Custom injection molding manufacturer Amerimold Technology Inc. was making a next-generation industrial thermo-controller when it encountered an overmolding problem. The company identified the main production issue as a result of an existing material’s inability to bond to the front cover of the product’s overmolded polycarbonate chassis, cover, and push button keypad. Amerimold’s customer specified…
Rogers Introduces PORON® ThinStik™ Soft Seal Foam Material
Woodstock, CT – For use in today’s ever smaller and thinner yet far more functional hand-held devices, the High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corporation has introduced a new addition to the PORON® materials family – PORON® ThinStik™ Soft Seal. PORON ThinStik Self Adhesive Solution is an innovative impact sealing PORON® Urethane gasketing foam with…
Durable High Temperature Epoxy Resists Chemicals
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond has released a high temperature resistant epoxy for service above 500°F. EP125 is a toughened, two part epoxy designed to withstand exposure to boiling acids, alkalis, salts, fuels and most organic solvents. It develops durable bonds between metallic and nonmetallic surfaces. The heat resistant adhesive features excellent dimensional stability in…
Potting Compound for Heat Sensitive Components
The EP30M3LV is a low exothermic epoxy system formulated to help avoid excess heat buildup and damage to thermally sensitive components during potting operations. It also contains a special additive to remove air bubbles. It cures at room temperatures or more rapidly at elevated temperatures. It can be cured in various cross section thicknesses. It…
UV Curable Compound With Superior Gap Filling Properties
HACKENSACK, NJ – Master Bond UV10TK40 is a UV curable, no-mix epoxy resin system with exceptional sealing and gap-filling properties. It excels in applications such as aligning parts and bonding irregularly shaped surfaces, especially in production environments where increased speed and reduced waste are paramount. Its very high surface hardness (Shore A >75) also makes…
Low Shrinkage Clear Epoxy Assures Precision
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond’s newly developed EP30LV-1 is a low viscosity, optically clear epoxy offering excellent dimensional stability and low shrinkage. The two part epoxy compound is formulated to cure at room temperatures with an exceptionally low linear shrinkage (0.0003 inches/in). Master Bond EP30LV-1 forms powerful bonds with both similar and dissimilar materials including…
Quick Cure Silicone Coating
Master Sil 773 is a rapid cure to tack-free, ready-to-use silicone conformal coating for printed circuit boards. It protects electronic circuitry in high humidity environments as well as upon exposure to shock and vibration. It cures quickly at ambient temperatures to a flexible, transparent, low hardness silicone coating. It delivers strong adhesion to critical board…
Structural adhesive bonds metal
Every material has an ideally suited adhesive; some are easier to find that others. A new adhesive for metals has just been introduced. The Plexus Metal Bonder™ Adhesives deliver a unique combination of strength, fatigue endurance, impact resistance, and toughness on metals and other substrates including stainless steel, aluminum, thermoplastics, and composites. These two-part methacrylate…
Silicone Self Fusing Tape
Silicone Self Fusing Tape is made of pure organic silicone with NO ADHESIVE. It fuses to itself in 24 hours; 30 minutes if heat applied. Once fused, creates air & watertight permanent seal. Withstands temps of —60F to +500F, 300% elongation, 700 psi tensile strength, Dielectric Strength 400VPM. Highly conformable, flexible. Wraps around odd shapes.…
Rogers Corporation to Display at IPC Midwest and PCB West Shows
Chandler, AZ – Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) showcases a number of its high-performance and low-cost laminate materials for commercial and military applications at the upcoming PCB West 2009 this September 15-16 in Santa Clara, CA (Booth #36) and at the IPC Midwest 2009 Show this September 23-24 in Schaumburg, IL (Booth #502). At both shows, Rogers…
UV Curable Nanosilica Filled Epoxy
The UV22 is a nanosilica reinforced UV curable epoxy system. The nano-sized filler (<50 nm) gives the cured system abrasion resistance, optical clarity, low shrinkage and physical strength properties at a viscosity of 4,000 cps. The tensile strength of the cured epoxy is greater than 4,600 psi and its tensile modulus is greater than 500,000…
Thermal Adhesive for Optimized Heat Dissipation
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond's EP30BN is a two part boron nitride epoxy adhesive offering improved thermal management of heat generating components. EP30BN is a medium viscosity epoxy system with good flow characteristics, making it an ideal thermally conductive adhesive for bonding, sealing and potting applications. Featuring remarkably high thermal conductivity and excellent electrical insulation…
LoPro™ Laminates from Rogers Corp.
Chandler, AZ — The Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division of Rogers Corp. recently introduced RO4730™ LoPro™ laminates for base station, RFID and other antenna designs. RO4730 LoPro laminate materials combine low-loss dielectric with low-profile copper foil for reduced passive intermodulation (PIM) and low insertion loss. The specially formulated RO4730 LoPro thermoset resin system incorporates a…
UV Cure Adhesive from Master Bond
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond adds a significant strength advantage to a new UV adhesive compound combining high strength bonds with the well established benefits of UV cure namely; high productivity, improved performance and environmental compliance. Master Bond UV10TK40 is a modified epoxy adhesive offering a unique tensile strength of 8300 psi and a shore…
What will communication devices look like in 2033?
Twenty-five years after the creation of the cell phone, designers at Motorola imagined what cell phones might look like in another twenty five years. The Consumer Xperience Design (CXD) team created a portfolio of sketches that look beyond what is possible today and imagine the possibilities of the future. In 2033, the “cell phone” could…
Rigid, Room Temperature Curing Thermal Conductive Epoxy
Curable at room temperatures, EP21TCHT-1 has high thermal conductivity and electrical insulation properties. It has a service operating temperature range of 4K to 400‚°F. It also has a low thermal expansion coefficient. It is NASA qualified for low outgassing applications and is suitable for use in vacuum environments. It is durable and possesses high physical…
Plastic Adhesive Etches Away at Challenging Substrates
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond MB514 polypropylene adhesive etches away at the bonding challenges presented by non-polar and low energy polyolefin surfaces. Typically, a pretreatment stage, which may include flame treatment, etching or roughening, is required before being able to bond polyolefin substrates. Specially formulated to eliminate this time consuming stage, the MB514 polyolefin based…
Rogers Corporation Introduces Interactive PORON® Gap Filling Tool
Rogers, CT — Rogers Corporation has introduced a unique online, interactive PORON® Gap Filling Tool to help designers select the best PORON Urethane to meet their specific application needs. The new PORON Gap Filling Tool is available to them via web access at all times, no matter where they are located. This new tool is…
Master Bond’s New MS151 Optical Adhesive
Hackensack, NJ. – Master Bond’s new MS151 optical adhesive has been specially formulated for optimal optical bonding. It is a two-part silicone adhesive with silicone‚’s inherent temperature resistance and flexibility, a refractive index of 1.43 and superb optical clarity. Its low viscosity assures complete fill-in around complicated contours even in very complex configurations. These key…
J.W. Winco Offers Self-Adhesive Rulers
NEW BERLIN, WI — J.W. Winco, Inc. announces the availability of series GN 711 metric size, Self-Adhesive Rulers. Three models of the self-adhesive ruler are available and all are RoHS compliant. The stainless steel version is scale etched and 0.6 mm thick. A white plastic version is highlighted in silver, scale printed, and 0.3 mm…
Halogen-Free Adhesives from Henkel Corporation
Rocky Hill, Conn. ‚ In response to industry initiatives and legislation designed to protect the environment from halogenated materials, Henkel Corporation has introduced a new line of Loctite(R) adhesives and sealants that meet the requirements of IPC IEC #61249-2-21. Used primarily in handheld electronics such as cell phones, PDAs, notebook/laptop computers and hard disk drives,…
Aerospace Epoxy Conquers Cryogenic Wind Tunnel
Hackensack, NJ. – A uniquely formulated epoxy adhesive has come to the rescue in an extraordinarily difficult cryogenic wind tunnel model bonding application. The state of the art wind tunnel poses a difficult challenge to engineering thermoplastics, not only in terms of the low temperatures and vacuum conditions, but in terms of thermal, thermal cycling…
Recirculating Spray Marking System
The new 781RC MicroMark‚® Recirculating Spray System from EFD features an innovative design that will help manufacturers in a wide variety of industries eliminate the costly maintenance and downtime associated with conventional marking systems like felt pads and standard spray valves. Manufacturers often use pigmented marking inks and paints to: ‚•Color-code components that look alike…
EP21AN Two Part Adhesive System
HACKENSACK, NJ ‚– Master Bond Inc. has developed a new two part adhesive system called EP21AN with a thermal conductivity in excess of 22 (BTU‚•in/ft‚²‚•hr‚•‚°F). It is an outstanding electrical insulator with a dielectric strength of >400 volts/mil and a volume resistivity greater than 1013 ohm-cm. This easy to use adhesive has been formulated with…
Literature and Website Highlight Loctite(R) Medical Device Adhesives
Rocky Hill, Conn. ‚ For medical device manufacturers in search of assembly adhesives and equipment, Henkel Corporation introduces two resources designed to make research faster, easier and more informative ‚– the redesigned and updated Solutions That CureTM : Adhesives for Medical Device Assembly brochure and http://www.henkelna.com/medicaladhesives, a website dedicated to Loctite(R) medical device products and…