Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Here we are in December, the month that wraps up the year and leaves us happy and grateful with an occasion to enjoy holiday festivities. We'd like to thank everyone we [...]
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Pressing glass with the Fontijne Presses laboratory press
The challenge consisted of bonding PVB (PolyVinyl Butyral) interlayer film between 2 panels of glass. Laminated glass is a type of safety glass that holds together when shattered and that is commonly used in applications that require strong binding, toughness, and optical clarity for example in the automotive and architectural fields. The bonding process takes place under high heat and pressure conditions.