The Possibilities of Glass Bond Adhesives

F.A. Veer, Delft University of Technology
M.J.H.C. Janssen, Siko bv
T Nägele, Delo industries

For several decades most of the engineering effort in glass has gone into different forms of joints. The predominant type of joint is the bolted joint in tempered glass. This type of joint has been shown to have severe limitations. Adhesive joints traditionally have had a large degree of mistrust because of the complications in manufacture, easy contamination and doubts about the moisture resistance. Three years ago DELO developed a new family of adhesives, the Glass Bond family. These are water resistant blue light/UV-a curing adhesives. It will be shown on the basis of several case studies that this type of adhesive has the potential to revolutionize glass structures.

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The Authors

Dr. Frederic Veer Dr. Delft University of Technology Frederic Veer has been involved in glass research since 1995, developing new combinations and structures which use glass as a structural material in innovative ways. Currently the author is head of a ... Read more