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Industry 4.0 leverages broad capabilities including AI-enabled systems, augmented reality technology, robots and cobots, as well as autonomous guided vehicles to achieve the efficiency promise of smart factories. While every operation is different in its approach and the tools employed, one fact is consistent: all rely on sensors and sophisticated components to deliver the powerful continuous functionality and dependable performance required for high-quality, closed-loop production. 

Though smart factories are at the apex of modern industrial automation, other hardware, even as seemingly straightforward as a washing machine motor, are also challenged to meet demanding reliability and performance metrics within the framework of greater functionality. If a single part fails due to any of a multitude of factors – from moisture to vibration damage to an electrical short – the entire system can go down. Thus, a strong foundation is a recipe for a long life.

As a leading supplier of materials for motor drives, process controls and electric motors – all integral to industrial operations – Henkel is helping systems designers of all types of automated devices meet these challenges head-on. 

Material Solutions for Industrial Automation

Henkel’s materials for the industrial automation industry help dissipate heat, protect electronics from corrosive environments, absorb the stress of mechanical shocks and vibrations, and provide high reliability interconnects that result in high yields and unfailing performance.

Engineers designing the next generation of Industrial Automation equipment are balancing the requirements for more functionality and communication capability with the drive toward miniaturization. In many cases, achieving desired footprints means placing power and communications circuitry in close proximity shrinking creepage and clearances, and resulting in the need to move from air insulation to solid insulation systems. 

These new demands must be balanced with customer expectations for high reliability and longevity, harsh environment resistance and cost-effective operation. Henkel’s materials for the industrial automation industry help dissipate heat, protect electronics from corrosive environments, absorb the stress of mechanical shocks and vibrations, and provide high reliability interconnects that result in high yields and unfailing performance. 

Our portfolio of thermal control, protection and bonding solutions for industrial automation applications includes:

Thermal Management

Removing as much operational heat as possible is essential for ensuring reliable function and system life expectancy. Our proven portfolio of pad, liquid, film, gel and phase change thermal interface materials is among the most expansive and successful available on the market and it’s why more thermal engineers choose Henkel. Find out more.

Protection Solutions

Safeguarding motors, drives and controls from environmental contaminants such as moisture and dust, as well as operational stresses like vibration and shock, keeps them operating at peak performance – sometimes well past expected lifetimes. Conformal coatings that protect printed circuit boards, potting materials for rugged defense of mission-critical systems and gasketing solutions that impede ingress while allowing system access are all part of Henkel’s protection product line. Learn how to defend your application from harmful contaminants and challenging conditions.

Bonding Solutions

Powerhouse performance requires structural integrity, with screws and clips held in place, critical component positioning maintained, and housings and covers secure. That’s exactly what Henkel adhesives deliver. Our threadlockers, retaining compounds and structural adhesives, available in a variety of chemistry platforms, provide compatibility with multiple surfaces, strong and streamlined adhesion, and resistance to environmental and functional degradation. Want to hold it together? Learn how.

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