DuPont Structural Adhesives Recognized by Altair Enlighten Award
DuPont’s BETASEAL X2500 was named a runner-up, while its BETAMATE 1640 was named a finalist.
DuPont recently announced that it has received finalist and runner-up designations in the 2020 Altair Enlighten Award competition, an awards program in the automotive industry dedicated to vehicle lightweighting. DuPont BETASEAL™ X2500 structural adhesive was named a runner-up in the enabling technology category for an all-adhesively bonded, thermoplastic, and mixed-material liftgate. DuPont reports that the adhesive provides a means of joining low-surface-energy thermoplastics without the weight of additional mechanical fasteners, which enabled the modular lightweight assembly for a weight savings of 20-30% compared to traditional steel liftgate architectures.
DuPont BETAMATE™ 1640 crash-durable structural adhesive was named a finalist. The new epoxy-based crash-durable structural adhesive joins large substrates, allowing better load distribution. This ultimately enables reduced panel thickness and creates weight savings on the entire body structure (from 100-200 kg per vehicle, depending on model) while still meeting critical safety/crash requirements.