Bonding

Wind/Energy

Hexion products target wind blade production

Hexion Inc. has introduced a new tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in wind turbine rotor blade maintenance.

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Adhesives

Application of video extensometry to ASTM D 5656

Reliable, reproducible data is central to the design and delivery of cost-effective bonded assemblies.

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PEEK

Techsil acrylate-based adhesive cures via light

Distributor Techsil (Bidford-on-Avon, UK) has introduced a new light-curing adhesive called Vitralit UV 4802, for bonding high-temperature-resistant thermoplastics such as PEEK with other non-compatible materials. 

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Epoxies

Solvay to supply materials for the 777X program

Solvay will supply a range of material technologies including out-of-autoclave structural carbon fiber epoxy prepreg, flame resistant interior phenolic prepreg, lightning strike protection surfacing film and structural bonding adhesive.

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Bonding

A range of new products from Huntsman

Huntsman Advanced Materials used the 2017 CAMX show to showcase new products from its Advanced Materials and Huntsman Polyurethanes divisions, including advanced composite resin systems and adhesives.

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Graphene

Reversible multi-material adhesive bonds

Ferromagnetic nanoparticles in thermoplastic adhesives make it possible to debond and rebond adhesive joints, using electromagnetic energy.

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Bonding

bigHead, Cranfield University discuss Knowledge Transfer Partnership

bigHead Bonding Fasteners and Cranfield University have formed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) focused on new joining technologies for composite materials.

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Adhesives

Hybrid carbon fiber/aluminum suspension knuckle

Yields 26% greater stiffness via bonded prepreg patch.

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Bonding

New method developed for bonding thermoplastic composites

A researcher at the University of Twente in The Netherlands has reportedly developed a method for adhesion improvement in thermoplastic composites.

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Out of Autoclave

Redesigned bonded fasteners enable RTM railway cabinets

Adhesion Technologies Ltd. (ATL, Hampshire, UK) has developed a range of in-mold bonded fasteners, which reduce build time by eliminating the need for hole-drilling.

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