Bfg Glassgroup

Glaverbel-Mecaniver

Glaverbel-Mecaniver S.a.

Pol Baudin

Marcel De Boel

Pierre Collignon

Robert Van Laethem

Hans-Henning Nolte

Emile Plumat

Robert Posset

Lucien Leger

Jean-Marie Autequitte

Jean Deliere

Michel Wasterlain

Claude Gillieaux

When forming a multi-ply laminate having at least one thermoplastic structural ply forming an outer ply of the laminate, known processes comprise degassing and bonding steps during which gas is removed from between assembled structural plies of the laminate and the plies are heated to cause them to bond together while a moulding plate is in contact with the or each exposed thermoplastic ply. In order to reduce or eliminate optical distortion in the laminate, which may be adapted to constitute a vehicle windshield, during the degassing step, the assembled plies are subjected to a sub-atmospheric environmental pressure having an absolute valve of 150 mm Hg or less while the inter-ply space or spaces are subjected to a sub-atmospheric pressure at the edges of the assembly to degas the assembly, said edge pressure and said environmental pressure are maintained at such values as to give rise to a separation of the plies which is attributable to the mean inter-ply gas pressure being higher than the environmental pressure while the assembly of plies is heated to a temperature below that at which effective adherence commences between the thermoplastic material and an adjacent ply, the degassed assembly remains subject to sub-atmospheric edge pressure while its temperature is increased past the temperature at which said effective adherence commences and the assembly is then subjected to a bonding step in which heat and pressure conditions are such as to cause the plies to bond firmly together.

Process of forming a multi-ply laminate

A process for forming a solid layer of intumescent material from a fluid material which comprises the steps of pouring the fluid material onto a mold and evaporating the liquid from the fluid material while the fluid material is contained within a chamber offering a predetermined restraint to the escape of vapor from the chamber to the ambient atmosphere.

Formation of solid layers of material

In order to reduce or prevent absorption of water in the adhesive of a panel comprising at least one photovoltaic cell located between a transparent sheet and a second sheet bonded together using an adhesive material, the invention provides that another material is applied at least in part between the sheets to form a moisture barrier which surrounds the cell(s) and the adhesive. The preferred adhesive material is polyvinyl butyral, and the preferred barrier forming material is selected from neoprene based adhesives, polysulphide adhesives and polyvinylidene chloride. When the latter is used a second barrier forming material such as polysulphide adhesive is preferably interposed between the adhesive and the polyvinylidene chloride.

Panel comprising at least one photo-voltaic cell and method of

A light-transmitting fire screening panel comprising at least one sheet of glass and at least one layer of intumescent material, the improvement which comprises utilizing in the layer a hydrated alkali metal silicate as intumescent material and one or more adjuvants selected from: urea, polyhydric alcohol (including glycerine, ethylene glycol and sorbitol), monosaccharide (including glucose), polysaccharide (including starch), sodium phosphate, sodium aluminate, aluminum phosphate, borax, boric acid and colloidal silica.

Light-transmitting fire screening panel

A method of manufacturing a laminated, light-transmitting fire-screening panel comprising at least one solid layer of intumescent material sandwiched between two structural plies without the use of a sheet of plastic material to effect the bonding, comprising the steps of forming a stratum from an intumescent material assembling the stratum and a first structural ply to an inorganic face of a pane comprising a second structural ply so that the stratum is in contact with the inorganic face and sandwiched between the structural plies, enveloping at least the edges of the sandwich assembly in such manner as to define a space around the edges in which sub-atmospheric pressure can be created for subjecting the inter-ply space to suction at the edges, and subjecting the sandwich assembly to a treatment in which at least one of the main external faces of the sandwich assembly is exposed to sub-atmospheric environmental pressure while the sandwich assembly is exposed to heat in a treatment chamber and the inter-ply space is subjected to the aforesaid suction to effect bonding of the various plies without causing the intumescent material to become tumid.

Method of manufacturing a laminated, light transmitting, fire screening

A laminated light-transmitting fire-screening panel comprising two outer plies and at least one layer of intumescent material sandwiched between the outer plies of the panel, the arrangement being such that the layer occupies an area which is less than the area of at least one of the outer plies so as to define therewith a recess leading along at least a portion of the edge of the panel.

Laminated light-transmitting fire-screening panel

In the diffusion of ions from a contacting medium constituting a source of such ions into surface layers of a body of glass or vitrocrystalline material for the purpose of modifying at least one property of the body, the uniformity of the diffusion across the surface of the body is improved by placing the medium contacting the body in the form of a mist composed of suspended droplets of the treating medium.

Diffusion treatments for modifying the properties of glass and

A heat insulating screen forming a part of an oven or furnace comprising two or more sheets of glass of vitrocrystalline material mounted in facing relationship, one sheet providing one exterior face of the screen having been subjected to a chemical tempering treatment, the other sheet providing the other exterior face of the screen having improved thermal properties which are obtained either by utilizing a borosilicate glass which has a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 5 x 10.sup.-6 /.degree. C or a sheet bearing at least one coating capable of screening off a significant amount of incident infrared radiation.

Heat insulating screen

An impact resistant panel composed of a group of at least three sheets of vitreous material bonded together via intervening layers of plastic material. According to one form of construction, the group includes a set of consecutive vitreous sheets of at least three different thicknesses which are arranged in order of thickness, and at least the first sheet, taken in the direction from the highest sheet thickness end of the set, is tempered. According to a second form of construction, the group includes a set of consecutive sheets of at least two different thicknesses arranged in order of thickness and at least two of the plastic layers are of different thicknesses and are arranged so that one of the layers having the smallest thickness is nearer the first sheet, taken in the direction from the thickest sheet, than is any other layer.

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Ransart, Belgium

Pol Baudin