The Transportation market requires a wide range of adhesives and sealants in bonding and damping applications. This is largely due to the growing use of light weight substrates, composite materials and the evolution of the assembly methods which call for more adhesive bonding at the expense of mechanical fastening.
This development is taking place in all Transportation segments such as vehicles, aircrafts, and shipbuilding.
Key performance characteristics for transportation adhesives and sealants are durability (long service life) and exterior performance.
In addition to typical performance parameters such as shear, peel, tack, and durability, SBC-based adhesives fulfill with important performance requirements which are key to the Automotive industry:
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Interior and Exterior Applications
In the Automotive industry SBC hot melts find use in vehicle interior applications such as the bonding of carpet, trim and door lining. SBC hot melts used for exterior applications are reactive systems.
The use of non-reactive SBC hot melts is restricted by the temperature resistance specified by the Automotive industry.
Sealing Applications In sealing applications SEBS in hot melt have proven to be quite successful in products for damping noise, vibration and harshness.
PSAs are gaining broad acceptance in industries and applications that previously relied on mechanical fastening or bonding with liquid adhesives. Automakers and their suppliers are constantly searching for ways to assemble cars and subcomponents faster, better, lighter and cheaper. SBC-based PSAs are considered for assembly solutions primarily because of their cost effectiveness. Fabricated components can arrive from the supplier with the PSA already cut to shape and applied to the part.
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Interior and Exterior Applications
