Method and arrangement for pre-curing an adhesive layer
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsAndrew Vaughan, Julien Richeton
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for pre-curing an adhesive layer bonding a first component to a second component. The adhesive layer is heated by treating an adhesive layer component as heating the first component with a pair of electrodes that are in electrical contact with a surface of the first component, the pair of electrodes applying a predetermined electrical current (I1, I2) to the first component. The invention further provides an arrangement for pre-curing a layer of adhesive.
Claims8
1-15. (canceled)
An arrangement for pre-curing an adhesive layer, comprising:
- a bonded structure having a first component bonded to a second component by means of the adhesive layer;
- and
- a device comprising a pair of electrodes that is in electrical contact with a surface of the first component, the pair of electrodes being adapted to apply a predetermined electrical current (I1, I2) to the first component in order to heat the adhesive layer by treating an adhesive layer component.
A vehicle part that comprises an adhesive layer pre-cured by a method of claim 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.