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…

East Providence, RI USA — EFD, Inc. has just released a new catalog featuring a wide range of products for applying adhesives, lubricants, sealants, solder pastes and other assembly fluids in accurate, repeatable amounts. Controlled fluid application gives manufacturers higher yields, greater process control, better product quality and reliability, less rework with fewer rejects, and…

EP11SIC is a silver-filled epoxy-resin system that has high electrical and thermal conductivity. It has superior adhesion to both metallic and nonmetallic substrates, with a tensile strength over 6,000 psi and a tensile shear strength over 1,500 psi. The adhesive has good resistance to thermal shock, high temperatures, and chemicals. It suits bonding, potting, sealing,…

MIXPAC Equipment Inc. announces its DXBG Bench Dispenser. The MIXPAC DXBG Bench Dispenser is a convenient bench-top unit that offers a fast, simple and accurate solution for dispensing two-component reactive resins of a wide variety of ratios. The DXBG Bench Dispenser allows the A & B components of flowable adhesives to be gravity-fed from separate,…