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Overview

Glass is an important and often indispensable material for modern designers. It's transparency and diverse design possibilities make it an important material for architects and interior designers, but glass only really comes into its own with the right joining technology. With the right adhesive materials, glass elements can be joined quickly, securely and permanently.

Adhesive joints are often used when different materials need to be joined together, for example glass with plastics or glass with metals etc. In these applications where different or dissimilar materials are joined together the bond must compensate for the different coefficients of thermal expansion of the materials. In addition, the join needs to tolerate vibrations and dynamic forces as well.

Many adhesives are extremely elastic or flexible and this means they can compensate for the differences in materials and handle vibrations and dynamic forces very well. For example, a glass-to-metal bond requires a highly elastic or flexible bond to compensate for the differences in linear expansion of the two materials.

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