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plastics

High performance UV curing plastic bonding adhesive aids efficiency

20 February 2012 adhesives

Increasing production throughput of bonded plastic assemblies is high on the list of priorities these days for both design and production engineers, if what our customers say is anything to go by. In these situations, we are delighted to offer DYMAX Ultra Light-Weld® 3069, which is a UV/visible light-curable adhesive designed for rapid bonding and [...]

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IPA Isopropyl Alcohol wipes – for better adhesive bonding

4 May 2011 adhesives

We have recently added some new pre-saturated IPA wipes to our very successful ADH 1610 product range. ADH 1611 wipes are pre-saturated with 70%/30% IPA/DI water, and come in a re-sealable pouch. These wipes are used for all sorts of industrial cleaning, including surface preparation prior to adhesive bonding. But they are not limited to [...]

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New Araldite 2000+ Adhesive Selector Guide

15 March 2011 adhesives

The new Araldite 2000+ brochure is now available. It now includes a step by step selector guide, allowing you to easily choose the right adhesive for your bonding needs. Araldite 2000+ adhesives are lightweight and form long lasting, durable bonds that are resistant to the most demanding conditions including high sheer and peel, compression, moisture [...]

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Clear, fast plastic bonder… including acrylic!

28 January 2010 adhesives

Araldite 2028 adhesive is a fast setting, transparent, two-part polyurethane adhesive. What makes this adhesive different is that it is both transparent and UV stable, as well as flexible and fast curing. Araldite 2028 bonds wide varieties of plastics including polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbonate (PC). Tailor made for seismic cables and cable assemblies, as [...]

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UV Cure = Speedy Cure, Fast Cure

29 April 2009 adhesives

It takes longer to read this sentence than it does to cure DYMAX adhesives. That’s the message from a new range of DYMAX advertisements – this one is aimed at plastic bonding. Typical plastic adhesive applications include appliance assembly, automotive sub-assemblies, headlamp assembly, plastic component tacking and sealing, potting, fixturing and ruggedising plastic housings, high-end [...]

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Dyson Clean and Dry with Araldite 2000+ Adhesives

4 February 2009 adhesives

Dyson relies on Araldite® 2000 PLUS adhesives in its leading-edge vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. In Dyson vacuums, which use Cyclone Technology™ to separate dirt and dust from the air using high centrifugal forces, Araldite adhesives bond together core parts of the cyclone system that gives Dyson vacuums their superior cleaning power. Having tested Araldite [...]

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