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Update on Warm Edge

February 9th, 2021. With the title “Das ist der Stand bei Warmer Kante”, another article by the warm edge consultant on the situation of warm edge was published in issue 2-2021 of the GFF magazine. You can read here (in German language) which systems are currently available on the market, how they are divided into […]

BF Webinars Spring/Summer 2018

February 4th, 2018. After a longer break, the German Federal Flat Glass Association (Bundesverband Flachglas) offers again the webinar program of the technical training series (all webinars in German language). Basically, those webinars are open for everybody.  Especially for newcomers in the glass industry, they are an excellent opportunity to quickly get an overview of […]

BF Technical Webinars Spring/Summer 2016

January 17th, 2016. The webinars offered by the BF in spring/summer will take up and continue the themes that were offered during the last semester (All webinars will be held in German language). My contribution this time will be the following four webinars: Wednesday, 20.1.2016 – Abstandhalter / Warme Kante – Teil 2 (Spacers / […]

BF Technical Webinars: Autumn/Winter Semester 2015

May 3rd, 2015. The new BF-Webinar program (in German language) is available now – restructured, cleared and more organized. The basic courses are offered autumn/winter 2015, the courses of spring/summer 2016 will be based on them. You can find a description of the full webinar program in the new BF-Webinar-Flyer here (sorry, only available in […]

Glasstec 2014 – News about “warm edge”?

December 9th, 2014. In a contribution to the column “Pro & Contra” of the October issue of the German magazine GFF-Magazins [here], I anticipated no quantum leaps regarding warm edge technology, shown on Glasstec 2014 in Duesseldorf. During my visit of this spectacular event, I could verify my point of view – no revolutionary new […]

Warm edge – the difference in energy loss is not worth mentioning!??

July 11th, 2014. It is a persisting opinion amongst some window producers, that warm edge would only have marginal influence on the heat loss through a window. Quote from the interview with a window manufacturer, printed in the German glass magazine GLASWELT 5/2014, page 58: “Und so viel Energie geht doch nicht über diesen Kanten-Unterschied […]

BF Bulletin 004 Guide to Warm Edge – 5th Update available now!

Böblingen, 5.8.2022. It was about time: The BF Bulletin 004 “Guide to Warm Edge” has been updated once again. The fifth revision from May 2022 is available now. In addition to thermal aspects of the thermally improved insulating glass edge bond, the Warm Edge working group has now also dealt with questions relating to the […]

What else matters with spacers

September 12th, 2021. The durability of the edge seal is decisive for the service life of an insulating glass unit. This is not only a question of how carefully the components of the edge bond (spacer, desiccant, primary and secondary sealant) are processed in the manufacture of the insulating glass. The quality and suitability of […]

BF Data sheets: Abridged version for those in a hurry

February 24th, 2019. Those who want to make sure that their use of the BF data sheets with representative Psi-values for windows resp. for facade profiles is correct according to the ift guidelines now can utilize an abridged version of the BF bulletin Guide to ‚Warm edge‘ for windows and facades. A flow chart allows […]

Great jubilee: 20 years BF Working Group Warm Edge

November 2018, the “Working Committee Warm Edge” celebrated its 20th anniversary. Reason enough to look once upon the success story of this active BF working group.