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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing laminated glazing, in particular those intended to equip vehicles of the windshield type. It relates more particularly to laminated glazings whose interlayer based on polymer which is placed between the rigid substrates, generally made of glass, is provided with a coating with thermal properties, in particular of reflection in the infrared, which gives to these glazings have a completely attractive protective function against solar radiation.
• Such glazing configurations are notably known from patents US-4,639,069, US-4,369,945, EP-0 303 586 and WO-90/08334: there are used spacers generally made up of a transparent polymer sheet of the type polyethylene terephthalate PET provided on one of its faces with an infrared reflective coating, which is inserted between two sheets of thermoplastic polymer of the polyvinyl butyral PVB type before carrying out the usual assembly of this multilayer interlayer with the two substrates glass.
• the object of the invention is therefore to provide new methods of manufacturing this type of glazing, which preserve the quality of the reflective coating in the visibility zones, while remedying the aforementioned drawbacks, in particular by being both relatively simple to use. and highly efficient and reliable.
• the invention therefore firstly relates to a first method for manufacturing a laminated glazing comprising at least two rigid glass-type substrates assembled by an interlayer comprising at least one sheet based on polymer (s) provided on at least one of its faces with a thin layer or a stack of thin layers with thermal properties, in particular with infrared reflection properties.
• This process includes the following steps:
• O a) - the “complete” interlayer is cut out or already comprising at least the sheet provided with the thin layer (s) at dimensions essentially identical to or greater than those of at least one of the two substrates, O b) - the said interlayer is incised over at least the thickness of the sheet provided with the thin layer (s), so as to delimit at least one peripheral zone in said sheet located between the line incision and its edge, O c) - the "complete” interlayer is assembled between the two substrates, possibly adding to it its missing polymer sheet (s) in the event that it was not previously "complete” ,
• the thin layer (s) with thermal properties in particular infrared reflection properties
• the functional layer (s) The invention also includes, under this term, one or more thin layers which, cumulatively or alternately with thermal properties, would also have other properties, in particular optical, electrical.
• step a the interlayer was previously designated, in step a), as being complete or not complete.
• complete should be understood to mean the interlayer already having all the polymer sheets of the final laminated glazing, in particular a sequence of the PVB /
• PET / functional layer (s) / PET / PVB that is to say the polymer support of the functional layer (s) already surrounded by two sheets of polymer of the thermoplastic type which go allow its assembly with the rigid substrate (s), of the glass type of the final glazing.
• step a) it can already be completely formed and include all these sheets. But it can also be incomplete, comprising only a part, the remaining polymer sheets then being added during assembly, by superimposing them on the "incomplete" interlayer which was incised according to step b).
• the “incomplete” interlayer on which the incision is made may thus only contain the sequence of the PVB / PET type / functional layer (s) (that is to say the polymer support provided with the functional layer (s) alone or associated in only one of the sheets of thermoplastic polymer allowing its assembly with a glass substrate (s)).
• the method according to the invention therefore generally comprises steps (a) to (e).
• the steps are carried out successively in the order in which they were announced above.
• the order in which these steps are carried out can be modified, in particular by reversing the order of steps (c) and (d), that is to say by removing the peripheral zones from the interlayer. incised according to step (a) before proceeding to assembly. It is thus possible, in a particularly preferred manner, to make the incision according to step (a) of the incomplete interlayer, in particular of the PVB / PET type / functional layer (s), then to detach the incised areas, before d 'add its second sheet of PVB to the interlayer and assemble it to the two glass substrates.
• the sheet provided with the reflective coating is effectively "margined" when the line of incision follows its entire periphery, the margining having been operated so as to that the reflective coating (the functional thin layer (s)) is no longer flush with the edges of the glasses, which considerably reduces, and even completely eliminates, the risks of corrosion by the edges.
• the technique of the invention in fact allows “selective” margining, in the sense that the shape of the incision line (s) can be modulated so as to adapt the margining to each glazing configuration, according to the extent of corrosion risks.
• a margining on a peripheral strip of the more or less wide sheet according to the glazing can be varied, for example for "Bypass" the location provided between substrates and sheet of elements liable to bring risks of corrosion, to create weaknesses in the peripheral sealing, for example, as will be detailed later, connection elements, sensors, radio antennas, or to take into account the particular geometric shapes of the glazing.
• the technique according to the invention is therefore particularly flexible and allows a particularly geometrically modular and particularly precise margining.
• the line (s) of incision can (wind) be chosen (s) in order to follow very precisely the shape of the edges of the substrates, in more reduced proportions, in particular so that the sheet, a once the glazing is finished, has, for example, the same rounded corners as the substrates themselves, which is completely aesthetic.
• the technique of the invention is also easy to implement, especially during the assembly phase. Indeed, it is easy to correctly position the interlayer relative to the two glasses, since the interlayer is at least as large as the latter. (Bigger, it will simply be necessary to make a final deburring). It is a little more delicate to have to position an already marginal interlayer, of smaller dimensions than the two glasses, because in this case, it is necessary to provide around its entire periphery an almost constant distance from the edges of the glass. .
• the sheet provided with the thin reflective layer (s) is based on flexible polymer (s), usually transparent or essentially transparent, in particular belonging to the family of polyesters, linear polyester type such as polyethylene terephthalate PET, polycarbonates, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethersulfides, polysulfides, in general polymethacrylates. PET lends itself particularly well to this application.
• the interlayer is “composite” in the sense that it comprises several sheets based on polymers.
• it has a configuration consisting of the fact that the sheet provided with the thin layer (s), in particular made of PET, is located between at least two sheets based on thermoplastic polymer (s) which are suitable for assembly by laminating with rigid glass-type substrates. It may more particularly be sheets based on polyvinyl butyral PVB or polyurethane (s) PU.
• step (b) when the sheet provided with the thin layer (s) is cut in step (b), the sheet (s) are cut at the same time ), which overcomes it (nt) (and possibly partially the underlying leaves). Indeed, the simplest is to do this step (b) on the complete interlayer, once all its constituent sheets assembled. The incision of the sheets "above” the functional sheet with thin layer (s) does not cause any peripheral sealing problem.
• step (d) only the peripheral zone (s) of the sheet provided with layer (s) is (are) detached.
• step (d) only the peripheral zone (s) of the sheet provided with layer (s) is (are) detached.
• a cutting can be provided by stamping, or by a movable member provided with a cutting element of the blade or laser type.
• the latter is the most advantageous, since the movement of the movable member can be controlled automatically by modifying its path and / or its depth as desired.
• cutting according to the desired line of incision or the dimensions of the laminated glazing to be manufactured, by simple reprogramming of the movable member by computer / electronic means.
• One can in particular use cutting devices of the type of those sold by the companies ARISTO or Z ⁇ ND.
• the choice of layer or stack of layer (s) intended (s) to give the glazing thermal properties, in particular of reflection in the infrared it is possible to choose, at least one substantially metallic layer, in particular based on at least one of the following metals: silver, copper, gold, nickel, chromium, indium, tantalum, niobium, aluminum, in particular an alloy of the nickel-chromium type or belonging to the family of steels, or also based on metallic nitride of the TiN, ZrN type or also based on doped metallic oxide (s) such as tin oxide doped with fluorine SnO 2 : F or indium oxide doped with ITO tin.
• the criterion is that the layers can be deposited on PET type polymer substrates by known techniques.
• patents EP-0 438 357 describing a layer based on tantalum
• EP-0 51 1 901 describing a layer based on nickel-chromium alloy, d steel or tantalum associated with dielectric layers of Sn0 2 , Ti0 2 , Ta 2 0 5 type .
• patents EP-0 506 507, EP-0 61 1 21 3, EP-0 636 587, EP-0 678 484, EP-0 71 8 250 for stacks using a silver layer between the at least two layers of dielectric material, or in patent EP-0 638 528 for stacks using two layers of silver interspersed with one (or more) layer (s) of dielectric material.
• these zones devices are of such dimensions that they locally "extend” from the edges of the rigid substrates, once the interlayer positioned between the latter two, in particular in the form of initiating tab (s) on which (which) it is easy to 'exert mechanical traction to detach said peripheral areas.
• initiating tab it is preferable to provide these tabs in the extension of at least one of the edges of the glasses.
• one of the faces with at least one of the sheets constituting the interlayer, which is not in contact with the layer (s) with thermal properties, of a heating layer or a network of heating wires with their adapted connectors.
• the simplest configuration consists, in a PVB / PET type interlayer / layer (s) with thermal properties / PVB, to be provided, on one of the faces of the PVB intended to be brought into contact with the rigid substrate of the glass type, a network of heating wires which one comes, in a known manner "encrust" on its surface.
• This network still in known manner, is supplied by opposite current leads sometimes called “bus bars” and made of metal strips of copper type.
• this network and the positioning of these “bus bars” with respect to the edge of the laminated glazing may remain identical to the dimensions and the positions of this type of heating network of a “standard” laminate where the interlayer n 'consists only of a thermoplastic sheet of the PVB type.
• the interlayer n ' consists only of a thermoplastic sheet of the PVB type.
• the network of heating wires is dimensioned so as to be distant at most 1 cm, in particular approximately 6 to 8 mm, from the edge of the glass substrates of the glazing once laminated.
• the “incision line” in the sheet provided with the layer or layers with thermal properties, which will determine the peripheral areas subsequently detached from said sheet can be of very varied profiles according to requirements.
• it can, in smaller proportions, "follow” at least in part, a profile identical or close to that of the edges of rigid glass-type substrates.
• Said line can thus be chosen so that once the assembly has been carried out, there is a margin between the edge of the sheet and the edges of rigid glass-type substrates, always at least 3 mm, in particular d '' at least 5 mm, preferably about 6 mm. This ensures a sufficient distance between the edges of the thin layer or layers with thermal properties and the edges of the glazing itself, avoiding any risk of corrosion of the layer (s) by the edges.
• the incision line can be adapted accordingly so as to "enclose” said elements: once the peripheral zones detached along this line, these elements will therefore be in contact with the sheets of the interlayer which are not provided with the layer (s) with thermal properties, the sheet provided with this (these) layer (s) rediscovering dimensions such that it "bypasses" them.
• the advantage is to protect the thin layer (s) in the areas where it (s) is (are) more likely to be attacked by corrosion, by penetration of humidity for example, in particular those where there are additional elements to the materials specific to laminated glazing.
• connection elements for example those mentioned above for supplying a network of heating wires, in particular in the junction area between the collectors (bus-bars) and the current supplies.
• They can also be sensors, such as volumetric sensors, humidity sensors, ultrasonic sensors, sensors of the type used in electronic toll collection. It can also be electronic elements of the electronic chip type, or wave transmitter / receiver elements of the radio antenna type.
• These “windows” once incised can, manually, be detached from the interlayer before the assembly step.
• This internal margining makes it possible to insert, in a non-peripheral part, various elements, in particular all types of sensors, electronic elements, mentioned above, such as electronic toll sensors or antenna elements for example for “GPS” systems (technical satellite tracking, called “Global Positioning System” It is also useful without adding anything to the "window” thus created, in particular to serve as a window allowing electromagnetic waves to pass (application to electronic toll collection).
• GPS geographic satellite tracking
• This coating can be deposited directly on one of the faces of one of the glass substrates, in particular by deposition of enamel.
• the deposit can be made on the face of the glass facing outwards, or on the face of the glass intended to be on the side of the interlayer, the latter type of deposit being in particular described in patent WO-94/22779.
• the opacifying coating can also be deposited by an inkjet printing or screen printing technique, on one of the glasses or on one of the faces of one of the polymer-based sheets associated with the sheet provided thin layer (s) with thermal properties in the interlayer. It may also be a deposit of opaque paint, in particular based on polyurethane. If this deposit is made on the face of the glass facing the interlayer, it is good to provide a paint having good compatibility with the polymer with which it will be in contact, to ensure good glass / polymer adhesion in the painted area.
• PVB / PET / PVB type interlayer it is also possible to opacify the border of one of the PVB sheets in a PVB / PET / PVB type interlayer, or even to color it in the mass. It is in fact advantageous to use the PVB type sheets already existing which are provided at the periphery with a colored band in the mass, in particular in the blues or in the greens, with possibly a gradation of coloring, in particular inwards. of the sheet.
• a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention consists in manufacturing a laminated glazing consisting of two glass substrates assembled by a “three-layer” interlayer, including a PET sheet provided with at least one infrared reflecting layer, of the type metallic, and arranged between two sheets of thermoplastic polymer of PVB type, the sheet and its layer being set back with respect to the edges of the two glasses and these two sheets of thermoplastic coming, by mutual bonding, to seal its periphery with respect to outside.
• the assembly of a laminated glazing is generally done by heating and pressurization, in particular by passing the pre-assembled glazing through an autoclave: in fact, the edges of the two sheets of PVB, becoming sticky and softening go to join in the peripheral zone where the PET-type sheet has been blended, perfectly sealing the reflective layer.
• elements such as connector elements, sensor, antenna, element are optionally inserted.
• electronics which are thus "embedded” in the PVB or at the PVB / glass interface.
• the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing the same type of glazing, meeting the same criteria as the previous method and which constitutes a particular embodiment.
• This second method comprises the following stages: O a) - the “complete” interlayer is cut out or already comprising at least the sheet provided with the thin layer (s) at dimensions essentially identical to or greater than those at least one of the two substrates (step identical to that of the first process),
• the interlayer is incised over at least the thickness of the sheet provided with the thin layer (s), one "inside” the other, so as to delimit at least one area between these two lines,
• step e) - the laminated glazing is processed (step identical to step e) of the first process). (The terminology is the same as for the previous process).
• the width of the "chute” can be adjusted at will. It can take the form of a strip of constant thickness, the profile of which follows, in smaller proportions, those of the edges of the glasses. It can also be of variable width, in particular wider in the areas most susceptible to corrosive attack.
• This chute can be extracted before assembly by mechanical traction, manually or automatically. If the incision is made on the thickness of the sheet provided with layer (s) of the PET type, but also on the sheet which covers it and which is part of the interlayer, for example in PVB, it may be preferable, once the extraction has been carried out, add a strip of PVB of suitable dimensions to the extracted zone, so that the quality of the lamination does not suffer due to a locally thicker interlayer. However, this is not essential, especially when the width of the "chute" is small, which is generally the case (of the order of 1 to 3 mm for example).
• Another subject of the invention is another method of manufacturing the same type of glazing, meeting the same criteria as the two previous methods.
• This third process comprises the following stages: O a ') - the interlayer is cut to dimensions smaller than those of the two glass substrates,
• the interlayer is positioned in contact with one of the two substrates, the glass, so that it is, at least in part, set back relative to the edges of the glasses, O c') - on the face of the glass facing the interlayer left bare by the removal of the latter, one or more strips based on polymer, in particular of thermoplastic polymer of the PVB type,
• PVB / PET / layer (s) / PVB
• step (a ') we choose an interlayer size such that, de facto, we obtain the desired margining, generally in "standard” shapes with square corners, although it is not excluded that it presents a more complex, modulated profile.
• step (c ') one uses in the margined areas one or more strips of thermoplastic polymer which will in fact play the role of peripheral sealing joint guaranteeing the tightness of the thin layer (s) ) with thermal property (es), and laminated glazing in general.
• PVB-based strips their compatibility with the sheets of thermoplastic polymer of the interlayer surrounding the sheet provided with the sheet (s) of thin layer (s) is optimized, which, as we have seen previously, are also usually based on PVB.
• the strips can have exactly the shape complementary to the shape of the interlayer to be flush with the edges of the glasses, or be of smaller dimensions, of a slightly simpler shape: during assembly, this (these) strip (s) is (are) in fact likely to creep, under the effect of heat and / or pressure, and also to fill all the available gap, a possible "overflow" requiring a final shelling.
• This or these strip (s) can (can) be deposited by an operator, manually, or by an appropriate device, in particular automated.
• Figure 1 the laminated glazing once assembled according to the first and second methods of the invention
• Figure 2 and 3 steps in the manufacture of the glazing of Figure
• Figure 5 a step in the manufacture of the laminated glazing of Figure 1 according to the third method of the invention.
• Example 1 This example relates to Figures 1 to 3, and to the first method according to the invention.
• Figure 1 shows in section the laminated glazing 1 0 when finished. It is a vehicle windshield.
• the two rigid substrates 1, 2 in soda-lime-silica glass about 2 to 3 mm thick, assembled by an interlayer 3 decomposing into a central sheet 5 of PET coated on one of its faces of a coating with sun protection properties 7 and disposed between two sheets of PVB 4, 6.
• the two glasses 1, 2, shown planes, can in fact be curved:
• each of the two sheets of PVB 4, 6 has a thickness of 0.38 mm
• the coating 7 decomposes into a first layer of dielectric material of the ln 2 0 3 type , surmounted by a reflective layer of silver, itself surmounted by a layer of dielectric material of the ln 2 0 3 type .
• This type of stacking is for example described in more detail in the patent.
• the sheet 5 of PET is margined around its entire periphery with respect to the edges of the two glasses 1, 2 over a distance (d) (variable distance).
• d distance
• a network of heating wires 1 5 with its adhoc current collectors 1 6 can be embedded.
• this line I follows the periphery c of the edge of the interlayer 3, in smaller proportions, so as to define a peripheral zone 8 of variable width p, defining in particular two rounded "enclaves" 8 'and 8 "at two of the edges of the 'interlayer.
• a window 8'" is also provided, by incision on the same depth along a closed line I '.
• Another solution consists in only cutting, for example, the% of the periphery Y, to lift the incised area of PVB 6, to completely remove the area of sheet 5 corresponding to the window, then to rest the incised area of PVB 6 in place. There is then no need to add the previous "patch", the thickness of the interlayer 3 being essentially maintained.
• the interlayer 3 thus incised is positioned between the two glasses 1, 2. These three elements are held in position, then the priming tab 9 is pulled, this which has the consequence of detaching from the glazing the peripheral zone 8 of the single sheet of PET 5 provided with its coating 7.
• the PET sheet 5 is thus fully modular.
• the rounded enclave 8 ′ is of studied shape so as to be able to insert between glasses 1, 2 and interlayer 3, in this zone, an element of sensor or chip type
• the enclave 8 ′′ can advantageously correspond to the zone of junction between the collectors 1 6 and the current leads, and the window 8 '"can allow the insertion of a sensor for electronic toll collection or a GPS antenna
• the coating 7 thus” avoids "any contact with these sensors and electrical junction zones, and , generally, bypasses all areas most likely to be attacked by moisture, in particular.
• This second example is in accordance with the second method of the invention, which uses technical means quite similar to the first method as shown in FIG. 4.
• the difference lies in the way in which the thickness of the PET assembly is cut (5) / layers (7) / PVB (7) shown in Figure 2; this time, we make two closed incision lines ⁇ and l 2 , the incision line l 2 being inside the area delimited by the incision line! •,, so as to create a zone 1 5 which is located between lines I, and l 2 .
• Figure 4 shows the simplest embodiment, that this area 1 5 has the shape of a thin strip of constant width, "following" the edge of the interlayer.
• the incision ⁇ is made at approximately 4 to 8 mm from the edge of the interlayer, in particular at 6 mm, the incision l 2 being made so that the strip 1 5 has a minimum width of 1 mm, and in particular about 1 to 2 mm.
• this layer 1 5 is then extracted comprising the PET / layers / PVB stack, which creates a "chute" in the interlayer ensuring a discontinuity in the layers (7).
• the glazing obtained unlike that according to FIG. 1, therefore has a PET sheet and a coating 7 which is flush, but with a discontinuity at the level of the extracted zone 15 preventing the propagation of corrosion from the edge of the glazing.
• the extracted zone 1 5 has a width x of barely 1 mm wide, therefore of sufficiently small size so that the reduced thickness of the interlayer at this location does not cause any defect in the laminating of the glazing. You can also choose:
• the third method of the invention there is obtained a laminated glazing fairly similar to the first, with the same elements.
• the difference lies in the nature of the gasket 1 2 according to FIG. 1.
• it is an added seal, which does not come, or not exclusively, from the creep of the two sheets 4, 6 of PVB, and the chemical composition of which has been selected to be particularly waterproof. liquid and water vapor.
• the manufacturing process takes place as follows:
• the interlayer 3 is positioned on the first glass 2, then a strip 1 4 of "waterproof" PVB in the areas of the glass left exposed.
• This strip may be of simple geometric shape, for example, obtained from a ribbon of parallelepipedic section and of adequate thickness relative to that of the interlayer, which is just positioned around tab 3. It could just as easily be four strips, one for each of the edges left exposed.
• This strip 14 during transformation, flows to occupy the entire interstice interstice 1, 2 left free by the interlayer 3.
• the interlayer 3 is dimensioned so that its dimensions are equal to those of glass 2, minus the width of the strip 1 4 used. After positioning this strip 1 4, it only remains to position the second glass 1, then to proceed with the assembly by the usual techniques.
• junction zone 1 7 between the start and the end of the strip 1 4 is preferably provided at an angle to the edges of the glasses 1, 2, to guarantee a good seal at this level, even in the case of a junction not completely continuous.
• the laminated glazing according to the invention exhibits advantageous sun protection properties: it can have light transmission values T L of the order of 76 to 78 %, of light reflection R L of at most 1 0%, of energy transmission T E of at most 50%, and of infrared reflection of more than 45%, (measured with Illuminant D 65 ).

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