The new Voratron MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives are described as significantly enhancing the safety, durability, sustainability, integrated assembly and overall performance of electric vehicles’ battery packs.
This breakthrough innovation comes through Dow MobilityScience, Dow’s innovative solutions for the transportation industry. This new series of adhesives has been successfully applied to the "Magic Cube" batteries used by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) MG 4 (MG MULAN).
Across the global transportation industry, there is an increasing demand for smart, automated, electrified and low-carbon solutions, as new generation of electric vehicles become safer, greener and more innovative. In recent years, the industry’s growth has been fueled by innovations in battery packs and their mass production. Especially SAIC's "Magic Cube" batteries come along with complex and stringent requirements for material bonding and cell assembly.
Dow's Voratron MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives comply with the European Union RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) regulations, both of which applied to the products to be sold in the EU. Therefore, with the RoHS and REACH certifications, Voratron MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives can also boost the global development of MG 4 (MG MULAN) when combined with Dow's global layout.
The innovative Voratron MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives are being released primarily for bonding cells with insulating bottom shells, upper cover plates and side plate stiffeners, including electrified E2 platform cells’ bottom high-bonding adhesives, upper cover high-bonding adhesives, and side panel high-bonding adhesives.
The adhesive’s lower storage modulus provides long-term absorption of vibration energy and makes batteries safer and more durable.
Dow's product formulations contain bio-sourced components, which supports clients’ journey to lower carbon emissions.
The adhesives obtain accelerated curing strength at various temperatures, including at room temperature.
The high-bonding adhesives from the Voratron MA 8200S range are made with a low-hardness filler compound. This helps to reduce wear on important mixing equipment and minimises maintenance checks, while enabling optimal production and assembly.
As a result of its unique formula design, the isocyanate component of Voratron MA 8200S high-bonding adhesives offers superior water resistance. This simplifies manufacturing and storage, with increased latitude of production conditions, reduced equipment maintenance, and possibility of high-intensity continuous production.
