In yachts and boats, weight is a very important factor. Wind deflectors, cabin windows, and sunroofs form large surfaces that affect the total weight of a yacht or boat. Our yacht glazing solutions made of hard-coated Aikon® PMMA and PC sheets offer an excellent combination of lightness, durability and safety for yacht glazing. In addition, we provide smart windows embedded with shading and privacy films or info displays.
Aikon® yacht glazing solutions provide premium quality to cabin or deck windows, sunroofs, display screens, and wind deflectors. Our yacht glazing is designed and produced to meet your needs. Yacht glazing solutions, manufactured from hard-coated, high-performance plastics, have high optical quality and their low weight helps improve energy efficiency. In addition, hard-coated polymer yacht glazing is a safe and durable solution as they have high impact strength, UV resistance, and abrasion resistance. Also, Aikon® yacht glazing has a lower carbon footprint in its total lifecycle compared to glass.
Aikon® experts help you in developing new futureproof yacht glazing solutions. By working with our experts, you get the latest expertise and state-of-the-art technology for your product development process.
The earlier we get involved in your product development, the better we can help in designing and manufacturing lightweight yacht glazing solutions. We have nearly four decades of experience in high-performance polymer glazing solutions and their development. Book an online meeting with us to see how we can help you!
Aikon® Full Solution covers everything to fabricate safe and lightweight yacht glazing solutions in one place. The Full Solution involves plastic coating, laminating, printing, thermoforming and machining. Yacht glazing can also be embedded with smart technologies in one place.
We manufacture custom prototypes as well as custom solutions based on your specific needs. Our production capacity and a high degree of automation enable the cost-effective delivery of large yacht glazing and boat window batches.
As a full solution partner, we ensure the high quality of yacht glazing. We are responsible for the total quality of manufactured products and use machine vision and systematic quality control tests to quarantee high quality.
Yacht and boat glazing are exposed to strong UV-radiation at sea. Therefore, the UV resistance of glazing materials is an essential requirement. Hard coated high-performance plastics meet this requirement as the coating significantly improves weather resistance, creating high resistance to UV-radiation.
A laminated plastic sheet is a structure in which acrylic or polycarbonate sheets alternate with TPU films. The layered structure improves the sheet’s impact strength without compromising the transparency of the material. In the laminating process smart technologies such as shading films can be integrated to a glazing.
Shading films, transparent displays and heated windows can be integrated into glazing solutions. With shading films, dimming features allow control how much light enters to a space. Custom shading creates a comfortable experience to use a marine vehicle. In addition, shading films allow light to be optimized by utilizing natural light for energy savings and ambiance, and shade during peak hours for cooling and solar control.
Polycarbonate or acrylic windows can be laminated with Gauzy SPD shading films, which allow the window shade to be adjusted at the touch of a button. Enjoy ocean and sky views without strong light reflection and glare in cabin, bridge, and deck windows. Laminated shading films offer dynamic shading and temperature control.
Laminating Gauzy PDLC smart film enables dynamic light control by instantly switching transparent window to opaque. The film creates complete privacy or transparency when it is needed. It is an excellent solution for indoor and outdoor glazing. Opaque smart film enables optimizing space and it can be used for projection platforms.
Transparent displays connect physical and digital to provide dynamic information of an environment or a yacht, for example. They can be laminated into glazing to turn windows into interactive displays. The display does not affect the optical properties of the window. Thus, manufacturers can build safer yachts and boats.
Tomas Djupsund
Key Account Manager
+358 20 779 0045
tomas.djupsund@aikolon.fi
