Bonding Brilliance: Adhesives Across Industries

Written By: Aubrey Accomando

Adhesives have revolutionized their way across several different industries in various forms from tape and glue to reactive adhesives. With impressive sticking power and resilience, adhesives are useful for much more than household tasks and crafts.

Automotive Industry: Stick to the Fast Lane

Adhesives are used in the automotive industry to improve vehicle performance and manufacturing efficiency. Due to its resilient qualities, adhesives bond the windows of a vehicle to its body. This provides strength in structure if a collision were to occur. Adhesives are an essential part of joining the vehicle body structure by attaching roof, floor and side panels. Any adhesive used for an automotive build provides strong bonds and can withstand significant weather conditions.

Aerospace Industry: Out of this World Bonds

In the aerospace industry, adhesives are used for repair, environmental sealing and metal-to-metal bonding. Adhesive patches are used to ensure safety on any aircraft. The airtight qualities of adhesives are perfect for sealing joints, seams and gaps in the aircraft structure. Adhesive reduces water seepage and aerodynamic drag which ultimately protects electronic equipment from malfunctioning. Similar to the automotive industry, adhesives are used to assemble the plane body. When using adhesives, the need for drilling and using bolts is reduced. The use of adhesive significantly improves the aerodynamic experience.

Electronics Industry: Securing Innovation

Adhesives are commonly used in the electronic industry. High thermal conductivity adhesives are used to bond thermal pads. This procedure efficiently disperses heat and prevents your device from overheating. Glue adhesives connect the touchscreen to the frame of the device. The use of glue as an adhesive to connect screens allows the user to see their device clearly.

Construction Industry: Building Bonds

Builders use adhesive for structural bonding and flooring installation. Structural adhesives are strong and durable which improves structure and reduces the use of mechanical fasteners which rust over time. For commercial and residential flooring installation, adhesives are used to apply several flooring materials. Vinyl, carpet and hardwood are installed using flooring adhesives. Flooring adhesives provide an assured bond to the surface which reduces the risk of squeaks or gaps.

Medical & Healthcare Industry: Stuck on Wellness

In the medical field, the obvious use of adhesives is bandages; however, there are several other innovative uses for adhesives. For example, surgical adhesives are used in replace of traditional ways of closing wounds such as staples or stitches. The adhesive method of closing wounds reduces scarring and speeds up healing. Additionally, adhesives are used in drug delivery systems. Drug delivery systems are often seen as patches placed somewhere on the body. The flexible nature of adhesives helps the patient’s comfort level.

Packaging & Consumer Goods Industry: Seal of Approval

According to UPS, roughly 5.7 billion packages are delivered annually by them. What is the common denominator on all of these packages? Adhesives! Adhesives are used in the packaging industry to seal the package shut and label the packages for shipment. The chances are incredibly high that every item you have ordered also has some type of adhesive on it. UPCs and nutrition labels are commonly sealed to your item with adhesives.

Ward & Kennedy: Holding Your Projects Together

Adhesives are used everywhere and every day to seal the things that matter most to you! Now, it’s your turn to be innovative. To help get your project done today, Ward & Kennedy provides a wide range of adhesives including flexible adhesives, structural adhesives and adhesive applicators.

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