Modern Design in Glazing – Glass Bonding in Automotive

Peter Born, Henkel Technologies

The present paper discusses the process of bonding automotive windscreens into car bodies in modern serial applications at the automotive industry. Drivers for automotive development like safety, comfort and process automation strongly contribute to define requirements for the polyurethane adhesives in those applications.

Design flexibility regarding size and shape of car windows and process optimisation requirements lead to multifunctional adhesive concepts:
Within one adhesive, different performance properties could be combined to simultaneously fulfil different functions, e.g. high modulus and non-conductivity.

Modern development concepts of those polyurethane adhesives combine chemical knowhow, application process knowledge and quality control aspects from the very beginning of a project until line introduction, "integrated development".

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The Authors

Mr. Peter Born Henkel Teroson GmbH Dr. Peter Born works as the Director technical Customer Service Europe. He is leading lab teams in 6 European countries, working on adhesives, sealants and coatings for automotive applications. Wit... Read more