Thick or Thin? Choosing the Right Display Window Glass OEM for Your Equipment

Let me guess – you’re staring at your equipment specs, scratching your head over whether to go with thick or thin display window glass. I’ve been there. That moment when you realize this single decision could mean the difference between a display that lasts for years versus one that cracks under pressure (literally).

Here’s the truth: there’s no universal “best” thickness. The right display window glass depends entirely on what your equipment needs to endure. After a decade in the industry, I’ve seen too many projects derailed by poor glass selection. Let’s break this down so you don’t make those same mistakes.

In Weiman, we offer professional display window glass OEM service including:

Cutting, laser cutting, CNC grinding / polishing / drilling, tempering(chemically & thermally), silkscreen printing, coatings(AR, AG, AF), tape bonding(adhesive transfer, VHB, OCA tapes), inspection & packaging.

We believe only offer these services in house, we could guarantee each unit of display window glass for touch screen in same quality no matter in same batch or different batches.

How Weiman Inspect The Display Window Glass?

In Weiman, we are not only arrange visual and dimensional inspection for each unit of display window glass but also:

Tempering test:

Thermal tempering we will arrange for particle test and IK(drop ball) test.

Chemical strengthening we will test hardness and its CS/DOL.

Paint test:

1.The paint adhesion test(use knife to draw cross and peel by 3M tape to see if the paint will peel off).

2.The color test(Use colorimeter to check if the color of finish glass meet golden sample).

Coating test:

To AR(Anti reflection), we will test different light transmittance in different spectral bands and adhesion.

To AG(Anti glare), we will test light transmittance(VLT), haze and roughness(Ra) to see if the final effect can meet customer’s expect.

To AF(Anti fingerprint), we will test the coating effect under water angle test and durability by rubber test.

How We Can Bond The Display Window Glass Into Our Device?

Since the display window glass is protection guard of LCD / OLED screen, it should be bonded to the screen front.

Usually our customer will request us offer tape adhesion surface including:

Adhesion transfer tape, it’s the most regular way to offered base on different thicknesses(Like 467Mp with 0.05mm).

VHB tape, for color / waterproof requirement.

OCA tape, it’s a kind of fully transparent optical tape fully bond to the screen surface like protector on phone.

FAQ

Q1:Can we custom the display window glass thickness as wish?

A1:Yes, we offer thickness from 0.33mm to 3mm depends on your design. The thicker the better impact resistance but of course heavier.

Q2:How can we know if the chemical strengthening effect is OK or not?

A2:A simple table to tell the chemical strengthening result between soda lime glass and high aluminosilicate glass: