Formulation Strategies for Multi-Substrate Bonding

Consumer & industrial products (automotive, medical, electronics…) are witnessing advances in technology to decrease weight, improve performance, and reduce cost. And consequently, the adhesive industry is faced with problems of optimally bonding multi-substrates & reducing internal stress levels. But, lack of knowledge on the materials, properties, formulations, processing, joint designs, etc. leads to early product failure & eventual customer dissatisfaction. Time is precious so make smarter choices ! Join the Live Course to:

• Gain knowledge of the unique requirements of dissimilar joints


• Understand the types of adhesives & formulations (epoxies, vinyl copolymers, acrylic, urethane) for flexible yet tough multi-substrate bonds


• Enhance your know-how on processing techniques & joint designs that are most successful


• Improve your understanding of emerging technologies in the industries (automotive, medical, electronics…)


• Avoid early product failure & meet today’s consumer/ industrial requirements (decrease weight, improve performance, and reduce cost)

• Adhesive formulators and R&D professionals
• Design engineers
• End-users engaged in:
  • bonding dissimilar materials
  • failure analysis

- If you are contemplating new product designs, need to meet specifications & regulations, or want to resolve current problems this course will prove profitable.

1. Why Bonding Dissimilar Materials is Difficult – The Problem of Internal Stress and Cure Shrinkage


2. Solutions Available for the Formulator and End-User


3. Optimal Adhesives Formulations for Reducing Internal Stress
• Polymer technologies (elastomers, epoxies, vinyl copolymers, acrylic, urethane…)
• Optimization of properties (controlling thermal expansion coefficient, extending the service temperature range…)


4. Optimal Joint Designs


5. Optimal Cure Conditions (including time-temperature staged cure)


6. New End- Use Applications
• Light-weight automotive structures
• New-age medical & electronic products


7. 30 mins Q&A- Interact live/ ask questions directly from the expert !

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