The majority of glass furniture in the market today is produced using UV bonding technology. There are several reasons for this: lack of mechanical fittings or connections makes the furniture optically very attractive and allows design variations which otherwise would not be possible; bonding technology allows glass parts to be connected to each other quickly and efficiently; the ability of UV-curing adhesives to bear high loads is a positive safety feature. Primarily, this paper looks at two fields of application: Glass-to-glass bonding when producing all glass furniture, and glass-to-metal bonding for bonding metal parts such as table legs, hinges, shelf supports etc.
Origin
Bohle Ag, France
Journal Title
Verre 8 1 2002 15-19
Sector
Flat glass
Class
F 1324