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Oct 5, 2005 | Article
For many applications, such as flexible packaging, the use of a single material may not satisfy all of the properties demanded of the product. In these cases, a composite consisting of two or more...
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Jun 29, 2005 | Article
In this section we will now study a first series of applications and end uses: panels manufacturing and primary woodworking. Primary woodworking encompasses adhesives and binders for the production...
May 18, 2005 | Article
Pine chemicals are renewable, naturally occurring materials derived from the pine tree (genus Pinus). The range of chemical classes obtained from pine trees includes numerous plant sterols, terpenes...
May 11, 2005 | Article
These adhesives or glues have been developed a long time ago: urea-formaldehyde ( UF ) and phenolics (PF) started in the years 1920, melamine-formaldehyde ( MF ) and resorcinol-formaldehyde ( RF )a...
Mar 16, 2005 | Article
Nonwoven fabrics may be defined as fibrous webs that are bonded together by the addition of chemicals or by fusion of some constituent fibers, to impart strength and integrity to the final product...
Jan 26, 2005 | Article
There are several common types of polyurethane adhesives. They can be classified primarily as reactive and nonreactive types and they are summarized in Table 1. This article will discuss mainly the...
Jan 12, 2005 | Article
For any bonding process, there are always some 8 steps that should be done: * surface preparation of the materials, * preparation of the adhesive or binder, for instance mixing if it is a 2...
Nov 24, 2004 | Article
Worldwide, the adhesive and sealant market grew 3% in 2003 over 2002 in spite of the economic recession affecting industrialized markets in North America, Japan and Western Europe. Contributing to...
May 4, 2004 | Article
Adhesives have historically played a significant role in laminating, bonding and assembling components of automotive interiors for both aesthetic and performance reasons. In 2001, approximately 96...
Apr 21, 2004 | Article
The foaming of an adhesive within a joint is often an undesirable situation. However, in certain circumstances adhesives are purposely designed to foam or expand. There are several performance and...