Core / edge fillers are used in honeycomb sandwich components for local reinforcement and edge closure. They are offered in different densities and compressive strengths.
Surface foils are used in composite components to improve the surface quality (pores and waviness), to prepare for bonding (peel ply) and for lightning protection (electrically conductive metal mesh).
Adhesive films are reactive materials that are usually supplied frozen as roll goods. They are mainly used for bonding metal and composite components and for honeycomb sandwich structures.
SILASTIC™ Silicone rubbers for engineering design, prototyping, architectural fabrication, and making transfer pads. Can be heat accelerated and exhibit virtually no shrinkage when cured at room temperature.
SILASTIC™ Silicone rubbers with variable cure times at room temperature for molding figurines, decorative reproduction and making transfer pads. Provide outstanding resistance to inhibition.
Encapsulants offer greater design flexibility. Their softness and lower stress make them ideal for devices with sensitive components. Thermally conductive pottants protect from moisture and dust while dissipating heat and absorbing component noise.
Silicon-based sealants from Dow last longer and are more versatile than most organic polymer sealants. They are durable RTV sealants; cure at room temperature to a tough, rubbery solid with exceptional performance characteristics; and meet a wide variety of your industrial bonding and sealing needs.
LOCTITE® silicone adhesives cure to soft, flexible, thermoset elastomers. UV light curing allows for rapid fixation, while moisture absorption allows for curing in shadow areas. Some unique advantages with these products include high temperature resistance, including some sterilization methods.
LOCTITE® hybrid adhesives combine the advantages of instant adhesives with the benefits of structural adhesives such as epoxy resins. As a result, a very fast setting time with high final strengths and resistance to temperature and media can be achieved. A further advantage of the hybrid adhesives is the processing, as these products have been optimized and require minimal marking.
LOCTITE® epoxy adhesives offer high peel and shear strength on a wide range of metals and plastics. When cured, these crosslinked thermoset polymers exhibit excellent heat and chemical resistance, high cohesive strength and minimal shrinkage. The two-component LOCTITE® epoxy adhesives are packaged in double cartridges that can be processed like single-component adhesives using static mixers.
Light-curing adhesives are the product group with the most varied properties. When the adhesives are exposed to appropriate UV and/or visible light, stable, durable thermoset polymers are produced. The product properties range from hard and rigid to soft and flexible. Fluorescent-modified products allow in-line detection of adhesives.
This adhesive technology combines the advantages of fast, on-demand curing (light-curing technology) with the properties of instant adhesives. These advantages are particularly useful for applications where subsequent curing in moisture is required and allows the adhesive to cure completely, even in shaded areas. Exposure to UV light, low intensity or visible light results in tack-free surfaces in less than five seconds.
