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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...
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Nov 16, 2005 | Article
We start now to study Furniture adhesives and bonding techniques. The first step in Furniture manufacturing is to decorate panels by bonding a decorative veneer ( true wood veneer ) or film or other...
Oct 10, 2005 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
Fortunately, there are several ways to join plastic substrates. Heat or solvent welding is a method where the plastic part itself becomes the adhesive. This week's editorial probes the advantages...
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...
Jul 27, 2005 | Article
Why do polyurethanes make good adhesives and sealants? What are the chemical / physical characteristics that drive the use of these adhesives over others in certain applications? This week's...
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...
Dec 1, 2004 | Article
Solvent cementing techniques can readily join many thermoplastics. A variety of solvents are available, and when used correctly they can provide bond strengths of up to 100 percent that of the...
Aug 25, 2004 | Article
Many producers of adhesives and sealants have already integrated into production important considerations regarding the environmental impact of their products. Some of these considerations were...
Jun 16, 2004 | Article
Contact adhesives are probably the best known of the solvent-based adhesives. They bond by a diffusion process sometimes referred to as autohesion. Contact adhesive formulations are prepared from...