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At SpecialChem, we want to offer our community a space where its members could share their opinion on hot topics related to chemicals or materials and therefore learn from one another. That’s what the opinions spaces are made for!

Ongoing Opinion Space

March, 2010 - What are the adhesion challenges to face in the technical textile industry?

Materials and structures of technical textiles may vary in a broad sense. TPU, cotton, Acrylic, or PET, technical textile manufacturers are challenged everyday to provide customers with ever increasing performance textile. Today, what are the difficulties to overcome in term of adhesion?

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Past Opinion Space

February, 2010 - Do you favor water-based adhesives?

Following environmental trends, formulators are turning more and more toward water-based adhesives development instead of solvent-based one. As a user of adhesive, do you feel this is a valuable effort from formulators to be more aligned with today’s concerns? Does it have an impact on your adhesive type consumption behavior, even if performances might be slightly lower?

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January, 2010 - Sealant with both transparency and high mechanical performances - Have you found the reliable system?

Numerous sealant users struggle with sealant providing both very good performance, such as mechanical ones, and transparency. Is it such an issue with today’s solutions, or is it possible to rely on some existing sealant types? What is you experience with this challenge, and what system is the most appealing in your application?

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December, 2009 - What is your experience with hybrid adhesives?

Bonding of low-surface energy substrates has always been a brain-teaser for adhesive users, even if several solutions were developed to overcome such a difficulty. One of them is the use of hybrid adhesive, based on acrylic and siloxane materials as an example. What is your feedback with regards to such a technology? Based on your experience, what are the most sensitive materials to be used with?

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November, 2009 - How may green certifications and regulations in B&C change the adhesive industry landscape?

LEED, an internationally recognized green building certification system, encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices. According to your experience, how much do you think that such a certification will impact the industry awareness about environment friendliness? What can be the changes to be adopted in the A&S industry in 5 and 10 years?

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October, 2009 - What are your experiences in replacing traditional polyurethane adhesives by bio-based ones?

Following our past Click'n Vote on bio-content, we can notice that, for most of you, the minimum percentage of bio-based / renewable content an adhesiveor a sealant need to be market relevant is around 50%. Have you ever experienced using bio-based polyurethane in your application? What does make you choose such a category of adhesive?

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September, 2009 - Next Challenges in adhesives and sealant technologies?

According to you, what are the biggest adhesive technological challenges that need to be solved in the coming decades ? (raw material availability, reach regulations, ect …?)

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August, 2009 - In your Industry, what are the key materials on which to improve the bond strength?

It is a commonly shared concern in the industry that substrates are more and more difficult to bond. What are the one you are currently experiencing the most difficulties to bond?

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