Windsor, Connecticut ‚— Scapa North America has introduced Scapa 448, a high tack duct tape for industrial maintenance and general purpose taping. This product is easily torn by hand and offers excellent bond strength to a wide variety of substrates including poly films. Scapa 448 performs consistently over a wide range of temperatures without ‚“edge…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ‚– Power Adhesives introduces the TEC‚â„¢ 6100 hot melt glue gun for applying hot melt adhesives to sand cores in sand or die casting foundries or steel dies for faster, more efficient bonding than other bonding systems such as water-based glues. Benefits over other fixing systems include instant bonding with no wait time,…

HACKENSACK, NJ — Master Bond Inc. introduces a new single component, high performance epoxy adhesive called EP13. This compound requires no mixing and has an unlimited working life at room temperature. EP13 has excellent bond strength to similar and dissimilar substrates and superior dimensional stability. It has a service operating temperature range of -60‚°F to…

Rocky Hill, Conn. ‚— For use on threaded fasteners located on food- and beverage-processing equipment, Henkel Corporation (http://www.henkelna.com) has introduced Loctite(R) 2046(TM), a medium strength, removable two-part anaerobic threadlocker that fully complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and with all applicable food additive regulations including 21 C.F.R. 175.300. Loctite(R) 2046(TM) is a…

ROCKY HILL, Conn. ‚– For adhesive dispensing applications, Henkel Corporation (http://www.henkelna.com) offers a comprehensive line of Loctite(R) Consumables, standardized dispense components designed to replace disposable parts required on any brand dispensing equipment. Loctite(R) Consumables include a wide variety of competitively priced dispense tips, static mix nozzles and syringe barrel components. High-precision dispense tips are available…

Lakewood, N.J. ‚– For construction and industrial applications requiring a sealant solution that offers silicone flexibility, compatibility and low odor/low VOCs ‚– outperforming conventionally used acrylics ‚– there‚’s Bondaflex‚® Sil 200 MJS, a general purpose, one-component, miter joint silicone sealant with features that help reduce labor and increase productivity. The semi-self-leveling 200 MJS sealant bonds…

Windsor, Connecticut ‚— For precision die-cutting applications involving intricate parts, Scapa North America offers Scapa 707, a double coated pressure sensitive adhesive film that features release liners on both sides for added firmness. The product can be used for general purpose bonding, foam fabrication, precision die cutting, and splicing silicone coated papers and films. Scapa…

The use of adhesives for medical devices is growing at a near 10% annual rate, claims Skeist Inc. in their 2007 assessment of this market.  Medical adhesives can be classified into the categories of implant, device and equipment, tissue bonding, pressure sensitive, dental, and wound closure. Within the device and equipment category are several types…

Windsor, Connecticut ‚— Scapa North America offers Scapa 519, a highly conformable, heat-resistant tape designed to mask printed circuit boards during solder stripping and nickel/gold plating of finger contacts. The non-silicone tape protects large areas of PCBs from chemical fumes and splashes. Scapa 519 consists of a conformable polyester film, single coated with a rubber…

Rocky Hill, Conn. – New Loctite(R) QuickStix(TM) 7088(TM) Primer is the first semisolid primer available to enhance the performance and speed the cure of anaerobic machinery adhesives used in threadlocking, thread sealing, gasketing, and retaining applications. This semisolid primer actually is more effective than liquid primers in speeding adhesive cure. Loctite(R) QuickStix(TM) 7088(TM) Primer is…