A team of three Wacker Chemical Corporation employees were honored at the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) Innovation Awards Ceremony for their contributions in advancing adhesion technology earlier this month.
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The ASC Innovation Award recognizes innovation in adhesive and sealant product developments showing added value in the application or improvement of a chemical process over the last five years. Measuring the achievement based on five criteria, the nominee must prove the end-user value proposition.
The Wacker team finalists, awarded as the second runner up winners for their innovation in advancing adhesive technology, included:
- Principal chemist for Construction Sealants and Adhesives, Toby Vick (Michigan)
- Head of the Laboratory for Global Product Development, Dr. Volker Stanjek (Germany)
- Technical marketing Mmanager for Construction Sealants & Adhesives, Dr. Lars Zander (Germany)
WACKER has been producing silane-terminated polymers based on the alpha-silane technology under the brand name GENIOSIL STP-E since 2005 and has achieved considerable success with such products in recent years.
GENIOSIL XB 502 is silicone-reinforced, polyether-based silane-terminated polymer suitable as a binder in moisture-curing formulations. It’s a transparent, low-viscosity binder and the resultant adhesives display hardness in the high Shore D range when cured.
This polymer complements the GENIOSIL silane-terminated polymer product portfolio and can be readily mixed with these products at various ratios in order to tailor the properties to the respective application.
Stanjek, Vick, and Zander went a step further to develop binders that possess high-mechanical strength that cannot otherwise be achieved in a binder with either silicones or silane modified polymers. The alpha-silane based products have more to offer than great mechanical properties. Unlike many competitive products, they are also free of heavy metal catalysts.
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