Flexible adhesive gains structural strength in less than an hour
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Structural adhesives are generally available either as a fast curing solid structural material or as a slow curing product which can take up to 24 hours to reach its optimum bond strength.
But now a new range of adhesives, formulated by AEC Polymers in France, combines both technologies to produce high strength adhesives which are also highly flexible. Three grades of SAF fast curing, flexible structural adhesives has been launched in the UK by Eurobond Adhesives.
Managing director Simon Dearing explained: "We have three different flexible grades 30%, 150% and 400% elongation which are available with three different cure speeds 15 minutes, 30 minutes and one hour. This depth in our range should be sufficient for any application.
This advanced new generation adhesive technology combines the high strength benefits of methacrylate structural adhesives with the flexibility of modified silyl (MS) polymer adhesives.
And is ideal when a user needs to bond two substrates that may be subjected to high flexing, vibration or thermal shocks and hasn't the time to wait 24hours for an MS Polymer adhesive to cure.
The SAF range will be widely used in automotive, marine, rail, general manufacturing, signmaking and construction industries and can tolerate powder coating processes after metal substrates have been bonded.
