Provided is a laminate which is excellent in handleability and exhibits excellent safety performance in the case of being used as an interlayer film for safe laminated glass and in which handleability is less likely to be degraded in the case of being stored for long periods.

The present invention is a laminate including a layer (1) and a layer (2) on at least one surface of the layer (1), at least one layer of outermost layers being the layer (1), the laminate having a laminated structure with three or more layers, wherein the layer (1) contains a thermoplastic resin (I), the layer (2) contains a thermoplastic resin (II) and contains 4 to 200 parts by mass of a plasticizer A with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (II), and in a case where a hydroxyl value of the plasticizer A is designated as HV(A) mgKOH/g, HV(A)30.

Disclosed herein are methods for making asymmetric laminate structures and methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising differentially heating the laminate structures during lamination or differentially cooling the laminate structures after lamination. Also disclosed herein are methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising subjecting at least one substrate in the laminate structure to asymmetric tempering or annealing prior to lamination. Further disclosed herein are laminate structures made according to such methods.

A fire resistant glazing is provided that seeks to avoid the issue of air gaps forming between a glazing and a frame into which the glazing is placed, a method of manufacturing the fire resistant glazing and the use of same. The fire-resistant glazing includes an intumescent edge mass located at least partially between the first sheet of glazing material and the second sheet of glazing material and which is suitable for, and may be installed within, a glazing frame.

Certain aspects pertain to methods of fabricating an optical device on a substantially transparent substrate that include a pre-deposition operation that removes a width of lower conductor layer at a distance from the outer edge of the substrate to form a pad at the outer edge. The pad and any deposited layers of the optical device may be removed in a post edge deletion operation.

Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations.

A reinforced safety glass and its manufacturing procedure are presented. The invention uses a vehicle's original glass, which is generally tempered, eliminating need for a new specific glass. The invention utilizes films of diverse reinforcing materials to increase the final resistance of the product and therefore reinforcing the original glass. During its manufacturing process, an autoclave is used for applying pressure and temperature to bond the reinforcing films to the original glass and between each other. The invention comprises the original glass to which at least one PU film and one C-PET film are orderly applied, ate least to the interior face of the glass.

Safety glass and the method for its obtainment wherein said safety glass is used to provide higher safety to rooms surrounded at least partially by said glass. The glass is comprised of films of diverse reinforcing materials with special features to increase the resistance of the product as a whole and therefore reinforcing the original glass. In the method for its obtainment, pressure and temperature are applied with an autoclave in order to bind the reinforcing films to the original glass. At least one PVB film layer and one C-PET film layer are applied without adhesive to the interior and/or exterior face of the original glass to be reinforced.

In a laminated pane for a vehicle, a vehicle and a method for producing a laminated pane, the laminated pane comprises: a first pane which has a first main surface and has a second main surface which opposes the first main surface in a stacking direction, a second pane which has a third main surface and has a fourth main surface which opposes the third main surface in the stacking direction, an electrically conductive coating which is arranged on the second main surface and which has a side which faces away from the first pane, an electrically conductive printed portion which is arranged on the side, wherein the printed portion can be electrically coupled to a wiring system of the vehicle.

A device for cutting a flexible material of plastic type, laminated between two substrates and overhanging the edges of the substrates, includes a cutting tool and a pulling tool arranged upstream of the cutting tool.

The invention relates to a glass panel (200), including: a first glass sheet (20) at least partially coated with an electrically conductive coating (21), the conductive coating including at least one stack consisting of a metal layer (212) and an insulating layer (213), the metal layer being arranged between the first glass sheet and the insulation layer; at least one electronic component (23) arranged on the first glass sheet (21), the electronic component including at least one connection terminal (231) electrically connected to the conductive coating. According to the invention, the insulation layer (213) in such a panel includes at least one first window (241) which opens onto the metal layer and which is located at the connection terminal.