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Feb 25, 2009 | Article
By Andy Extance
Adhesives are a great example of how food production and extraction of useful chemicals can coexist. Starch boiled out in the process of turning cassava root into an edible flour offers a very low...
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Nov 19, 2008 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
Growing concern over volatile organic compounds (VOC) and other emissions is motivating adhesive and sealant formulators to capture and recycle solvents, reduce solvent use, or switch to solvents...
Mar 26, 2008 | Article
Styrene butadiene block copolymers (SBCs) are useful base polymers for the formulation of sealants because of their unique combination of strength and elastomeric properties. Generally, SBC sealants...
Nov 21, 2007 | Article
Adhesives and sealants that are based on styrene butadiene block copolymers are both useful and unusual. They have the solubility and thermoplastic nature of polystyrene; while at ambient...
Jul 25, 2007 | Article
The shoe industry demands an impressive array of adhesives due to variations in materials, processes, types of footwear, and seasonal design changes. Equally impressive is the performance demands...
Jun 27, 2007 | Article
Water borne adhesives, derived from emulsion polymerization processes, are particularly susceptible to performance loss on exposure to high humidity conditions. The achievement of performance...
Mar 21, 2007 | Article
Heat-sealing adhesives are thermoplastic materials that can be coated onto substrate surfaces and later reactivated by heat and pressure. They differ from conventional hot melt adhesives that are...
Oct 18, 2006 | Article
It's a competitive time for specialty tape makers, with many companies jockeying for position as innovation and customer cost pressures usher in new opportunities. A company's specialty tapes have...
Jan 24, 2006 | Article
Rubber-to-metal bonding is a term that is generally used to describe the process of establishing an adhesive bond between a metal substrate and an elastomer simultaneously with the cure of the...
Dec 21, 2005 | Article
All these techniques are used to decorate wood based panels or even wood ( such as cheap wood ) in order to obtain the aspect of true and expensive woods by using nice wood veneers or decorative...