JPH10330134A - Production of low-pressure multiple glass - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve heat insulating performances and durability without recognizing the trace of a vent port by arranging a spacer and a sealing material composed of an organic polymer on one of two glass plates leaving an opening, laminating the other glass plate thereon, then decompressing the resultant laminate and closing the opening. SOLUTION: A dotted, a linear or a netlike spacer 4 is arranged on the peripheral edge of one glass plate 2 of the two glass plates 2 and 3 having >=1.9 mm plate thickness and a sealing material 5 mainly composed of an organic polymer having a larger thick than the target interval (0.05-2.0 mm) is then arranged in the peripheral part of the glass plate 2 so as to leave an opening 6 having >=0.1 mm, preferably 0.2-2.0 mm width. The other glass plate 3 is then superimposed thereon to provide a laminate, which is then introduced into a decompression chamber and decompressed to <=1×10<-2> Torr, preferably <=1×10<-3> Torr. One side of the glass plate 3 is then pressed to close the opening 6. The decompression is subsequently released to contact bond the glass plates so as to afford 0.05-2.0 mm, preferably 0.10-1.0 mm interval of the glass plates 2 and 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to energy saving in the fields of construction such as housing and non-housing, transportation such as automobiles, vehicles, ships, and aircraft, and equipment such as freezers, freezer showcases, and constant temperature and humidity chambers. The present invention relates to a method for producing a low-pressure double glazing having high heat insulating performance applied to an opening that requires the following.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to create a comfortable and healthy living environment with excellent energy saving, double glazing having heat insulation performance has been used more frequently than ever before and has been rapidly spreading.

As this double-glazed glass panel, there has been proposed a double-glazed glass panel in which a space formed by facing glass sheets is reduced in pressure. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-501896 discloses that two low-pressure spaces are interconnected by a peripheral joint of molten solder glass and a plurality of columns arranged with an outer coating of molten solder glass. Insulated glass panels composed of sheet glass have been proposed.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. Hei 7-508967 discloses that two low-pressure spaces are enclosed, and two separated glass plates are joined to each other by an arrangement of peripheral joints and columns of fused solder glass. Moreover, thermally insulating glass panels have been proposed in which at least some of these columns are made entirely of metal.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-17579 discloses that a parallel plate made of two glass sheets is spaced at a predetermined interval, and a low-melting glass or a spacer made of porcelain is used to maintain this interval. And are arranged by fusing.
A vacuum insulated glass plate has been proposed in which the ends of the parallel plate are fused and adhered to each other with a low melting point fusing material, for example, a low melting point glass or a low melting point alloy to form a vacuum space.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-133795 discloses that a glass plate provided with projections having a constant height is overlapped on a surface having the projections, and the outer periphery is hermetically bonded with an adhesive to form a space, and this space is evacuated. A composite glass plate having the above structure has been proposed.

[0007]

However, by embedding a pipe-shaped tube for exhaust into the sealing portion,
Since it is manufactured by reducing the pressure from the tube part and welding the tube after decompression, the processing is complicated, there is a risk that the part will be damaged if the protection is not sufficient, and it will remain after completion. There was a drawback that the appearance was bad.

Further, since the sealing material is sealed by using a low-melting glass, it is inferior in chemical durability and is difficult to adopt for constructions exposed to rainwater such as acid rain.
In addition, since the low-melting glass and the plate glass have different thermal expansion coefficients, there is a drawback that thermal stress is generated in an extremely hot environment such as summer and the plate glass may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can maintain long-term durability, does not require treatment of an exhaust port, and has no trace of the exhaust port. And a method for producing a low-pressure double glazing which is easier to process.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention separates two glass sheets at a predetermined interval, and forms a dot-like, linear-like or mesh-like spacer for maintaining this gap. A method for producing a low-pressure double-layer glass in which a low-pressure space is formed by sealing the peripheral edge portion of the panel with a sealing material while disposing the spacer on one of the two glass sheets. In the disposed state, a sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material, which is thicker than the target gap, is disposed around the periphery of the plate glass so as to form an opening except for a part, and then the other plate glass is provided. Is laminated on one of the glass sheets to form a laminate, the laminate is introduced into a decompression chamber, and after reducing the pressure to a predetermined pressure, the opening is closed by pressing one side of the glass sheet where the opening is located. Next The laminate was released from vacuum state,
It is characterized in that the interval between the two sheet glasses is set to a predetermined thickness, and by pressing one side of the sheet glass where the opening is located, the sealing material is stretched and the opening is closed. Therefore, a pipe-shaped tube or the like is unnecessary, and the sealing is achieved only by pressing, so that the processing is extremely easy.

In addition, the sealing material is made thicker than a predetermined interval of the double-glazing in advance, and the laminated body is released from the reduced pressure state and exposed to the atmospheric pressure, so that the low pressure inside the laminated body and the large external pressure are reduced. The laminate is further pressed by the pressure difference of the atmospheric pressure,
The sealing material portion is stretched to a predetermined thickness, the laminated body has a predetermined thickness, and is tightly sealed.

Further, since the sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material has viscoelastic properties, the thermal stress generated in a hot summer environment or a high temperature environment of an environmental test machine is small, and a large thermal stress is generated. Unlike low-melting glass made of brittle material, it does not break at the sealing part, so it can be used for construction use, transportation use such as vehicles, and equipment use such as environmental test equipment. Because it can be absorbed, unlike low melting point glass, it can also be used for architectural uses and transport uses such as vehicles.

In addition, when the peripheral end is sealed with a sealing material made of an organic polymer material, heating at most up to about 200 ° C. is sufficient. Since a low radiation plate glass coated with a special metal film by a low sputtering method can be used, the heat insulation performance can be further improved.

It is preferable to use a sealing material into which a metal core material is inserted, since the sealing can be easily performed. However, it is needless to say that a sealing material without a metal core material is also used. can do.

[0015] In addition to the sealing material made of an organic polymer material, a double wire spacer having a relatively hard core material surface coated with a relatively soft coating material is provided as a sealing material. In the manufacturing process of the double-glazed glass panel, after the space formed by the two sheets of glass is reduced in pressure, when the atmospheric pressure is applied, the relatively soft coating material is deformed, and thus the sheet glass and the wire spacer are deformed. The contact area increases, and the sealing performance can be further improved.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Two sheets of glass are clear float glass, heat absorbing glass, heat reflecting glass, high-performance heat reflecting glass, wire filled glass, net filled glass, template glass, tempered glass, and double-strength glass. Various types of plate glass such as low reflection plate glass, high transmission plate glass, frosted glass, tapesti (frost) glass, ceramics printed glass, laminated glass can be appropriately combined. At least one of these various plate glasses is coated with a special metal film. It is preferable to use a radiation plate glass because the heat insulating performance is enhanced. In this case, when an organic polymer material is mainly used as the sealing material, a coating film formed by a sputtering method having a relatively low vertical emissivity can be used as well as a film formed by a CVD method having a relatively high vertical emissivity. it can.

Further, the low radiation plate glass is made of JIS
R3106-1985 (Test method for transmittance, reflectance and solar heat gain of sheet glass) Using one or more glasses having a vertical emissivity of 0.20 or less, preferably 0.10 or less, or vertical radiation It is also possible to use two sheets of glass having a ratio of 0.35 or less, preferably 0.25 or less. The thickness of the two glass sheets is usually 1.9 mm.
The above materials are used, however, in the case of tempered glass, especially in the case of chemically tempered glass, etc.
Those having a size of 9 mm or less can also be used.

The point material, wire material or net material spacer material for maintaining the interval between the two sheet glasses is not particularly limited as long as it has a lower hardness than glass and has an appropriate compressive strength. Metals, alloys, steels, ceramics or plastics are preferred. Iron in metal,
Copper, aluminum, tungsten, nickel, chrome,
For alloys such as titanium and steel, carbon steel, chrome steel, nickel steel, stainless steel, nickel chrome steel, manganese steel,
Chrome manganese steel, chromium molybdenum steel, silicon steel, brass, solder, nichrome, duralumin and the like are used.

Point material spacers are spherical, cylindrical, prismatic, and the like, and wire spacers are circular, semicircular, square, and the like in cross section, and are linear and curved. Net-like spacers are rectangular, rhombic, and the like. . In the case of metal or alloy coated with ceramic or plastic,
By coloring, it is possible to improve the designability and suppress the reflection unique to the metal.

The spacing between the dot-like, linear or net-like spacers is 100 mm or less, preferably 75 mm or less.
The arrangement of these spacers may be regular or irregular as long as it is within the range of the arrangement interval.

The interval between the two sheet glasses is 0.05 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less, and 0.10 mm or more and 1.0 m or more.
m or less is preferable. A wire spacer in which the surface of a relatively hard core is coated with a relatively soft coating material, the surface of a relatively hard core material such as the aforementioned metals, alloys, steel, ceramics, or plastics is converted into a relatively soft coating material such as indium, Metals such as aluminum, copper, silver, gold, lead, zinc, and tin, or tin, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, cadmium, indium, bismuth, and solder appropriately combined with any of antimony,
Preferably, a metal or solder having a melting temperature of less than 250 ° C., for example, a metal such as tin or indium, or a Sn—Pb-based, Sn—Zn-based, Sn—Zn—Ag-based,
n-Ag system, In-Sn system, In-Pb system, In-Zn
System, In-Al system, In-Sn-Zn system, In-Ag-
What is necessary is just to coat with a Pb type | system | group, In-Sn-Ag-Pb type | system | group solder, and the arrangement | positioning should be in contact with a sealing material in the low pressure space side peripheral part of a sealing material as shown in Example 2. It should just be arranged in.

In the case where aluminum or copper is used as the relatively soft coating material, the core material is used when the material is harder than this, for example, iron, tungsten, nickel, titanium, carbon steel, stainless steel or the like. it can.

As a sealing material used at the peripheral edge of the panel, a sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material is used. The organic polymer material has a moisture permeability (JI
2.0 g / m ² · 24 h based on the moisture permeability test method of the moisture-proof packaging material specified in SZ 0208-1976)
(40 ° C., 90% RH) or less, and nitrogen permeability (JISZ)
1 × 10 ⁻⁶ cm ³ · cm / c) (based on a plastic film for food packaging specified in 1707-1975)
m ² · sec · atm (25 ° C.) or less, oxygen permeability (based on a plastic film for food packaging specified in JIS Z 1707-1975) is 1 × 10 ⁻⁵ cm
^{As a} main component, polyisobutylene (including reactive polyisobutylene) or butyl rubber having a temperature of ³ cm / cm ² · sec · atm (25 ° C.) or less, self-adhesiveness with addition of a tackifier or a plasticizer, etc. If necessary, calcium carbonate, talc, mica, silica, carbon black, ultrafine powdered silica, ultrafine powder titania, or the like may be used as a composite material, or moisture permeability (JIS Z 0208) may be used as a base material. -1) based on the moisture permeability test method of the moisture-proof packaging material specified in 1976).
0 g / m ² · 24 h (40 ° C., 90% RH) or less, and a nitrogen permeability (based on a plastic film for food packaging specified in JIS Z 1707-1975) of 1 × 1
^{0 -6 cm 3 · cm / cm} 2 · sec · atm (25 ℃) or less, the oxygen permeability (based on food packaging plastic film defined in JIS Z 1707-1975)
Is 1 × 10 -5 cm ³ · cm / cm ² · sec · atm (2
Polyisoprene, silicone, polysulfide, polyethylene, polypropylene, Teflon (PTF)
E), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyacrylonitrile, polymethacrylonitrile, Monsanto
"Ropag" (trade name) manufactured by Sohio Co., Ltd., "Barrex" (trade name) manufactured by Sohio, polyamides such as polyethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 66, and organic materials such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl fluoride, and polyimide. A polymer to which a tackifier or a plasticizer is added as necessary, and a filler such as calcium carbonate, talc, mica, silica, carbon black,
Compounds formed using ultrafine silica powder, ultrafine titania, or the like can be used in combination.

When all of the conditions of moisture permeability, nitrogen permeability and oxygen permeability are not satisfied, it is preferable to perform double or triple sealing with a plurality of sealing materials so as to satisfy all conditions.

When a gas or a low molecular weight substance is permeated or released into the low pressure space, silica gel, activated carbon, activated clay, zeolite (3A, 4A, 5A) is applied to the organic polymer material in order to adsorb them. , 13X), an oxygen adsorbent, or an adsorbent such as an alloy getter material such as Ba-Al is preferably filled at 60 wt% or less, preferably 50 wt% or less. In addition, for example, when gas or low molecular weight material is not permeated or released into the low pressure space,
The adsorbent does not have to be filled.

The width of the opening (exhaust port) formed by the sealing material at the peripheral edge of the panel and the two glass sheets is as follows:
If it is opened by about 0.1 mm, it is possible to decompress the laminated body in the decompression chamber.
Is exceeded, the sealing is not sufficient even if this opening is closed, so it is better to set the range of 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.

It is preferable that the opening (exhaust port) formed by the seal and the two glass sheets be one as described later.
Openings may be formed at various places. When there are two or more openings, the number of sides to be pressed may be increased according to the number.

The degree of vacuum in the sealed low-pressure space between the two glass sheets is 1 × 10 ⁻² Torr or less, preferably 1 × 1 ⁻² Torr.
0 ^-3 Torr or less. The production of the double glazing is not limited, but is performed by the following procedure as an example.

First, a spacer is provided on one surface of the plate glass,
A sealing material is disposed on the periphery so as to form an opening while leaving a part thereof, and then the other sheet glass is superimposed on one sheet glass to form a laminate, and the laminate is introduced into a decompression chamber at a predetermined pressure. After the pressure is reduced to one side, the opening is closed by pressing one side of the plate glass on which the opening is located, and then the laminate is released from the reduced pressure state, and by applying atmospheric pressure, the low-pressure multilayer glass is pressed. To manufacture.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are perspective views showing a manufacturing process of a low-pressure double-glazed glass panel in Example 1, respectively. FIG. 1 is a perspective view before two sheets of glass are laminated, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view at the time of completion, and FIG.

Embodiment 1 The low-pressure double-glazed glass panel 1 of this embodiment is configured as shown in FIGS. Each of the two glass sheets 2 and 3 is a float glass sheet having a thickness of 3 mm and a size of 1040 mm × 1040 mm. One of the glass sheets 2 is a glass sheet without any coating, and the other glass sheet is Ag and ZnO on the low-pressure space side. Is a low-emission plate glass coated with a plurality of layers, and has a vertical emissivity of 0.07.

The spacers 4 were made of titanium spacers having a diameter of 250 μm and were arranged in a grid at intervals of about 20 mm. As the sealing material 5, an HMB wire is used in which a copper wire having a diameter of 250 μm and a hot melt butyl containing polyisobutylene as a main component filled with 20 wt% of zeolite 4A are coated so as to have an outer diameter of 2 mm.

The degree of vacuum in the low-pressure space is 7.6 × 10 ⁻³ Torr.
r. The procedure for producing the low-pressure double glazing is as follows. With one plate glass 2 placed horizontally on a mounting table or the like, spherical titanium spacers having a diameter of 250 μm as spacers 4 were arranged in a grid at intervals of about 20 mm.

Next, a hot-melt butyl wire (HMB wire) as a sealing material 5 is disposed at a position 5 mm inward from the edge of the sheet glass, and a part thereof is left as an opening 6 with a width of 0.5 mm, and is arranged over the entire circumference. did.

Then, the other plate glass 3 is stacked and temporarily laminated to form a laminate into a vacuum chamber (not shown). When the degree of vacuum is increased, air in the space is discharged from the opening, and the vacuum in the space is reduced. The degree gradually rises.

The space portion has a predetermined pressure, for example, 7.6 × 10
^When a pressure of ^-3 Torr is reached, when one side of the sheet glass on which the opening 6 is located is pressed by a plate-like pressing tool 7 or the like, the covering portion of the sealing material is stretched, and the opening is closed to cover the entire circumference. Obtain a sealed laminate.

Then, air is introduced into the chamber, and the entire laminate is firmly pressed by the atmospheric pressure (the spacer 4 and the sealing material 5 are slightly deformed), and the interval between the sheet glasses is set to 200 μm to obtain a low-pressure double glass.

The low-pressure double glazing thus obtained was taken out of the chamber, and PE was placed around the entire periphery of the double glazing.
T film 8 was wound and completed. The initial dew point of the obtained low-pressure double-glazed glass was determined by the method specified in JIS R3209-1995 to determine the initial heat transmission coefficient according to JIS A4710.
When measured by a method according to -1989, the initial dew point was -70 ° C or less, and the initial heat transmission coefficient was 1.36 kcal.
/ M ² h ° C., and after the accelerated durability test class III specified in JISR3209-1995, the dew point is -55 ° C., the heat transmissibility is 1.46 kcal / m ² h ° C., and the heat insulation performance is high and severe. Almost the initial dew point even after testing under
It was confirmed that there was almost no decrease in the heat transmission coefficient, and that it had sufficient durability.

Further, as is clear from the measurement results of the heat insulating performance, it was also confirmed that the film coated on the plate glass 2 was not affected at all by the temperature at the time of sealing.

Embodiment 2 In the low-pressure double-glazed glass panel 1 of this embodiment, a wire spacer 9 having a relatively hard core material coated with a relatively soft covering material is disposed around the low-pressure space side of the sealing material. Except for this, the configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and is configured as shown in a sectional view of a main part in FIG.

In this case, the wire spacer 9 has a circular cross section, and its outer diameter is 250 μm, which is the same diameter as the spacer 4 for maintaining the interval. It may be arranged around the circumference.

It is not necessary to provide an opening in the wire spacer 9, and the difference between the outer diameter of the sealing material 5 and the outer diameter of the wire spacer 9 is 1.75 mm. There is a gap between the plate 9 and the plate glass 3, and the pressure can be sufficiently reduced.

The heat insulating performance of the low pressure double glazing thus obtained is the same as that of the low pressure double glazing of Example 1, but
It was confirmed that the durability was further improved. In the case of the present embodiment, the wire rod spacer 9 as well as the spacer 4 and the sealing material 5 are slightly deformed to further strengthen the adhesion.

[0044]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
A sheet glass on which a high-performance sputtered film with high heat insulation performance is formed, since the operation of sealing can be easily performed by reducing the pressure to a low pressure, and does not need to be heated to a high temperature unlike sealing with low melting point glass. Can be adopted, and the heat insulation performance can be made extremely excellent, and the long-term durability can be maintained.

Further, since the opening formed by the sealing material is closed by the same sealing material, this portion is indistinguishable from other portions and can be made inconspicuous in appearance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a process before lamination of a low-pressure double glazing in Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a process at the time of pressing the low-pressure double glazing in Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view at the time of completion of the low-pressure double glazing in Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of a low-pressure double glazing according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Low-pressure double glazing panel 2 Sheet glass 3 Sheet glass (low radiation glass) 4 Spacer 5 Sealing material 6 Opening 7 Pressing tool 8 PET film 9 Wire rod spacer

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Two glass sheets are spaced at a predetermined interval, and a dot-like, linear or mesh-like spacer for maintaining this interval is provided, and the peripheral edge of the panel is sealed with a sealing material. In the method of manufacturing a low-pressure double-glazed glass in which a low-pressure space is formed, in a state where a spacer is disposed on one of the two glass sheets, a peripheral portion of the glass sheet may be larger than the target gap. A thick sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material is disposed so as to be an opening except for a part, and then the other sheet glass is laminated on one sheet glass to form a laminate, and the laminate is placed in a decompression chamber. After introducing and reducing the pressure to a predetermined pressure, the opening is closed by pressing one side of the sheet glass where the opening is located, and then the laminate is released from the state of reduced pressure, and the interval between the two sheet glasses is reduced. Place Method for producing a low-pressure insulating glass, characterized in that as a thickness. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sealing material is a metal core material coated with a sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material. 3. The sealing material according to claim 1, wherein the sealing material is a sealing material mainly composed of an organic polymer material, and the sealing material is filled with an adsorbent. Of low pressure double glazing. 4. A wire spacer in which a relatively hard core material surface is coated with a relatively soft coating material is disposed around the low-pressure space side portion of the sealing material. The method for producing a low-pressure double-glazed glass according to any one of the above.