Glass lamination specialist Glass UK & Spanish furnace manufacturer specialist Pujol, have teamed up to design and manufacture, say the firms, the largest EVA furnace in the world. The 8mx5m furnace, which cost around £150,000 to build, will be installed in Glass UK's Bucks headquarters and was commissioned for operation in October 2009. This will enagle Glass UK to laminate the largest EVA stock sheets in the UK - jumbo-sized sections of up to 6,000mm x 3,200mm. EVA resin technology is revolutionising glass lamination for external facades, windows and doors because it is plastic-based, rather than polymer-based, which makes it impervious to water ingress. The previously dominant PVB resing technology is hydroscopic, meaning it is susceptible tow ater ingress and unreliable for use in external application. EVA lamination is far more durable.
