By Patric Scheidner

Corporate Vice President Global Head of Aviation, Space, Rail

Film and paste adhesives, wet peel-ply and potting compounds enable the aviation industry to utilize advanced materials that contribute to lightweighting, more efficient designs, and improved sustainability.

Introduced in the 1990s in footwear industry, Polyurethane Reactive Hotmelt Adhesive, so called PUR or PURHM, to react with moisture in the air and creates strong crosslinks, which enable them to deliver excellent bonding characteristics and durability. In adhesive technologies, PUR hotmelt is the popular solution for bonding applications relating to packaging and woodworking. 

If you want to produce sustainable hygiene products using natural based substrates, it is important to know the more diverse the substrates being used, the more demanding requirements on the bonding mechanism

If you want to produce sustainable hygiene products using natural based substrates, it is important to know the more diverse the substrates being used, the more demanding requirements on the bonding mechanism

Motors and Drives are Key to Energy Conservation

Today’s smart factories are sophisticated and powerful. Advanced communication technologies, motor controls, drives and power converters are delivering more function in smaller form factors, which raises power densities and increases heat generation.

by Justin Kolbe

Market Strategy Head - Power & Industrial Automation

The LOCTITE® Needle Bonding Design Guide is a one-stop source for adhesive selection data and design guidance for cannula to hub bonding. Access a comprehensive review of needle bonding test methods and performance statistics.