Throughout the last 10 years, Sika Automotive refined Sika's core competencies of acoustics, bonding and sealing and has developed products that provide innovative solutions to the automotive industry.
A few metering technologies have prevailed over the years to provide users of adhesives and sealants a choice in the type of equipment to use in dispensing two-component materials.
Adhesive-coated polymeric films can be used in a variety of medical applications. Parameters such as adhesion, flexibility, strength, convertibility, thickness and moisture-vapor transmission might need to be considered by the product designer.
When Danner Manufacturing, Inc., Islandia, N.Y., wanted to streamline the production of its magnetic-drive submersible water pumps, they turned to Liquid Control for help.
Manual application of thermally cured epoxy adhesives with medical syringes, dental picks and similar tools has long been the norm in fiber optic assembly. However, the need to produce high-quality devices more efficiently is forcing companies to re-evaluate their current assembly processes and search for more productive alternatives.
Epoxy adhesives have been utilized for decades in virtually all environments. Of particular interest to the electronics industry is a class of epoxies that conduct electricity.
Silane-modified polypropylene oxides (SMPs), or MS Polymers, offer a wide range of physical properties and can be formulated into a variety of moisture-curable adhesives and sealants.
World emulsion-polymer demand is forecast to increase 4.5 percent per year to 9.9 million metric tons in 2005 as the emulsion market continues to outpace growth in the global economy.