This method of tinting a car today is a technological novelty. Thanks to it, the comfort of passengers during the trip is significantly increased. In addition, the vehicle is now much better to manage.

Naturally, the level of the convenience of the car is affected by a number of other important factors, such as the quality of the suspension, the total technical equipment of the vehicle, the height of the engine landing, etc. But only thanks to the electronic tinting of glasses, the connection of passengers with the surrounding world is created by such a unique, which you can not tell about conventional tint. Both types of this coating provide a decrease in the amount of transmitted light through the glass, but it is the electronic toning that can adjust this parameter in contrast to the usual one.

Normal toning

Dimming the car glass gives an important advantage, since it prevents the penetration of the inside the salon of ultraviolet rays. Due to this, the casing does not fade, and the temperature in the cabin is maintained at a normal level. In addition, tinted glass allows you to limit or completely eliminate the external interior viewing of the car. That is, simply speaking, people on the street will not see who inside the car.  

The process of dimming the car's glass is carried out by applying to their surface of a special film or a special composition by spraying, which significantly reduce the glass capacity of the glass.

On the one hand, it is practical and very convenient, but on the other not quite legal. Most of the car owners had to completely remove the tinted coating of glasses after the relevant law adopted by the Parliament, however, not all. As they say, any illegal methods can be done legitimate. We are talking just about electronic tinting of glasses.

Such glasses are often called "smart" glasses, since their use makes it possible to change the level of glass bandwidth at the request of the owner of the car. This can be done literally in seconds. For example, at night or in cloudy weather, toned glass is characterized by a full bandwidth, and during the daytime it can be adjusted, thereby providing maximum comfort while traveling.

Features of electronic toning

To date, the side and rear windows are not toned and especially the windshield.

Therefore, the electronic tint is applied only on the front side glasses, despite the fact that all automotive glass can be darned.

Electrotion of glass includes several elements. Of these, the most basic is a special glass installed on the site of the usual one. It is called smart glass that translated from English means "smart" glass. It is a three-layer structure: the outer two layers are glass, and a special film is placed between them.

There is also such an electronic toning, where there is no need to replace the glass. Here on ordinary glass just glued the film to which the electrical wiring is connected.

The throughput film capacity directly depends on the voltage value of the electric current. To do this, a special voltage regulator is provided in the chain, thanks to which the glass toning is controlled. The voltage comes from the onboard power supply of the car.

Varieties of electronic tinting

Today there are two types of glass electrotion:

Electronic Toning

The essence of the electron processing process is based on the photoelectric effect: an electric current affects the film liquid crystal structure, due to which the bandwidth of the film can thus be changed.

At a time when the electric current is not fed to the film, its liquid crystal structure is in solid form. At the same time, it acquires a matte tint and as a result of its bandwidth equals zero.

When the current is again fed to the film, this layer goes into the molten state and in turn its throughput increases again.

With the maximum value of the supplied voltage, the glass becomes completely transparent.

electrochromic toning

This type of electronic toning is based on the same principle as the previous one. The whole difference consists in the film used. In electrochromic toning, a polymer film is used.

These substances change their optical characteristics under the action of electric current, the level of illumination and external air temperature.

As well as the liquid crystal film, it is either glued to the surface of ordinary glass, or include a three-layer "smart" glass.

Types of electrochromic toning

Today there are two types of electrochromic tinting of automotive glass: SPD and PDLC.

In the process of toning, polymers are used in the first way in the film composition, thanks to which the capacity of the glass is reduced, and its transparency.

Electrochromic toning by the PDLC method is to apply such a polymer film that is capable of changing only the level of its transparency, but not transmissibility remaining unchanged. Under the influence of electric current, the polymers in the film are becoming matte, so it is not visible from the street who is in the car's cabin and what happens in it. At the same time, the sun's rays go inside the interior fully.

The practicality of both types of glass tinting is that there is no need to provide a constant supply of electric current, only with the need to change the dimension of the car's glass.

In the case of using smart glasses, you just need to install them correctly instead of usual. In addition, it is necessary to ensure proper power supply and connection to the onboard automotive network.

If only the film is used, it is necessary to glue it on the glass strictly according to the technology, otherwise it can be spoiled. After successful adhesion, it is necessary to ensure the correct connection of all items in the kit.

Advantages and disadvantages

Electronic tinting of glasses has many important advantages. One of the most important things is the lack of anxiety that you can become fined somewhere on the road, because at any moment you can make the glass transparent.

In addition, when using electronic tinting, you can always change and thereby adjust the level of the dimension of glasses under current weather conditions. Even if the glasses are completely transparent, toning will still prevent ultraviolet rays from entering the car's interior.

As for the shortcomings, it is only one here is a high cost of tinting. This is explained by an individual approach to each client, which is much more expensive, first of all, in time, compared with mass maintenance.

The total cost of all works depends on the number of glasses by car on which electronic tinting and their area will be produced. Including material, it will cost from 3 to 10 thousand dollars.

Making a conclusion, it can be said that the electronic toning is a very progressive method of dimming glass, thanks to which each passenger in the car can feel as comfortable as possible and at the same time not to worry about the violation of the law. But at the moment it is not all for the pocket.