Clear, fast plastic bonder... including acrylic!

Araldite 2028 adhesive is a fast setting, transparent, two-part polyurethane adhesive. What makes this adhesive different is that it is both transparent and UV stable, as well as flexible and fast curing.

Araldite 2028 bonds wide varieties of plastics including polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbonate (PC). Tailor made for seismic cables and cable assemblies, as well as general industrial applications.

Araldite 2028 will find many applications in bonding acrylic sheets and parts; it is clear and quick to cure, so our customers making point-of-sale (POS) displays and signs/signage will find it invaluable.

UV Cure = Speedy Cure, Fast Cure

It takes longer to read this sentence than it does to cure DYMAX adhesives.

That's the message from a new range of DYMAX advertisements - this one is aimed at plastic bonding.

Typical plastic adhesive applications include appliance assembly, automotive sub-assemblies, headlamp assembly, plastic component tacking and sealing, potting, fixturing and ruggedising plastic housings, high-end displays and jewelry manufacturing, cosmetic household items, and aerospace vibration dampening. These plastic adhesives cure rapidly for high-speed production using either broad spectrum bulb technology or visible light LED technology.

Dyson Clean and Dry with Araldite 2000+ Adhesives

Dyson relies on Araldite® 2000 PLUS adhesives in its leading-edge vacuum cleaners and hand dryers.

In Dyson vacuums, which use Cyclone Technology™ to separate dirt and dust from the air using high centrifugal forces, Araldite adhesives bond together core parts of the cyclone system that gives Dyson vacuums their superior cleaning power. Having tested Araldite adhesives in some of the most demanding performance trials, Dyson is now using them in its Airblade™ dryer — the fastest, most hygienic and energy-efficient hand dryer on the market.

For the Dyson team, the shape and form of a product should naturally follow on from function. This can mean complex design and manufacturing processes, so adhesives like Araldite, with a bonding solution for almost every sort of engineering plastic in use today, provide the perfect solution for bringing unusual, highly innovative and effective products to life.

Araldite 2021 is a two-component, methacrylate adhesive that ensures bonded parts maintain their strength at operating temperatures and displays excellent adhesion on various thermoset and thermoplastic materials. Araldite 2022 is a two-component, toughened adhesive system based on methacrylate chemistry with a longer open time. Both products are ideal for bonding thermoplastics, like PVC, polycarbonate, and ABS, as well as stainless steel and aluminum materials.

Adhesive for acrylic aesthetics

We have many customers who bond acrylic (PMMA) parts together to make display cabinets or point of sale structures. One way of doing this is to use a solvent based adhesive, but these often give cloudy or untidy joints. In an industry where cosmetic aesthetics is important (like selling cosmetics!), a clear and structurally secure joint is required.

One solution is to use DYMAX 3099 (pdf file), a UV curing plastic bonder which works particularly well on acrylic. It gives a very strong, high clarity bond, and offers all the advantages of UV cure: a single part adhesive, very fast cure. Combined with a UV curing lamp, DYMAX 3099 has been used for exhibition displays, trophies, post of sale stands, signs, covers, and many other acrylic applications.