Scott Bader at FAST Exhibition: to Showcase its New Crestabond M1-04 Rapid Bond Structural Adhesive & more

Scott Bader is exhibiting at the Fastening & Assembly Solutions and Technology (FAST) exhibition, taking place on 27 March 2014 at the Heritage Motor Center, Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK. During the FAST exhibition Scott Bader will be showcasing the new Crestabond M1-04 rapid bond structural adhesive product on its stand (No:8). This M1-04 grade is the latest addition to Scott Baders Crestabond range of ready-to-use two component primer-less methacrylate structural adhesives. The major production benefit offered by this new Crestabond M1-04 rapid bond grade is its shorter fixture time of only 8-10 minutes, with no loss of bonding performance properties. Crestabond M1-04 has been developed by Scott Bader to significantly increase production efficiencies, especially for high volume assembly of parts using only an adhesive, needing reliable, long term bonding performance.

At the FAST exhibition a technical seminar on the latest advances in acrylic structural adhesives will be also given by Dr. Gavin Creech, Materials Technology Manager for Scott Bader. Both technical and commercial representatives from Scott Bader will be available at the exhibition to discuss any needs and to answer questions.

According to Scott Baders test data, Crestabond M1-04 will effectively bond composites, plastics, ABS, aluminum, stainless steel and many other substrates commonly used in industrial applications. Crestabond M1-04 has been extensively tested and has demonstrated excellent impact, peel, shear, compressive strength, fatigue resistance and high toughness properties in a variety of assembled parts, offering both bonding and gap filling capabilities.

This new rapid bond Crestabond grade is expected to be of particular interest to automotive OEMs and tier one and tier two suppliers due to its combination of performance properties and significant productivity benefits offered; with no requirement for a substrate primer and a working time of only 3-4 minutes, assembled parts bonded with Crestabond M1-04 can be moved on to the next stage of production in as little as 8 minutes. This rapid bond time offers assemblers using Crestabond M1-04 a reduction of over 40% in the maximum fixture time compared to Crestabond M1-05, the existing grade which has been offered by Scott Bader up until now.