Articles Tagged with ''weathering''

The next-generation Ci3000 Weather-Ometer^® from Atlas is a compact, rotating-rack, water-cooled xenon-arc instrument for accelerated weathering and lightfastness testing.

The comparative weathering study launched in 1983 is studying 13 commercially available sealants that were applied as sealant joints between glass and painted aluminium test panels. 

AddWorks IBC 760 technology is an innovative label-free light and heat stabilizer solution for SMP sealants. 

Clariant and Omya joined forces on a new project to tackle concerns surrounding the yellowing of the increasingly popular silane modified polymers (SMP) sealants. 

Adhesives are used in a wide range of applications, such as transportation (automotive, rail) and architectural, among many others. Though the adhesives themselves are not directly exposed to the environment in most of these applications, one or more weathering factors can still affect the adhesive performance.

When anticipating using adhesives in structural bonding, a common need is developing the testing protocol to demonstrate bonded system effectiveness. While pressure-sensitive tapes are used in structural joining, this discussion will focus on liquid, paste, and film adhesives in structural joints.