<![CDATA[ACE Podcasts]]>https://ace-podcasts-jt46b6.jellypod.comPowered by Jellypod (https://www.jellypod.com)Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:48:31 GMTSun, 20 Sep 2026 18:50:17 GMTyes0a5a461a-1c56-4333-a341-f5ef7d1c09f9Peter FabianProtective glazing is sold on performance claims that buyers are rarely in a position to check. This series is built to change that. Advanced Coatings Engineering (ACE) manufactures safety, security and ballistic laminates and panels for glass. This serieProtective glazing is sold on performance claims that buyers are rarely in a position to check. This series is built to change that. Advanced Coatings Engineering (ACE) manufactures safety, security and ballistic laminates and panels for glass. This series does not sell them. Its purpose is to let buyers understand what they are being sold, by anyone in this industry, and verify it themselves. Every episode is built from documents: accredited test reports, trademark and tribunal records, and published investigations. Every figure traces to a named source. Every quotation is attributed. Where the evidence does not reach, the hosts say so rather than filling the gap. No product is described as bulletproof, and no performance claim appears without the laboratory that ran the test, the report number, and the glass thickness it was tested on. Ada Ingram carries the standards and the test evidence. Cody Vance asks what the buyer is actually holding. A third voice reads the quotations and nothing else. Ada, Cody and the Reader are ACE's presenters. Their voices and images are synthesized. Important: The documents, the test reports and the figures are not. Episodes run approximately twenty minutes. (Powered by Jellypod)episodicPeter Fabianfeed+c7160f52@podcasts.jellypod.comfalse<![CDATA[Beyond the Spec Sheet: How to Verify Security Glazing]]>https://ace-podcasts-jt46b6.jellypod.com/episodes/b17f01db-88c8-418a-97cd-5ba5a6e6b048b17f01db-88c8-418a-97cd-5ba5a6e6b048Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:50:43 GMT33Plastic is cheap. Engineering it to last is not.

A general contractor with a VIP client in Washington asked ACE a fair question: the other company’s window film specs look the same, so why is ACE more expensive? Ada Ingram and Cody Vance answer it.

They cover the practices ACE has seen in the window film trade: tests claimed but never run, standards claimed but never met, falsified reports, and laboratories that aren’t at arm’s length. Then they go through FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth’s consumer report on an installer the station called “Johnny Bulletproof.” His demonstration failed on camera, and most of his list of past jobs didn’t check out when the station called around.

A demonstration, a government list and a dealer’s word are not tests. A laboratory report is. You’ll hear ACE’s Intertek reports to ULC-S332 (burglary resisting glazing), ANSI Z97.1 (safety glazing) and ASTM E84 (surface burning), and how to check any report in three steps. They also explain why break strength tells you so little, and the three numbers that do matter: peel strength, elongation at break and puncture propagation tear resistance. The episode closes with ACE’s twelve-year transferable warranty and SL 14’s field record: in 35 years, ACE has no record of SL 14 being defeated in a break-in.

Watch the FOX 4 report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nosqIboU2-s

]]>Peter FabianPlastic is cheap. Engineering it to last is not. A general contractor with a VIP client in Washington asked ACE a fair question: the other company’s window film specs look the same, so why is ACE more expensive? Ada Ingram and Cody Vance answer it. They cPlastic is cheap. Engineering it to last is not. A general contractor with a VIP client in Washington asked ACE a fair question: the other company’s window film specs look the same, so why is ACE more expensive? Ada Ingram and Cody Vance answer it. They cover the practices ACE has seen in the window film trade: tests claimed but never run, standards claimed but never met, falsified reports, and laboratories that aren’t at arm’s length. Then they go through FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth’s consumer report on an installer the station called “Johnny Bulletproof.” His demonstration failed on camera, and most of his list of past jobs didn’t check out when the station called around. A demonstration, a government list and a dealer’s word are not tests. A laboratory report is. You’ll hear ACE’s Intertek reports to ULC-S332 (burglary resisting glazing), ANSI Z97.1 (safety glazing) and ASTM E84 (surface burning), and how to check any report in three steps. They also explain why break strength tells you so little, and the three numbers that do matter: peel strength, elongation at break and puncture propagation tear resistance. The episode closes with ACE’s twelve-year transferable warranty and SL 14’s field record: in 35 years, ACE has no record of SL 14 being defeated in a break-in. Watch the FOX 4 report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nosqIboU2-sfalse00:10:48full<![CDATA[Window Security for Hospitals & Behavioral Health Units]]>https://ace-podcasts-jt46b6.jellypod.com/episodes/6b7591c1-8af1-46c5-849f-1dd34ade6d4f6b7591c1-8af1-46c5-849f-1dd34ade6d4fMon, 12 Oct 2026 19:07:30 GMT22On a behavioral health unit, the force on the glass comes from inside. Ada Ingram and Cody Vance work through the New York State Office of Mental Health’s Patient Safety Standards, 36th Edition, July 2026: the five risks glazing has to answer, the three tests OMH sets for laminated glass, and why polycarbonate comes first where a patient may be alone. They cover the ACE 200 Series listing, pica and fragment retention, and anchoring the laminate at the edge. They also cover ACE’s work at Michigan’s new state psychiatric hospital, Cornwall Community Hospital and the Philippe-Pinel Institute, and the paperwork Kaiser Permanente’s projects required of a supplier. Federal glazing requirements round it out: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This episode discusses self-harm. In the United States or Canada, call or text 988.

]]>Peter FabianOn a behavioral health unit, the force on the glass comes from inside. Ada Ingram and Cody Vance work through the New York State Office of Mental Health’s Patient Safety Standards, 36th Edition, July 2026: the five risks glazing has to answer, the three tOn a behavioral health unit, the force on the glass comes from inside. Ada Ingram and Cody Vance work through the New York State Office of Mental Health’s Patient Safety Standards, 36th Edition, July 2026: the five risks glazing has to answer, the three tests OMH sets for laminated glass, and why polycarbonate comes first where a patient may be alone. They cover the ACE 200 Series listing, pica and fragment retention, and anchoring the laminate at the edge. They also cover ACE’s work at Michigan’s new state psychiatric hospital, Cornwall Community Hospital and the Philippe-Pinel Institute, and the paperwork Kaiser Permanente’s projects required of a supplier. Federal glazing requirements round it out: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission and the Department of Veterans Affairs. This episode discusses self-harm. In the United States or Canada, call or text 988.false00:20:39full<![CDATA[Who Really Invented Protective Glazing?]]>https://ace-podcasts-jt46b6.jellypod.com/episodes/2824eb75-915d-4b9e-ba57-4e009ddaf42c2824eb75-915d-4b9e-ba57-4e009ddaf42cSat, 03 Oct 2026 20:58:23 GMT11Peter FabianACE examines the dated record behind protective glazing claims, tracing trademark, tribunal, and laboratory evidence to the earliest documented inventor.ACE examines the dated record behind protective glazing claims, tracing trademark, tribunal, and laboratory evidence to the earliest documented inventor.false00:29:19full