Technical Paper - ITW Plexus has developed special long working time, fast-curing, 1:1 methacrylate structural adhesives , which produce bonds so strong the substrates will delaminate before the bond fails. These advanced methacrylate adhesives chemically fuse FRP/GRF composite stiffener spars and perimeter flange joints. They also give increased peel resistance and cycle fatigue resistance while reducing damage encountered during transportation. Room temperature snap cure properties have helped to increase production rates and eliminate the high capital expenses and energy costs associated with post-bake ovens, which are required to cure some epoxies. The adhesives developed by ITW Plexus for the wind sector offer several attributes such as they chemically fuse composites to give strong bonds, superior bonding strength is achieved, little or no surface preparation is required and they give high resistance to stress, fatigue and outdoor exposure.
Source : EIX 11-10 E20110913710929 NDN- 267-0933-1890-0 AUTHORS- De Leeuw, Erwin AUTHOR ADDRESS- Shipton Way, Express Business Park, Northampton Road, Rushden, Northants NN10 6GL EMAIL- sales@itwplexus.eu ABBREVIATED JOURNAL TITLE- Polym. Paint Colour J. VOLUME 200 NUMBER 4546 PUBLICATION DATE- March 2010 32-33 PAGES DOCUMENT TYPE- Journal Article ISSN- 1357-731X PUBLICATION DATE- 2010 CODEN- EPPJE AUTHOR AFFILIATION- De Leeuw, E.; Renewable Energy, ITW Performance Polymers Europe, Shipton Way, Express Business Park, Northampton Road, Rushden, Northants NN10 6GL, sales@itwplexus.eu, UNITED KINGDOM PUBLISHER- DMG World Media (UK) Ltd., 120/130 Station Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1ET PUBLICATION COUNTRY- UNITED KINGDOM JOURNAL NAME- Polymers Paint Colour Journal LANGUAGE- English