As demand for hydrogen-based fuel cells increases, sealants and adhesives play a crucial role in providing reliable sealing that facilitates automated production.
July 20, 2023
Adhesives and sealants play an important role in providing tight seals for hydrogen-based fuel cells, a technology becoming increasingly popular for powering electric vehicles.
The market is expected to grow as two-component adhesives are increasingly used to replace traditional adhering methods such as manual screwing and soldering.
Zone Enterprises, a sealing, insulating, and sound solutions provider, has acquired Can-Do National Tape, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company specializing in custom die-cut and rotary-cut adhesive and tape products.
Lightweighting of structures and combining of materials to take advantage of their best properties is becoming a part of engineering design, and adhesives will play an increasing role in those future designs and applications.
Lightweighting of structures is most often associated with automotive structures. However, lightweighting is a challenge across the transportation sector, including trucks, trailers, buses, passenger rail cars, and even heavy earth-moving equipment and cranes.
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes offer functionality, versatility, and customization as the automotive industry produces more EVs and increases the integration of electronic systems into vehicles.
The trends of integration of electronic systems into vehicles and the shift to electric vehicles are creating new opportunities for pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes.