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May 22, 2013 - Adhesive Testing – A Necessary Cost
This article reviews the importance of testing in the adhesive and sealant industry and why it is a necessary cost that must be dealt with by both the adhesive formulator and end-user. The importance...
Apr 24, 2013 - Problems Associated with Sealant Life Estimation
This article reviews efforts to establish a methodology for predicting the service life of sealants primarily in building applications. These methods are based primarily on accelerated laboratory...
Mar 25, 2013 - Addressing Silicone Contamination Issues
This article will address the various issues related to silicone contamination including its mechanism in disrupting good adhesion, detection methods, and cleaning processes. The best policy is to... (1 Member Reaction)
Feb 25, 2013 - How Adhesives and Sealants Affect Indoor Air Quality
This article will attempt to explore the considerations that must be made by architects and builders in specifying adhesives and sealants and by formulators for manufacturing products for proper...
Jan 28, 2013 - Adhesives Allow "Lightweighting" of Automobiles
The demand for safer, lighter, and more fuel efficient vehicles has led and will continue to lead the demand for high performance structural adhesives in the automotive industry. This weight reducing...
Dec 19, 2012 - Repositionable PSAs Using Microspheres
This article reviews pressure sensitive adhesives that use microspheres to achieve repositionability. It will examine some of the state-of-the-art materials that are being employed and the mechanism...
Nov 21, 2012 - Hot Melt Adhesives for Closing Cartons and Boxes
This article reviews hot melt adhesives and their requirements for closing cartons and boxes. The factors that result in a successful application are reviewed as well as common test methods employed...
Nov 12, 2012 - Troubleshooting the Application of Hot Melt Adhesives
This article reviews the factors that can affect the performance of hot melt adhesives. It can be used as a troubleshooting guide when problems occur. There are a number of possible reasons for...
Oct 15, 2012 - Dismantling Plastic Tailgates Incorporating INDAR Technology
Some 66 million adhesive-bonded windscreens are replaced worldwide every year. In Europe alone, nine million end-of-life vehicles generate more than two million metric tons of non-metal waste...
Sep 24, 2012 - Improving Adhesion to Elastomers Via Surface Treatment
This article reviews the various types of surface preparation processes that can be used for elastomers. Common surface pretreatment methods are described as well as several processes that have only...
Aug 27, 2012 - Viscosity Measurement
This article reviews the various methods of measuring viscosity. The specific methodology is generally determined by the rheological characteristics of the fluid adhesives, and so these properties...
Jul 30, 2012 - Dielectric Analysis – An Often Overlooked Thermal Analysis Tool?
This article describes the technology behind dielectric analysis and compares the results that it provides with those of more standard thermal analysis techniques. The article also describes several...
Jul 2, 2012 - Environmental Factors that Determine Service Life of Construction Sealants
It is important to understand the environmental factors that contribute to sealant degradation and incorporate such knowledge in the selection and maintenance of construction sealant systems. This...
Jun 20, 2012 - How Adhesives Help Fight Counterfeiters
Adhesives can play a vital role in optical variable devices (OVDs) like holograms used to protect documents of value. But thanks to the value of banknotes, there's a race for printers to keep their...
Jun 13, 2012 - Innovative Dismantling Adhesives Research
Rescoll Technological Centre's patented INDAR process is designed to debond structural adhesive joints on command, making disassembly of adhesive-bonded parts technically and economically feasible...
Jun 6, 2012 - Surface Treatment of Textile Fibers
This article examines the influence of various treatments on the adhesion properties of different fibers, addresses, some of the problem areas, and provides a brief summary of this technology. Various... (1 Member Reaction)
May 21, 2012 - Laminating Overlays to Composite Wood Panels
The easy, economical, utility laminated composite wood panels provide have made them widespread in recent decades. To ensure the trouble-free production applying overlays can achieve, manufacturers...
May 9, 2012 - Troubleshooting Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
This article reviews the end-use factors that can affect the performance of pressure sensitive adhesives. It can be used as a troubleshooting guide when problems occur. It is assumed that the most...
Apr 25, 2012 - Using Encapsulants for Reflow Soldering
Underfill encapsulants are essential parts of electronic manufacturing, synonymous with flip-chip semiconductor packages. Some underfill encapsulants can do away with the need to prepare contacts to...
Apr 11, 2012 - Wind Turbine Adhesives
Demand for wind turbines is set to treble over the next ten years. At the same time there is a trend to even larger turbines, challenging the adhesives used in assembling blades even more....