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News Release from: Inseto (UK) | Subject: Adhesives in automotive assembly
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 December 2004
ADhesives use in automotive assembly
increasing
Adhesives are used in the manufacture of motor vehicles - up to 15kg per car - to improve stability, reliability and processing and a re resisting higher temperatures and vibration.
Inseto UK has been supplying advanced manufacturing equipment plus related materials and consumable products to the Automotive Electronics sector since 1987 and is the sole agent for Delo adhesives of Germany Inseto's Adhesives Division provides solutions to the UK and Ireland's manufacturing industry that demand technically advanced bonding
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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On average there are approximately 15kg of adhesives used per car and this is set to rise as more efficient high tech products are developed.
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Solved applications so far include: airbag sensors, light and rain sensors, fingertip sensors, driver interface sensors, LED encapsulation, micro-switches, navigation systems, anti-theft systems etc How much would you trust an adhesive? Most of us will probably answer 'not much'.
Yet we are probably unaware of the major role that adhesives already play in the cars we drive.
Increasingly adhesives are used in the manufacture of motor vehicles up to 15kgs per car.
The growing requirements concerning stability, reliability and processing drive the adhesive manufacturers to continuously develop more efficient high tech products.
Approximately 0.02g of adhesive are necessary to seal a micro-switch, 0.1g for sealing airbag sensors.
These are minute amounts, which have to provide maximum performance to ensure the safety of the electronic vehicle control: permanent temperatures of up to 150 deg C in the engine compartment, contact with chemicals such as motor oils, fuel, coolants and brake fluid.
High vibrations and extreme changes in condition must not influence the properties of the adhesive.
On top of that various materials have to be permanently joined.
This is a true challenge for any adhesive engineer and approximately 25% of R and D time at Delo is dedicated to developing automotive adhesives.
New automotive concepts and ideas are usually developed in the heads of design engineers, but the most forward thinking and successful ones are developed in continuous dialogue with area specialists.
Delo's most innovative adhesives originate from working together as partners with automobile manufacturers and electronic component suppliers, creating specific adhesives for these applications.
For instance, while a new electronic housing for an under bonnet application is under development, it is worth coordinating the following areas at the earliest possible stage of development: selection of materials used, design of components, review of quality requirements, integration into existing production process.
It is during such discussions that developments evolve into some of the very clever design ideas that we use today and some even cleverer ideas we will be using tomorrow.
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