts u to 100 J with an impact diameter of about 1-1/4".
• Five glazing impacts in a classic domino pattern.

ASTM F 842 Grade 10 - requires sliding glass doors to be resistant to forced entry with no penetration of impactor.

Storm Door Standard

• SPPS E - 079901 - requires resistance to forced entry of storm door assemblies.

The Miami-Dade protocol in the Florida Building Code

• SFBC (Dade County) - most stringent hurricane code in the world, requiring that windows and doors be able to withstand hurricane winds up to 150 miles per hour and impact from windborne debris propelled by such intense forces.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

• ANSI Z97.1 - Standard for glazing materials used in buildings - safety performance specification and methods of test.

Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)

• CPSC 16 CFR 1201.

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., (UL)

• UL 972 - Burglary Resistant Glazing.

Environmental Considerations: Use of laminated glass can reduce heating and cooling costs. Sound attenuation applications mean reductions in noise pollution.

• Physical Properties of KeepSafe Maximum glass*:
• Refractive Index: 1.48
• Visible light transmittance, clear: 0.88
• Shading coefficient, clear: 0.88
• UV Screening, up to 380 nm: 0.99
• Solar transmittance: 0.69
• Solar heat gain coefficient: 0.75
• Relative heat gain: 189

* The data set out in this table for all properties or changes in properties are based on samples tested and are not guaranteed for all samples of the product. Such data are intended as guides and do not reflect product specifications for any particular property.