The Safe-T-Punch™ tip penetrates the toughened safety glass and initiates the automatic self-destruction of the entire toughened glass pane.
NO, Safe-T-Punch™ is designed to only break Toughened Safety Glass – Usually side windows and back windows, these windows’ glass are permanently marked as to their type. Do not use on forward facing windscreens, these are always laminate glass.
It is proven over many years of use that emergency windows are very rarely, if ever, broken using a Safe-T-Punch™ device as an act of vandalism. It is not a preloaded technology that goes off in a bang when a button is pressed. It takes a deliberate effort for a person to break a toughened glass emergency window. When a window is broken it is spectacular and noisy and hard not to notice. This is an obvious deterrent to a vandal. The removable safety tag can be reinserted.
By in a scientific manner piercing the compression layer found on the surface of all Toughened Safety Glass that conforms to UN ECE R43 or similar glass standard.
Once correctly installed on an emergency window Safe-T-Punch™ is permanent and not portable. Only the very best 3M VHB adhesive is used. The shape of Safe-T-Punch™ is low profile and has tapered edges, removal by bare hands is impossible.
Each device can be track and traced to its batch material recorded reports.
As part of our certified ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System each component and the complete device is 100% verified prior to being assembled and made available for sale. Each Safe-T-Punch™ life saving device is quality tested.
Yes, FEMA, DFMEA and FMECA studies were performed on all Safe-T-Punch™ product designs.
Yes, we tested it for the Royal Coastguard on 8mm thick toughened glass used for the bridge windows of their marine vessels and workboats.
South Africa as a result of the Westdene bus disaster in 1985 when the bus was submerged in the dam
Surviving witnesses stated that the emergency exits did not operate as they were supposed to
Ivan de Villiers le Roux in late 1989 and first patented in 1991
Safe-T-Punch™ is tested to perform from -40 Degrees Celsius to +90 Degrees Celsius. It has resistance to Ultra Violet light exposure, rain and snow for exterior use. The operating instructions sticker is grade C photoluminescent material as regulated and provides visibility for the operating instructions in low light, smoke-filled and submerged conditions. Safe-T-Punch™ is not portable and can always be found in its regulated place of operation.
Yes all parts are anodised or made from stable synthetic materials.
Approval for the Safe-T-Punch™ device is achieved during the whole vehicle homologation process. The acceptance of Safe-T-Punch™ as compliant by international competent authorities has been achieved by many vehicle manufacturers and their vehicle models. Such competent authorities include the UK VCA, the ZA NRCS and many more. Safe-T-Punch™ may be used as an alternative to break glass hammers.