What is fish tank lacing?

Braces are several vertical glass strips attached to the top of the fish tank, which can increase the attachment area and strengthen the fish tank. The cover of the finished cylinder can also play a certain role in lacing. For large fish tanks, it is necessary to consider how to place the filter when lacing, and it may be necessary to punch holes in the lacing to pass through water pipes and wires. ?

After the fish tank is filled with water, it will deform under the action of water pressure. The function is to improve the strength of the cylinder and cope with the pressure of water in the cylinder.

We all know that when a fish tank is filled with water, it will deform under the action of water pressure. A one-meter-long fish tank may protrude 2-3 mm when the water depth is half a meter, and the opposite sides add up to about 5 mm. The degree of deformation varies with the length of the fish tank, the thickness of the glass, the water depth and whether the glass is flat or curved.

Generally, the deformation of a flat fish tank less than one meter is not too large and can be ignored. Fish tanks over one meter, especially curved fish tanks, need to be reinforced to prevent the glass from bursting due to deformation.

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The upper and lower ends of the cylinder are bonded with glass strips along the inner wall of the cylinder to form a rectangular frame, which plays a reinforcing role. This is the most traditional lacing?

The glass made by floating on metal liquid is voodoo glass, which is smoother than ordinary glass. In fact, ordinary glass factories now use voodoo technology, and the quality of glass is relatively easy to distinguish.

Principle of lacing: In a large fish tank, the glass of the fish tank bulges out mechanically because of the pressure of water. If you don't want to use lacing, you have to use glass with excessive thickness so as not to "bulge". If the glass is not thick enough, you have to stick a thick glass strip on the glass to "recover" the protruding force, so in fact, the lacing doesn't have to be as long as the glass surface of the fish tank, and it doesn't matter if the sides are shorter. ?

General fish tank with lacing, long side symmetric lacing.