Technical article on how our windshield's are manufactured. Kind of interesting.
03-30-2000, 07:52 AM
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Technical article on how our windshield's are manufactured. Kind of interesting.
High Performance Plastics April 1, 2000
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LENGTH: 224 words
HEADLINE: TPE glazing for Audi uses new robotic technology.
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THIS IS THE FULL TEXT: COPYRIGHT 2000 International Newsletters Subscription: $ 474.00 per year. Published monthly. PO Box 133, Whitney, Oxfordshire, England 0X8 6ZH., United Kingdom
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New robotic technology is being used by Audi to apply thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) to the windscreen and backlite sealing systems of the TT model, in frameless flush glazing which forms a part of the styling of the car.
Developed by Sekurit Saint-Gobain, the system uses a grade of AES' Santoprene TPE specially developed for this application, giving design flexibility, ease of processing, excellent sealing performance, weatherability and aesthetic matching with other sealing systems.
The TPE profiles are applied and bonded to the glass modules using a robotic extrusion system and are shipped to the Audi assembly line for installation. A PU assembly glue is placed on a pre-applied long-life primer and the glass is assembled into the car body in a single-step operation.
Dr Ulrich von Alpen, a Board Director of Sekurit Saint-Gobain, commented that the use of the robotic extrusion technology combined with the Santoprene material enables the use of more complex designs of profile, while its thermoplastic nature permits in-line formation of the joint. The ETP also gives better long-term sealing performance during the lifetime of the car, in the temperature range -40oC to 120oC.
* Advanced Elastomer Systems NV/SA, Avenue de Bale 1, Bazellaan, B-1140 Brussels, Belgium; tel: +32-2 706 3311; fax: +32-2 76 3310
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Copyright 2000 International Newsletters
High Performance Plastics
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SECTION: Pg. NA ; 0264-7753
IAC-ACC-NO: 60583569
LENGTH: 224 words
HEADLINE: TPE glazing for Audi uses new robotic technology.
AUTHOR-ABSTRACT:
THIS IS THE FULL TEXT: COPYRIGHT 2000 International Newsletters Subscription: $ 474.00 per year. Published monthly. PO Box 133, Whitney, Oxfordshire, England 0X8 6ZH., United Kingdom
BODY:
New robotic technology is being used by Audi to apply thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) to the windscreen and backlite sealing systems of the TT model, in frameless flush glazing which forms a part of the styling of the car.
Developed by Sekurit Saint-Gobain, the system uses a grade of AES' Santoprene TPE specially developed for this application, giving design flexibility, ease of processing, excellent sealing performance, weatherability and aesthetic matching with other sealing systems.
The TPE profiles are applied and bonded to the glass modules using a robotic extrusion system and are shipped to the Audi assembly line for installation. A PU assembly glue is placed on a pre-applied long-life primer and the glass is assembled into the car body in a single-step operation.
Dr Ulrich von Alpen, a Board Director of Sekurit Saint-Gobain, commented that the use of the robotic extrusion technology combined with the Santoprene material enables the use of more complex designs of profile, while its thermoplastic nature permits in-line formation of the joint. The ETP also gives better long-term sealing performance during the lifetime of the car, in the temperature range -40oC to 120oC.
* Advanced Elastomer Systems NV/SA, Avenue de Bale 1, Bazellaan, B-1140 Brussels, Belgium; tel: +32-2 706 3311; fax: +32-2 76 3310
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Deny, that is actually how the windshields are INSTALLED, not manufactured!
It is a special bonding agent, I am sure the glass is nothing special, unless they mean that the inside platic is also special so it can react to the bonding sealant. That didn't seem very clear, at least to me.
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