Increased Product Performance
Making High Performance Possible
Adhesives and sealants are vital to manufacturers looking to improve the performance of their products. From high performance plastics and composites to new age manufacturing techniques and materials, innovators are pushing the boundaries of design and functionality and adhesives and sealants are there to help provide critical solutions to enable high performing products.
Adhesives and sealants make products stronger, lighter, more aesthetically pleasing, and allow products to operate in high stress and harsh environments. The innovators of tomorrow look to the adhesive and sealant industry to enable their designs to function and perform at the highest levels.
Seven unique ways adhesives & sealants improve product performance…
Allows use of laminates with improved performance.
Buildings
Market: Building and Construction
Application Area: Structural Supports
Specific Applications Include:
Wood Beam Laminate
Trucks
Market: Transportation
Application Area: Vehicle Assembly
Specific Applications Include:
Sandwich Assembly for Refrigerated Vehicles
Aircraft
Market: Transportation
Application Area: Aircraft and Aerospace
Specific Applications Include:
Aerospace Cabin Assembly
Provides sound and vibration dampening.
Appliances
Market: Assembly (Rigid)
Application Area: Durable Goods
Specific Applications Include:
Coil Coating Application
Metal-to-Metal Bonding
Buildings
Market: Building and Construction
Application Area: Interior Walls/Partitions
Specific Applications Include:
Acoustical sealants – Provides sound and vibration damping between rooms separated by interior walls that are typically not insulated and typically not sealed at head of wall in multi-family buildings (such as condominiums, apartments, and office buildings). Adhesives have replaced mechanical fasteners.
Cars, Trucks, Buses
Market: Transportation
Application Area: Vehicle Assembly
Specific Applications Include:
Adhesives – bond cured-in-place rubber gaskets to metal, reduce wind noise, making for a quieter ride
Reduces stress concentration associated with screw/rivet holes.
Cars, Trucks, Buses
Market: Transportation
Application Area:Exterior Vehicle Trim
Specific Applications Include:
Key Corner Bonding in Windows
Bonding of Edge Profiles in Truck Assembly
Trucks & Buses
Market: Transportation
Application Area: Vehicle Assembly
Specific Applications Include:
Clinched Flanges on Vehicle Doors, Hoods and Trunks
Provides continuous bond line, offering stiffening with no added weight/material.
Compensates for thermal movement in window systems and increases the longevity of the windows and doors to keep buildings dry and clean.
Windows & Doors
Market: Building and Construction
Application Area: Window and Door Openings
Specific Applications Include:
Window and Door Perimeter Sealants – high performance polyurethane and silicone sealants around window and door frames for waterproofing and controlling airflow.