Glass Adhesive: What is the best glue for glass?
What is the best glue for glass? Permabond manufactures many types of glass adhesives. The following highlights the features and benefits of each type. UV Curable Glass Glue Permabond UV glues form high strength bonds, which are suitable for decorative and structural glass bonding applications. They are excellent for bonding glass to glass or glass […]
Aluminum Adhesives – How to bond aluminum with Permabond Adhesives
Permabond is a global company and you will see both British and American spellings of words throughout this site. For the most part, my colleagues in the UK are very accepting of American spellings – until it comes to the word aluminum! In the interest of global peace I’ll use both spellings. Whether you call […]
Sourcing Fresh Adhesive
Product not in stock anywhere! You may have asked why some of our adhesives cannot be found in stock at a local distributor location, and that’s a great question! The short answer is Quality Control. The longer answer follows. Permabond manufactures adhesives formulated for engineered designs with strict requirements for performance during and after application. […]
When is a bargain adhesive really a bargain?
When is a bargain adhesive really a bargain? I am a bargain shopper! Over the years, I’ve made many mistakes in choosing the ‘bargain’ priced product over the tried and trusted goods. Sometimes the mistake is no big deal – like that off-brand ketchup that no one liked. Other times it is more painful – […]
Adhesives for RFID Bonding
What is RFID Bonding? RFID Bonding refers to either the bonding of RFID tags to items or bonding the chip to the tag. RFID = Radio frequency identification (usually in the form of RFID tags). These consist of a microchip and antenna which give off a frequency that a reader detects. Use of RFID tags […]
COMING UP! Space Tech Exhibition
Visit Permabond May 23-25 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena California. We will be in booth # 1016 and look forward to sharing information about new adhesives for bonding metals, plastics, composites and more!
COMMENT CHOISIR VOTRE MODE D’ASSEMBLAGE : SOUDAGE, RIVETAGE OU COLLAGE ?
Les paramètres à considérer : Quelle que soient les méthodes d’assemblage envisagées, l’ingénieur concepteur devra tenir compte des exigences techniques et fonctionnelles de son projet avant d’en choisir une. Son choix se fera généralement en fonction des exigences suivantes : Réduction des coûts d’usinage : Réduire les coûts d’usinage est critique pour le fabricant, car c’est ce qui […]
How to prevent stress cracking
What is stress cracking? And how does stress cracking occur? – When force is applied to plastic, it travels along the polymer chains causing molecules to strain to remain in contact. The polymer chains eventually creep toward the pull and deform. This stage is called creep. With force and time, crazing or stress cracking occurs. […]
COMING UP! National Fire Sprinkler Association Expo
Don’t miss Permabond at the 2017 NFSA expo in Las Vegas. Dates for the diary are May 4th – 5th 2017 and you can pre-register here. We hope to see you there! Permabond offers a range of threadsealants suitable for sealing sprinkler pipework. To download our latest brochure, please click on this link.
Adhesives for Die Attach for electronics
Adhesives offer a convenient method of attaching electronic dies, semiconductors, or silicon wafers to electronic circuitry. Key properties which make adhesives attractive for this type of application include: -Thermal management – adhesive can transfer and dissipate heat effectively, thermally conductive adhesive are desirable -Electronically insulative with high dielectric strength – this helps prevent transfer of […]
What is a food safe epoxy? Do they contain bisphenol A?
What is a food safe epoxy? Food grade epoxy and food safe epoxy are general terms. In the US and many other countries, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations; CFR 175 subsection 105 Adhesives which lists raw materials that are acceptable for use in food contact applications […]
4 benefits of using adhesives for sealing heat exchangers
Heat exchanger tubes and endplates are traditionally sealed by welding, brazing, or soldering. There are adhesives available that can be used for sealing heat exchangers in place of welding processes. Here are some major benefits of switching to adhesive sealing: 1. Cost savings Welding and brazing is a skilled occupation and generally commands a higher […]
