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Creative Glazing and Facade Construction
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High Performance Building Creative Glazing and Facade Construction with Silicone Sealants: Products and Applications

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Dow Corning – your system partner AV14449 AV16508 AV16748 AV16738 With outstanding design versatility, Dow Corning’s state-of-the-art silicone technology provides a complete and fully integrated range of products for use in a comprehensive range of sealing applications. These silicone adhesives and sealants provide a totally compatible and functional system that opens the way for creative design possibilities that have previously not been thought possible, while also meeting the increasingly stringent and demanding design requirements for structurally glazed facades and curtainwall facade...

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Structural glazing with stepped-insulated glass units The load-bearing bonding connection to the metal frame structure is on the larger, external glass pane. To perform properly, the bonding connection must be correctly dimensioned to meet the environmental requirements. The insulating glass seal needs to meet rigorous strength, UV resistance and heat resistance specifications, although in this situation it does not have any load-bearing function. Dow Corning offers a complete range of standard and custom project technical services for the use of their silicone adhesive and sealant...

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Structural glazing with symmetric insulated glass units The load-bearing bonding connection to the metal frame structure is located on the inner glass pane. The bonding connection must be correctly dimensioned to meet the environmental requirements. The insulating glass seal has two different functions: in addition to sealing the space between the panes, it also forms the load-bearing bonding connection to the inner pane of glass. All dynamic loads (wind pressure/ suction) also are transferred to the inner pane via the insulted glazing seal. This means the “secondary seal” needs to be...

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Insulating glass secondary sealants Curing system Handling/application Seal ready for load-bearing Joint geometry restrictions Use in standard insulating glass Dow Corning® 3362 Insulating Glass Sealant Neutral – alkoxy RTV, 2-component Mechanical application with pump and mixer, from large drums After approx. 3 days No limit on joint depth Dow Corning® 3793 Insulating Glazing Silicone Sealant Neutral – alkoxy RTV, 1-component Dow Corning® 3-0117 Silicone Insulating Glass Sealant Neutral – alkoxy RTV, 1-component Simple application process directly from cartridges or sausage packs, or from...

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Your Dow Corning Construction contact details All other countries: Toll-free numbers: From Belgium From France From Germany From Italy From Spain From United Kingdom 0800 80 522 0805 54 04 39 0800 52 50 258 800 92 83 30 900 813161 0800 91 72 071 For English For French For German For Italian For Spanish For Russian +32 64 51 11 59 +32 64 51 11 59 +49 611 237503 +32 64 51 11 73 +32 64 51 11 66 +7 495 725 43 19 Fax number from all countries: +32 64 88 86 86 Visit us online at dowcorning.com/construction. Your Dow Corning contact details (emails): Technical inquiries: Marketing: Quality Bond:...

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