Whether it’s pint glasses, shot glasses, coffee mugs, wine glasses, wine bottles – well, you get the idea – lasers work wonderfully for customizing all kinds of glass products!
Glass engraving and etching with a CO2 laser produces a beautiful frosted effect, allowing you to etch custom logos and designs on nearly any glass product.
Hiraycus’s Rotary Attachment option makes setting up glassware for engraving a breeze! The rotary allows you to easily set up different sizes of glasses, mugs, vases and wine bottles for engraving. The rotary turns the piece as the laser etches your pattern. No special measurements are required to create these custom etchings!
Glass engraving, through modern advancements, has greatly enhanced glass processing compared to previous techniques. Glass is an inorganic, non-crystalline solid material. It is often produced by rapidly cooling molten sand, limestone, and soda ash. The cooling process prevents regular crystal growth, giving glass its transparent, glossy and brittle qualities. There are also colored glasses that exhibit color by mixing in certain metal oxides or salts, and tempered glass made by physical or chemical methods.
The laser glass engraving allows for intricate designs not possible with other old methods. Additionally, lasers vaporize material cleanly without cracks or chips. This creates smooth edges ideal for glass art, decorations, and transparent components.
Classified by usageGlass can be categorized based on its intended application, from transparent flat glass for buildings to robust container glass for storage vessels. The composition and properties of each glass type are tailored to its usage needs. For example, flat glass emphasizes visual clarity for windows and facades, container glass must withstand internal pressures and impacts, and optical glass requires precision optics manufacturing.
Variations in glass production techniques directly influence the characteristics and capabilities of the final product. Float glass, fiberglass, tempered glass and laminated glass exhibit distinct qualities derived from their respective manufacturing processes. For instance, float glass has pristine surfaces protected by the molten tin, fiberglass has high tensile strength derived from the glass strands, and tempering greatly increases mechanical durability.
Architectural decorative glass
Decorative laser glass engraving gives designers creative freedom to beautify living spaces. It can create intricate patterns and artwork on architectural glass surfaces such as windows, room dividers, and wall partitions. This provides aesthetic embellishment and decorative effects for interior design and architectural styling.
Automotive glass engraving
Laser glass engraving allows applying logos, stripes, and other ornamental designs to enhance visual styling. As it does not affect the strength, glass engraving decorations can provide unique styling touches and premium branding effects for car owners seeking to personalize their vehicles.
Artistic glassware
The precision and depth control of laser glass engraving systems allow us to create refined, customized detailing on glassware for gifts, awards, commemorative pieces, and decorative items. Laser glass engraving can produce delicate shading and minute intricacy not achievable by hand engraving.
Branding and product marking
Laser glass engraving permanently inscribes logos, serial numbers, barcodes, trademarks, and other identifiers onto glass components for product branding, labeling, and anti-counterfeiting. The durability and consistency make it ideal for these production line and product lifetime applications where permanence and precision are important.
