New formulations of adhesives with improved properties

摘要

In recent years, adhesives have experienced a spectacular progress by replacing conventional joining techniques such as mechanical joining or welding. This progress was largely due to the important effort made in R&D to obtain adhesives on demand. The characteristics mainly assessed are its mechanical resistance, durability, resistance to high temperatures, resistance to water, electric conductivity, variable curing cycles, etc. The largest and most important group of adhesives are structural adhesives, so named because, they do not only support the weight of adherents, but also support the mechanical stresses to which they are subject.