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Adhesives & Sealants Trends Analysis

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Focus of the month

Low Surface Energy Substrates Push PSA Limits February, 2012
	Sometimes there are situations when commonplace pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) don't meet desired specifications – where they “can't stick it”. In those circumstances, high performance alternatives are available

Past Community Insights

	January, 2012 - Low Surface Energy-bonding Adhesives Power Ahead The last few years have seen adhesive producers begin to win the battle against one of the largest problems that they still face. If you've ever tried it, you'll know that bonding polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), or other low surface energy substrates can be a real problem. But, thanks largely to thermoplastic olefins' low cost and excellent durability, flexibility, and resistance to heat, moisture, and solvents, it's becoming ever more common to make products from low surface energy materials.

	December, 2011 - Silent Majority Speaks Loud about Automotive Adhesive Bonding's Environmental Credentials Thanks to consistently high oil prices, and legislation like the CAFE standards in the US, the automotive industry today is supposedly constantly fighting for every extra mile of fuel economy. Lighter cars take less fuel to move, and even saving the weight of a few metal bolts can make a difference. Adhesives provide a lightweight method for bonding surfaces, and as such holds much promise in the automotive industry, either on its own or in hybrid attachment approaches like weldbonding. But do automotive engineers think primarily about what their bonding solution does to their products' CO₂ emissions?

	November, 2011 - Sealants Must Take the Heat, not Crack up, and Stay Versatile In many industries joints subjected to varying degrees of movement are filled with sealants. The elasticity that sealants provide helps accommodate that movement, allowing them to form barriers that separate the environment on one side of the seal from that on the other side. But when this ability has been effectively provided, what performance characteristic enables users to choose one sealant over another? The general opinion on that question seems evenly split as, when Omnexus4Adhesives asked its readers in a Click'n'Vote survey, the outcome was a three-way tie.

	October, 2011 - Strong Preference Tops Adhesive Selection Drivers Though they can be packed to overflowing with useful information, often there is just one critical characteristic on an adhesive technical data sheet that draws users' attention. Yet a diverse range of industries exploit adhesives, and their needs differ widely according to the application they address. But according to the latest Omnexus4Adhesives Click'n'Vote survey, even if the industry's needs differ, the basis that users select adhesives on can be very similar.

	September, 2011 - Spreading Stress Underlies Adhesives' Gain on Mechanical Fixings To those who consider welds, bolts and nails to be a reliable means of joining two pieces of a structure, the rise of adhesives to replace mechanical fastenings might be surprising. Likewise, for those nervous about the safety of cars, aeroplanes and buildings, adhesives' increasing penetration into their fabrication could initially be alarming. Yet adhesives can improve how safely substrates are brought together, a fact that Omnexus4Adhesives users clearly recognise and exploit.

	August, 2011 - Working Together to Make it Stick Most advisedly it would be at the beginning of a project, but in reality, it is often a crisis call made when it becomes clear an adhesive does not live up to initial performance expectations. Consequently, adhesive vendors and users frequently don't work together as early as they should. Though many products are designed for simple, reliable use in a variety of circumstances, vendors and users must often co-operate to deliver secure attachments in demanding or unusual applications.

	July, 2011 - Adhesive Users Prefer not to Mix Apply, stick, press, apply, stick, press, over and over again. That would be arguably the simplest form of adhesive bonding process. In adhesive dispensing, simplicity is desirable, because it saves time, and time – the saying goes – is money. Yet there are other parameters to take into account, for example initial bond strength and long-term reliability.

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