3 May 1997
Year: 1997
Price: 10.00

Over the past several
decades, screen printing has left an indelible
mark on the automotive industry.
Appreciated for its simplicity, its ability
to print a wide variety of materials, and
its economy, the process has been used
to image automotive components ranging
from membrane-switch climate controls
to dashboard instrumentation. And
if you've ever looked your car over carefully,
you may have noticed a few other
screen-printed items—the windows.

Today, virtually all automotive glass
features a dark enamel border that is
usually screen printed on the inside surface
of the glass (Figure 1). On most
vehicles, this border begins as a solid,
opaque field at the window edge and
"dissolves" into a pattern of progressively
smaller dots extending inward from
the edges for as much as 3 in. before disappearing
entirely. What makes these
borders unique is the production process
they undergo and the two primary
functions they serve.

1997 Conference Uv For Autopmotive Windshields And Ceramics Decoration
Author: E. Lendle, T.O. Frecsk and D. Newbury | 10 pages

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