Case study · Colorado school district security window film

Evidence, not brochures.

One of Colorado’s largest districts wanted its glass to perform the way vendors said it would. So it ran a rigorous field evaluation of competing security films and installation methods rather than take any manufacturer’s word.

3M S2400, attached the Epic Method.

Epic installs 3M S2400 — a 24-mil polyurethane security film with 560% elongation — and attached it to the frame with the Epic Method: interior gasket removed, cork wedges driven into the open channel, film applied, structural silicone sealant tooled into the open channel so film, glass and frame become one load-bearing unit.

Every campus. The largest project in 3M’s history.

Epic’s installed system outperformed the alternatives in the district’s evaluation, and the district awarded Epic the full project — the largest project in 3M’s history: roughly 50,000 windows and more than 600,000 square feet of film across 89 campuses. Installation is under way campus by campus.

“The district’s rigorous evaluation affirmed what our research has shown — 3M S2400 provides strength, flexibility, and clarity.”

— Tony Adleta, 3M