ECE R43 Regulation for Approval of Automotive Safety Glasses and Glass Materials

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of ECE R43 standard. ECE R43 test regulation, toughened glass (a single layer of glass that undergoes special treatment to increase its mechanical strength and condition its shattering), laminated glasses (glass made up of several layers held together by one or more layers of plastic material), ordinary laminated glasses ( It covers the safety and approval of glass in which none of the glass layers from which it is formed has been treated) or treated laminated glasses (glass in which at least one of the glass layers from which it is formed is specially processed). Apart from this, many more safety glasses are covered by the ECE R43 regulation.

Glass used in automotive applications has to maintain different pressure and safety regulations. As a manufacturer or supplier of glass used in cars, trucks, buses, commercial, agricultural or other vehicles such as mobile homes or caravans, it is critical to production and yield that your products meet the stringent safety standards required. EUROLAB has knowledgeable experts to support you in all your testing and approval processes related to automotive glass applications.

The tests found in the ECE R43 regulation are as follows:

• Fragmentation Test
• Mechanical Strength Test (227 g Ball - 2260 g Ball)
• Head Impact Test
• Abrasion Resistance Test (Outer Face - Inner Face)
• High Temperature Resistance Test
• Radiation Resistance Test
• Radiation Resistance Test
• Light Transmittance Test
• Secondary Image Test
• Glass Color Determination Test
• Resistance to Temperature Changes
• Fire Resistance Test
• Resistance to Chemical Materials Test
• Optical Distortion Experiment

Windshields

• Toughened Glass
• Ordinary Laminated Glass
• Machined Laminated Glass
• Glass Plastic

Glass Panels Outside Windshields

• Toughened Glass
• Laminated Glass
• Glass-plastic

ECE R43 standards focus on safety issues and the durability of glass as a critical component in any vehicle. Factors to consider include: impact headform, impact of stones, optical distortion, light transmittance.

This regulation; Covers safety glass materials intended to be fitted as windshields, other glass panes or partition glazing to power-driven vehicles and their trailers and their equipment (excluding lighting and light-signaling devices and instrument panel glazing and special bulletproof glazing).

EUROLAB laboratory, with its professional engineer staff, provides the best service to you, our suppliers and manufacturers, with 43 years of experience, within the scope of the regulation for the approval of ECE R25 automotive safety glasses and glass materials. Do not hesitate to contact our organization EUROLAB for all your automotive testing and service requests.