Click below on any of the seven advantages to learn more. For each advantage, examples of adhesives and sealants in real life are presented, organized by major Market and Application Area. Below you will find specific examples of where adhesives and sealants are used. (You can click again on each advantage to roll the detailed information back up.)

• Allows use of thinner gauge/lighter materials of construction
• Allows assembly of micro-scale components
• Allows assembly of intricate geometries and components
• Provides tamper resistant assemblies
• Provides more material options, including plastics and metals that don't lend themselves to mechanical or fusion joining
• Offers additional functionality, such as flame retardency, electrical conductivity and increased or reduced thermal conductivity
• Cost effectively joins two different types of substrates, including non-metallics, to metal
• Creates multi-component laminates of dissimiliar materials for improved properties

Allows use of thinner gauge/lighter materials of construction

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• Aerospace Aircraft Wing Bonding

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Allows assembly of micro-scale components

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• Underfill Chip Bonding, Potting and Encapsulation
• Mobile Phones
• Medical Devices

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Allows assembly of intricate geometries and components

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• Pump Housing Assembly

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• Heat Exchange Fins

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• Structural Window Glazing - Refers to the use of specially formulated silicone sealants which bond glass, metal, stone or other infill panels to framing members. Previously, windows and architectural panels were adhered to a building's structure via mechanical retention (based on gaskets), which permits use of more architecturally diverse materials of construction.

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Provides tamper resistant assemblies

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• Security sealants - Waterproofing sealants that have a duel role of sealing out the weather and are also pick-proof and resistant to vandalism. High durometer, high modulus sealants are applied around window and doors, and in joints in walls and floors both interior and exterior.

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• Hot Melt Case Sealing

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Provides more material options, including plastics and metals that don't lend themselves to mechanical or fusion joining

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• Installation of parquet wood floors - Adhesives allow the installation of different designs by assembling small pieces of different kinds of (colored) wood. As a result, aesthetically pleasing geometries and pictures can be fixed to the subfloor.

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• Structural Window Glazing - Refers to the use of specially formulated silicone sealants which bond glass, metal, stone or other infill panels to framing members. Previously, windows and architectural panels were adhered to a building's structure via mechanical retention (based on gaskets). Sealants afford use of more innovative and different materials of construction.

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• Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) - Designed in a "sandwich" construction, DVDs are bonded using specialized UV curing acrylate or hot melt adhesives. These adhesives bond under the influence of UV light in a few seconds and offer high optical purity and good long-term stability under warm humid conditions.
• Molded Rubber Duct to Air Conditioner Unit

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Offers additional functionality, such as flame retardency, electrical conductivity and increased or reduced thermal conductivity

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• Hurricane and Bomb Blast Sealants - Silicone sealants used in the installation of hurricane impact and bomb blast resistant windon systems. Before sealants, this was not achievable.

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• Structural Window Glazing - Refers to the use of specially formulated silicone sealants which bond glass, metal, stone or other infill panels to framing members. Previously, windows and architectural panels were adhered to a building's structure via mechanical retention (based on gaskets). These types of fasteners were not as effective in sealing the building envelope, resulting in drafts.

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• Conductive Underfill for Chip Bonding
• Heat Sink Attachment for Electronic Components and Circuitry

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Cost effectively joins two different types of substrates, including non-metallics, to metal

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• Shoe Fabrication - Use of adhesives to bond shoe soles to uppers enables use of more interesting and different materials of construction.

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• Structural Window Glazing - Refers to the use of specially formulated silicone sealants which bond glass, metal, stone or other infill panels to framing members. Previously, windows and architectural panels were adhered to a building's structure via mechanical retention (based on gaskets). Sealants permit use of more interesting, diverse materials of construction.

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• Brake Shoe

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• Headlamp Modules
• Countertop Assembly

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Click to expand and contract Creates multi-component laminates of dissimiliar materials for improved properties

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• Panels on Recreational Vehicles (RVs)

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