Green Dir ?ect Glaz?ing In search of a method to elim ?in?ate in-plant VOCs from the glass bond?ing pro ?- cess, re ?searches Ann Strac ?cia and Larry Haack of Ford Mo ?tor Com ?pany’s Re ?- search and In ?nov ?a?tion Cen?ter (RIC) in Dear ?born, MI have de ?veloped a re ?volu ?tion?- ary green al ?tern ?at?ive to the tra ?di ?tional chem?ical pre-treat?ment pro ?cess in auto ?- mot?ive wind ?shield bond ?ing. Glass bond ?ing in the auto?mot?ive sec?tor is a com?plex pro ?cess. The ceramic frit coated edges of the glass have to be bon?ded to a powder-coated metal sur?face. In or ?der to ob ?tain a per?man?ent ad ?he?sion of the glue it is es?sen ?tial to clean and ac ?tiv?ate the ceramic frit which - be ?sides its op ?tical func ?tion - serves as a shield layer against UV-ra ?di?ation and

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