- Bonding low surface energy plastics
Adhesion is a surface phenomenon. A surface's texture, porosity, and flexibility affect the adhesive strength of a plastic joint. Ditto for any contaminants such as mold release agents, plasticizers, or other resin formulations that migrate to the surface. Surface energy also influences adhesion. It defines the ability of adhesives and ......
- 2005 Western Coatings Show exhibit
descriptions.
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 7201 Hamilton Blvd. Allentown, PA 18195 Toll Free: 800.345.3148 Fax: 610.481.4381 www.airproducts.com/coatings Air Products features water-based epoxy resins and curing agents including new Anquawhite[TM] 100 curative for nonyellowing floor coatings. Also highlighted are Surfynol[R], Dynol[TM], and EnviroGem[R] Gemini-based multi-functional additives for water-based coatings, and Airflex[R] ......
- GLUING, LAMINATING & VENEERING.
ADHESIVE BINDER SYSTEMS Air Products and Chemicals Inc Ashland Chemical Inc. BTL Specialty Resins Corp. Borden Chemical, Inc. Cresswood Recycling Systems DriTac Adhesive Group Georgia-Pacific Corp. Georgia-Pacific Resins Inc. IMAL-PAL North America, Inc Nordson Corp. Reichhold Chemicals Inc. Spurlock Adhesives Valco Cincinnati Inc. ADHESIVE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT --Also See Gluing Equipment ......
- Purchasing shakes off five years of hibernation
U.S. purchasing of adhesives and sealants, which began to recover in the second half of 2003 as a response to the turnaround in manufacturing activity, gathered significant momentum in 2004. So, after five years of stagnant or declining sales, Impact Marketing of Manchester Center, Vt., sees sustained growth ahead—forecasting that ......
- New sealant formulations hold their
own.
Few materials are called upon to fulfill the wide variety of tasks handled by industrial sealants. Some must be inert enough to protect medicines or analytical samples from contamination, others rugged and heat-resistant enough to hold ingot molds together during the steel-making process. Some sealing agents harden within minutes of ......
- Resin hikes reflect higher feedstocks
Higher feedstock costs and fuel prices continue to combine with supply issues to spur price hikes in markets for plastic resins. Unprecedented surcharges—driven by spikes in prices for natural gas and related feedstocks—have been added to previously announced list price increases, pushing up prices for high, low and linear low ......
- USM to host 33rd Annual International Waterborne,
High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium February
22-24.
Sponsored by the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, and the Southern Society for Coatings Technology, the 33rd Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium will be held February 22-24, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans, LA. The ......