Adhesives

5 Simple
Steps to
Choose the
Adhesives
to your
Work
Adhesives
With the vast array of the adhesives and its types, the process of eliminating
method is the best and quickly narrows in the appropriate product. With these
method there a 5 step to be consider when choosing the right adhesives that
suitable to your work.
The 1
st
Step are there any qualifications or certifications to the adhesive
meets?
These include the commercial standards, ilspecs, !"# or W$A" for
portable water contact, %&'W for gas or water, and the
biocompatibility for the medical device.
The 2
nd
Step choose the right technology for the application.
Anaerobics are adhesives which capable to cure when in contact with a
metal without contact to the air. These includes the thread locker
adhesives and usually used in the lock bolts into nuts.
(yanoacrylate adhesives functioning through the reaction with moisture.
These types) works best with rubber or plastics adhesive on a small
components. The bond substrates are well but they have poor durability
on the glass.
Toughened acrylics comes into two or one part systems and work very
well on a wide variety of a surfaces. These are quite versatile and
working with the minimal surface preparation.
*po+ies are available in one and two parts only, these types offer a
structural strength on the metals but they do not e+cel on the plastics.
The single part of the epo+y requires an oven to cure them while the two
part epo+y only required a time to cure.
,olyurethanes are usually known to its high and low temperature
resistance and these are e+cellent for the bonding '$, -'lass fibre
$einforced ,lastics..
Adhesives
"ilicone adhesive has incredibly strong but quite fle+ible and resistant to
the high temperatures. /n the meantime the two0part silicone can
possibly work more effectively than the one part silicone. These are
usually the best choice for repairing the shower and bathtub.
,henolic requires the heat and pressure to its curing process and has
been proven to its e+cellent in bonding metals or metals to wood.
,olyimides are based on the synthetic organic chains. These are liquid
and film form and much more e+pensive and tricky to be handle
efficiently. These are generally e+cellent to its durability under the
e+treme temperatures.
1ot melts are not strong but can work well as an instant adhesive for the
fast production or application on the components and doesn)t have much
pressure when placed on them.
,lastisols are required a heat in order to function or cure and produce
strong production, and durable 2oints.
,olyvinyl Acetate -,&A. are considered as the best solution for the
porous materials, that)s includes the wood and paper.
A pressure sensitive adhesive has e+cellent in various environments
due to its durability. 3ut doesn)t really the best option for the industrial
purposes.
The 3
rd
Step What is the needed specific requirements?
The "urfaces and "ubstrate
The 4oint %esign, 'ap 5 "trength
The *nvironmental and Temperature $esistance
Adhesives
The 4
th
Step What are the requirement process?
#ind the work on what is the needed adhesives if require rapid fi+turing
or not. And also make sure you know the components sensitivity on the
temperature. #ind out what is the viscosity required to fill the gap in the
2oints.
The 5
th
Step Test
!ow test it6 When combing the large or small number of variables which
can be affects the bond, the only way to know the results is to test the
adhesives in actual conditions.
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