Adhesives in construction - Articles - Page 73 | Adhesives & Sealants Industry

MAPEI helped the community while participating in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention in New Orleans earlier this year. On May 11, the day before the convention began, MAPEI

CASE STUDY: Taking Shape

October 1, 2011

A new architectural hotel façade designed in gel-coated fiberglass takes shape with Crystic Crestomer structural adhesives.

Methyl Methacrylate Adhesives for Architectural PVC

Jim Yeames

September 1, 2011

PVC is a new mainstream material for residential and commercial building.

Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Novel, all-acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions with inherently lower surface energy display significantly improved adhesion to LSE substrates such as polyethylene and polypropylene.

Eric Bartholomew

September 1, 2011

The prevailing trend toward the use of lighter weight and lower cost engineered plastics in automotive, construction, aerospace, electronics, and other industrial uses has created a need for pressure-sensitive materials that can bond well to these new, inherently low-surface-energy (LSE) plastics. This article discusses novel, all-acrylic compositions with inherently lower surface energy that display significantly improved adhesion to LSE substrates such as polyethylene and polypropylene.