METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEALANT OF AN INSULATINGGLASS UNIT

摘要

A method and apparatus for heating and/or pressing sealant of an insulating glass unit. The apparatus may include an oven and a press. The oven includes a detector that detects an optical property of the insulating glass unit. The detected optical property is used to regulate the amount of energy applied t o the insulating glass unit to adjust the amount of energy applied to the sealant. The press may include a displacement transducer that detects a pre- pressed thickness of the insulating glass unit. The measured pre-pressed thickness is used to automatically select a press thickness from a set of pressed IGU thicknesses.