Ceralink, Inc.
Rensselaer Technology Park
105 Jordan Road
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518 283-7733
Fax: 518 283-9134

Energy Saving Technology

RF Glass/Vinyl Lamination

Project Description

Ceralink was awarded a DOE Inventions and Innovations award for $250,000 to commercialize radio frequency (RF) lamination technology - FastFuse™. This technology uses a simple method to effectively heat, press and laminate glass to vinyl or other composite materials. FastFuse™ has the potential to develop a niche in the glass lamination industry, replacing autoclave and vacuum oven processes for rapid production of flat products.

This technology has been proven feasible on the lab-scale, and the scope of this project is to scale-up the process. RF equipment for this process is built by Thermex Thermatron. Ceralink has proven that FastFuse is effective for many materials systems. These include:

Flat glass
Polycarbonate
Acrylic
Low-E (metallized) glass
Safety glass
Multilayer security glass
Solar panels
Decorative panels

Our studies show that FastFuse™ works with each of the major classes of interlayers. For each of these materials systems, laminated products were produced in as little as 1 minute of processing time. The RF energy quickly and directly heats the vinyl to its softening point, while providing the pressure needed to remove air and bond the vinyl to the glass.

materials:

Polyvinyl butyral (PVB)
Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)

From the leading interlayer manufacturers:

Huntsman
DuPont Butacite
DuPont Sentryglas
Solutia
Bridgestone
Sekisui
Kin Yong Fa
Deerfield Urethane

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Ceralink offers exclusive sub-licensing agreements for FastFuse ™ Radio Frequency Lamination Technology available for sub-licensing. For a confidential discussion call: (518)283.7733.

For more information visit:

(www.fastfuse.net)

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