Accelerate cure of moisture curable polyurethane adhesive compositions useful for bonding glass

Abstract

The adhesive system of the invention is especially useful in bonding replacement windows into vehicles. They allow for sufficient working time while still realizing a fast drive away time. The adhesive system is comprised of a moisture curable adhesive and a cure accelerator that may be applied using a simple single caulk gun and may be applied at ambient temperatures such as −10° C. and about 45° C. The cure accelerator is comprised of a polyol having a backbone that has at least one amine in the backbone. The moisture curable adhesive typically is comprised of an isocyanate terminated prepolymer.

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FIELD OF INVENTION

[0001] The invention relates to moisture curable adhesive compositions. In particular, the invention relates to moisture curable isocyanate terminated prepolymer adhesive compositions coupled with a separate cure accelerator useful to bond glass into vehicles and buildings.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

[0002] One-part moisture curing adhesive compositions have been used to bond windows into buildings and vehicles. Examples of adhesives useful for these applications are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,374,237; 4,687,533; 4,780,520; 5,063,269; 5,623,044; 5,603,798; 5,922,809; 6,015,475; 6,512,033; 6,657,035; 6,709,539; 7,101, 950; 7,226,523; 7,361,292; 8,236,891 and CA 2,564,992. In automobile factories windows are installed using robots and computer controlled processing which facilitates the use of a variety of high performance adhesives, for instance, nonconductive adhesives and high modulus adhesives. The speed of cure is not a significant issue because new vehicles are not...

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