Two adhesive grades - BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives - from Beardow Adams are being used in combination for the manufacture of packaging to transport extremely important supplies and pharmaceutical goods for the healthcare sector. BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are two highly efficient, thermally stable adhesive types which ma...

EN 45545-2 specifies EU-wide fire protection requirements for the materials and components used in rolling stock. Specially designed potting compounds from WEVO-CHEMIE GmbH – including WEVOPUR 552 FLX and WEVOPUR 67210 FL meet the highest requirements of this standard and can therefore be used for electrical and electronic components in rail vehicles and railway infrastructure. Plastics are wi...

The load-bearing capacity values in cracked and non-cracked concrete of the established concrete screw JC2 have been significantly increased, as well as an optimised tip geometry to create the JC2 Plus. Available from the Construction Division of EJOT®, the JC2 Plus is easy to install and comes in a newly launched 14mm size. Concrete screws are known as all-rounders. They are installed directly...

Henkel has announced the development and commercial availability of LOCTITE® HHD 3544F, a bio-based polyurethane reactive (PUR) hot melt designed for consumer electronics assembly.  This adhesive is the company’s inaugural consumer electronics specific, bio-based PUR hot melt adhesive; approximately two-thirds of its content is sourced from renewable, plant-based feedstocks. “LOCTITE HHD 3544F...

Atotech, global supplier of speciality surface finishing solutions, has introduced UniCoat® CTR, a next generation single step cleaner coater process for multi-metal paint applications. Based on the same technology as modern zirconium pretreatments, UniCoat® CTR incorporates a robust cleaning package, complementing the zirconium component to achieve efficient cleaning and coating in one process...

Norms and stan­dards make tech­nol­ogy safe, en­vi­ron­men­tally sound and ef­fi­cient. The US standard API STD 692 is used around the world for com­pres­sor op­er­a­tion and recom­mends con­duct­ing vent studies to identify tech­ni­cal risks. The robust, patented CobaSeal from EagleBurgmann sets the standard for sep­a­ra­tion seals, offering outstand­ing cost-ef­fi­ciency and maximum safety. T...

The C-Class may be the most significant model Mercedes-Benz has to offer. When the latest generation of Mercedes-Benz’s C-Class celebrates its premiere this summer, its interior will have been been equipped with fischer Automotive components. These cockpit components are produced at two of the company’s sites, in Horb, Germany and Ivanovice na Hané, Czech Republic. Three different versions of t...

A first generation FLEX-5 rivet nut tool, used to install Sherex rivet nut studs was recently found to still be in use in a construction, military and heavy-duty truck fabricator assembly line, twelve years later. Here, Sherex Fastening Solutions outlines a few easy steps to ensure a long-lasting tool. Bought from Sherex Fastening Solutions in 2009, the FLEX-5 tool is still installing rivet nut...

Historically, solvent-based adhesives have been a popular choice for many production facilities, however in recent years there has been an increase in the number of manufacturers who have switched to solvent-free bonding. Chemique Adhesives pioneers solvent-free bonding to utilise a safer adhesive solution. Hot melts are a type of thermoplastic adhesive that are generally 100% solid and are bro...

By Dr Bill Eccles, technical specialist, Bolt Science Ltd It is well known that it is good design practice to ensure that the joint faces, which the nut or the bolt head seat on, are at right angles to the bolt axis. Angle errors on the joint face do have an influence on the static strength of bolted joints, however for small angles, this is usually not significant. What is less well known is t...