Category: technical resource

Encapsulants are often required to protect electronic components against moisture, chemicals, and rapid and extreme temperature changes while providing mechanical support and electrical insulation. Light-curable encapsulating compounds can provide significant benefits over conventional technologies, including very fast curing, lower operating costs and increased productivity driven by lower labour requirements, space savings, lower energy demand, and […]

The latest September 2020 issue of Global SMT & Packaging (The Global Assembly Journal for SMT & Advanced Packaging Professionals) contains an article from us entitled Cold Plasma in Electronics Industry. Adhesion plays a decisive role for product quality and process stability in many areas of the electronics industry. These include bonding and marking of […]

This new White Paper, entitled Are cyanoacrylate adhesives structural?, looks at the role of cyanoacrylate adhesives in load-bearing, structural applications. It discusses a new development which repositions this chemistry in the hierarchy of adhesives. Click on the image to read the full article. We have this White Paper and many other technical resources, including articles, […]

If you are establishing a new process involving the UV light curing of an adhesive or another light curing material, we can highly recommend these resources. All are from our partners, Dymax. First, a couple of articles entitled Validating a UV Flood Curing Process and Validating a UV Spot Curing Process. Secondly, a couple of […]

In our determination not to let the pandemic keep us down, we have been pursuing further methods to help our customers push their businesses forward. We have always provided a service for helping you evaluate materials and equipment by providing testing in our Technology Centre. Often the results are provided to you in a written […]

The latest issue of FAST magazine comes complete with this article about time-based adhesive selection. Factors like shelf life, working life and cure time may all be relevant to your production. It only takes five minutes to read it.

Sometimes, cured UV adhesives or coatings have a tacky or sticky surface, even after they are exposed to the correct amount of UV light to achieve full cure. If the surface of the adhesive is exposed to atmospheric oxygen during the cure, the oxygen can penetrate into the very top layer and inhibit the polymerisation […]

The June 2019 issue of Industrial Technology magazine contains a great piece from our Technical Manager, Kevin Cook, entitled Keeping the Finishing Line in Sight. The Sydney Opera House turned out to be one of the most disastrous construction projects in history, running vastly over time and budget. Designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, the […]

The April 2019 issue of Design Products & Applications magazine is now available, and it contains a piece from our Technical Manager, Kevin Cook, entitled Adhesive Consideration – Designing with Production in Mind. In 2018, the New South Wales Government faced embarrassment after ordering $2 billion worth of new trains that were too wide for […]

Whilst our customers typically use plasma technology to improve their bonding, another use of plasma is ultrafine surface cleaning. Relyon Plasma, our sales partner, has produced an in-depth explanation of how plasma technology can clean surfaces, which we have added to our library of technical resources. You can read the White Paper on Plasma Technology […]

We wrote about shelf life in this adhere academy blog post pot life v shelf life v working life – part 1. Our partners at Dymax have written a blog post entitled 5 Questions to Help You Understand Shelf Life with answers to these questions: How is the shelf life of a product determined? Where do […]

Another excellent issue of FAST magazine has recently crossed our desk; editor Brian Wall continues to pack it with great content about fastening & assembly solutions and technology. It includes an article from us entitled Automated dispensing across industry – the applications and benefits of automated adhesive and sealant dispensing are manifold, with manufacturers reaping […]

We were very pleased to see some extensive coverage of some of our tips and hints for UV curing in the latest issue of FAST (Fastening & Assembly Solutions And Technology) Magazine – the UK’s only journal dedicated 100% to the subject of fastening, bonding and assembly in manufacturing applications. We recommend that you subscribe. […]

The flowplus16 is an inline fluid sensor for monitoring the pressure of adhesive, coating or other material being dispensed or dosed. By understanding changes in pressure of material flow, consistency or other quality issues (like blockages or air inclusions) can be identified in order to produce consistent dosing results and dispensing quality. In this White […]