Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on Standards for In-Field Detection of the Sources of Water Leakage into Building Walls

Posted on 5/22/2013 3:13:36 PM. By Bob Braun

In my last blog, I focused on in-field testing for water leakage into buildings including the wall system.  We reviewed the associ...

  

FIPG

Posted on 5/13/2013 6:15:45 PM. By Sandy Niks

Formed-in-place gaskets (FIPG) have been in use for a few decades in the automotive industry. Many applications are in the power train sy...

  

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on In-Field Testing for Water Leakage into Wall Assemblies

Posted on 4/30/2013 3:41:39 PM. By Bob Braun

In my last blog, I focused on in-field testing for air leakage into buildings including the wall system.  We reviewed the followin...

  

Adhesive Meeting Results

Posted on 4/25/2013 3:55:19 PM. By Sandy Niks

The last blog announced some adhesive meetings. This article is a follow-up with some of the results. The SAE Adhesives and Sealants Comm...

  

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on In-Field Testing for Air Leakage

Posted on 4/17/2013 1:28:49 PM. By Bob Braun

In my last blog, I focused on a newer and very useful laboratory test used to measure water penetration based on cyclic air pressure dif...

  

Spring

Posted on 4/8/2013 2:26:40 PM. By Sandy Niks

In the region where I live, it is difficult to stay focused this time of year. The birds are coming back, flowers are attempting to stick...

  

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on Testing for Water Leakage and the Role for Sealants and Adhesives

Posted on 3/29/2013 3:59:03 PM. By Bob Braun

In my last blog, I focused on a long standing and very useful laboratory test used to measure water penetration: ASTM E331-00(2009) Sta...

  

Glass Bonding – Testing

Posted on 3/25/2013 3:50:23 PM. By Sandy Niks

Continuing with the last blog’s topic on bonding glass to body openings, this time we’ll look at testing for these bonding ap...

  

Building Wall Assemblies: Focus on Testing for Water Leakage and the Role for Sealants and Adhesives

Posted on 3/13/2013 1:06:41 PM. By Bob Braun

  In the last blog, I focused on the value of assembly tests and the relative new ASTM E2357-11 Standard Test Method for Determini...

  

Introduction to Glass Bonding

Posted on 3/11/2013 1:14:03 PM. By Sandy Niks

There are several areas of glass bonding – such as windshield, rear window, side windows, headlamps, and bonding to glass (stickers...