Adhesive Systems is proven innovator and leader in providing innovative adhesive solutions for many industries across the spectrum. For nearly 20 years, our strict quality standards and dedication to filling the business requirements of customers indicates that your needs are our first priority. We are an established company that operates globally, and manufactures a comprehensive product line engineered to meet all your assembly applications.
Instant Adhesives
Our robust and versatile instant adhesives have many applications for utilization in your assembly operations. They have exceptionally fast curing times, leaving an indestructible bond that will hold up to the harshest of elements. The tenacity of these instant grab adhesives makes them a required manufacturing product in automotive, aerospace, and medical devices applications, among others. The diversity of our adhesive products ensures they are suitable for your specific assembly applications.
Instant adhesives such as our’s are so adaptable that they accommodate assembly uses for appliances and weather-stripping. They are excellent for rubber and plastic bonding. They are ideal for connecting similar and dissimilar materials. They greatly reduce frosting on parts and the need for sophisticated ventilation. And they are used for difficult to bond surfaces and acidic surfaces.
In the automotive industry, the metal-to-metal adhesive bonding capability of our adhesives is essential. Beyond metal-to-metal bonding, our adhesives also seal metal to other substrates, such as in rubber-to-metal bonding. This rubber-to-metal bonding is useful in aerospace applications and weather-stripping. We also have cyanoacrylate adhesives strictly for applications involved for medical devices. These durable instant adhesives are used in the assembly of a variety of medical equipment.
We offer many more instant adhesives that will work for all of your assembly applications. Our quality standards assure maximum performance, consistency, and reliability. If you need custom formulations for your instant adhesive requirements, our company can work directly with your company to formulate a product to your exact specifications or we can formulate a new product just to fit your company’s needs. We will work with you in developing high performance, cost-effective solutions to meet your application requirements.
Threadlockers
Adhesive Systems has the thread locking adhesives to increase the productivity and reliability of your assembly process. Threadlockers are single component, solvent free adhesives (anaerobics) that cure in the absence of air and in the presence of metal ions. Our Torque products and adhesives represent state of the art anaerobic technology, with world class performance. The thread locking sealants are manufactured to provide specific viscosities, strengths, and cure speeds to meet any application requirement. They distribute the load on a fastener over the entire engagement length of the assembly thereby greatly reducing or completely eliminating fastener and material fatigue.
Our thread locking products work hard to lock and seal threaded fasteners for your assembly applications from delicate electronic devices and appliances to heavy industrial equipment. These anaerobic resins prevent loosening and shock from vibration, while locking and sealing threaded assemblies and metal parts. They prevent rust and corrosion that could jeopardize threaded areas. They have excellent resistance to extremely harsh environments; and they significantly reduce production costs.
We offer Torque products that will lock and seal the smallest screws, as well as a thread locking compounds for all your bolts and other porous metal parts. Even for what seems to be the tightest fitting assembly, there are small voids which over time will cause the shifting and loosening of parts. For small metal screws in electronic devices and assorted appliances, our thread lockers can fill the smallest voids. For the larger metal threaded fasteners in large machinery and transportation equipment, high temperature thread locking sealants provide permanent thread locking with resistance to extremely high operating temperatures. This durability and versatility ensures our adhesives will meet your specific application requirements.
Threadsealers
Our high performance Torque liquid thread sealants are specifically designed to seal and secure metal pipes and fittings by filling the space between threaded metal parts and hardening to prevent leakage. They are known in the industry as pipe sealers. Our thread sealer products will create a tough, positive seal that adapts to the pipes and metal parts on which they are applied.
These industrial anaerobic sealants seal and secure metal pipes and fittings for automotive components, military equipment and machinery applications, among other applications. As industry-renowned industrial thread sealant products, they are ideal for automotive, military and mechanical or machinery applications due to the ability resist pressures in systems using hydraulic fluids, oils, fuels, water, and lubricants. Our products will not falter–no matter what chemicals they are exposed to in your applications assembly process.
Our liquid thread sealants seal instantly in order to moderate pressures; and when fully cured they seal to the burst strength of most piping systems. These sealers are ideal for sealing applications in severe environmental conditions and prevent leakage that caused by vibrational loosening, damaged threads, or temperature cycling. Despite impact, shock, vibration and harsh environmental conditions, our liquid thread sealers form an impenetrable seal.
Our liquid thread sealant products do not shrink, shred, tear, or relax. They are formed-in-place sealants conforming to the parts that they are used upon, creating a durable, positive thread seal. They are ready to use, single component, solvent-free materials, designed to handle both low and high-pressure applications.
The TORQUE THREADSEALING family of products offers a full range of viscosities, strengths, and cure speeds that are designed to meet your specific application requirements.
Retaining Compounds
Adhesive Systems™ Torque Retaining Compound adhesives are engineered to increase the shear strength of cylindrical, non-threaded assemblies. They are single component, solvent-free compounds that are ready to use right from the bottle, or can used in automated systems. We can also custom-engineer adhesive products for distinct markets with various assembly applications.
Retaining compound adhesives fill the inner space and surface irregularities between the parts in bearings, gears, shafts, bushings and pulleys in automotive, machinery and military equipment applications. With the application of the contact adhesive, a durable polymer bond is created that prevents corrosion and increases overall strength. And this technology greatly enhances the reliability and performance properties of the finished assembly.
Our metal adhesive products are designed to increase the strength, reliability and efficiency of your assembly processes. Since only 20-30% of actual contact exists between even the tightest fitting metal parts, our retaining compounds are necessary to fill voids. In fact, our retaining compounds strengthen the assembly 2 to 3 times that of the original fit. Your machinery parts will increase shear strength, eliminating the need for other costly retaining and locking devices such as as keyways, set screws, spines, tapers, knurls, and other fasteners. This lowers your operations cost while improving the quality and reliability of your machine parts and assembly process.
Our anaerobic adhesives are formulated in a wide range of viscosities, gap filling abilities, cure times and strength characteristics. Machining tolerances can be relaxed, thus lowering the cost of the assembly, and simplifying the manufacturing process. Improved quality, reliability, cost effectiveness, and ease-of-use, are just a few of the many benefits that ASI’s retaining compound adhesives offer to improve the manufacturing techniques in your assembly applications.
We are an established company that operates globally, and we manufacture a comprehensive adhesive product line that is unique and engineered to work with all your assembly applications.
Gasketing Products
Torque gasket adhesives are single component, solvent free materials that permeate all the surface gaps and irregularities of metal components thereby allowing for a positive seal between mating flanges and housings. The result is a complete and properly sealed element that improves structural integrity to the assembly. These liquid gasketing materials are ideally suited for applications where there are small gaps on rigid metal-to-metal assemblies.
Our gasketing adhesive products work in a number of assembly applications for automotive components and other machinery such as lawn equipment, snow blowers, and other mechanical equipment. They create a formed-in-place gasket, eliminating the need for large inventories of pre-cut gaskets.
Adhesive Systems Torque metal adhesives are highly durable with extreme chemical resistance. The products can stand up against oils, lubricants, antifreeze, fuels and other solvents commonly seen in automotive and machinery applications. Our gasket adhesives offer exceptional leak prevention, which in turn heightens the structural integrity of the assembly.
Our gasketing materials permeate all the voids ensuring a positive seal between mating flanges for your application needs. The gasket products permeate into the surface of flanges in order to seal the joint; and they adhesives will not shrink, tear or relax when fully cured. It is not necessary to re-torque flange bolts when using these products. They are extremely durable materials that have exceptional pressure and chemical resistance. And they are available in a full range of strengths, cure times, and viscosities to meet specific application requirements. We can also custom engineer adhesive products for markets with various assembly applications.
Anti- Seize Products
Adhesive Systems anti seize lubricants are used in protecting both MRO and OEM applications of machinery equipment from galling, galvanic pitting, friction, corrosion, water wash out, cold welding, as well as rust and corrosion in fasteners. Our extreme-pressure lubricating compound is produced using the highest quality, heat-resistant lubricants combined with fine metallic particles and graphite.
These anti seize compounds help provide constant, uniform torque tension. In addition, these products are non-hardening and do not drip. They enable speedy assembly and disassembly–for those who assemble things that someday may have to be taken apart, our anti seize lubricants are terrific timesavers. Our anti seize products will reduce costly, and time-consuming maintenance operations.
They are typically the products of choice for high-temperature applications because of their unique ability to provide protection in extreme-temperature conditions. In our high-performance anti seize technology, each product contains a combination of solid lubricating agents resulting in different high temperature limits and lubricities. They will not burn or wash off in higher temperatures or high-pressure environments.
Our anti seize lubricant products have an assortment of assembly applications for several industries: automotive, aerospace, medical, military, electronic, general industrial, furniture manufacturing and filtration. Aside from supplying these markets with adhesive solutions, we can also custom engineer adhesive products for various assembly applications.
Structural Adhesives
Adhesive Systems structural adhesives are the superior choice for all your high-performance applications. Our durable, tough, structural adhesive products are used in automotive, construction, electrical, transportation, industrial and marine industry applications. The exceptional bond strength is ideal for many automotive applications such as rearview mirrors, fuel pumps and steel doors. Our products are resilient so they can withstand severe conditions often seen in automotive, marine, transportation and industrial applications.
Our structural adhesives, including UV curables, two-part methacrylates, one and two-part epoxies and no-mix structurals, are designed to meet your specific application needs. We engineer products to meet the specific structural bonding requirements of marine plastics, automotive components and aerospace materials. And their resistance to high temperatures makes them perfect for bonding lighting fixtures and transformers. They also perform superbly under high amounts of stress, shock and impact — even in extreme conditions.
MP 53000 Series Products are single component, solvent-free materials which cure in seconds when exposed to UV/visible light, and are engineered to meet specific application requirements.
MP54000 and MP55000 Series products are one and two-part systems which have a great balance of tensile, shear and peel strength for various application assemblies. The strength and integrity of the structural bonds are what makes them so useful. Our industrial, structural adhesives are an essential tool in improving overall product quality, lowering per unit costs, and reducing processing time. And they allow for innovative design solutions.
We do offer custom formulations of any of our adhesive product lines to meet your manufacturing requirements. We will work with your company to formulate the ideal product that meets your company’s specific needs.
Sealants
Our versatile silicone adhesive sealants are formulated to meet a variety of industrial bonding and sealing functions. They are designed to support a variety of automotive, appliances, electrical and construction applications. Though these applications may differ in their requirements, our custom-engineered silicone adhesives can meet your business needs. Each of our sealants maintains unique characteristics, thus making them ideal for a variety of specific applications. All of our sealants contain some of the same properties, which make them incredibly compliant to manufacturing specifications.
In automotive applications, our sealants can be used for truck cabs and wheel covers. The high/low temperature stability makes our high temperature silicone sealants suitable for automotive utilizations. For construction applications, our silicone adhesive provides a positive seal that has excellent resistance to the elements. In construction applications, our silicone products provide seals for gaps, joints, crevices, faucets and valves that are durable and robust. In addition, for electrical applications with circuit boards, electrical boxes, etc., our silicone sealants can withstand high temperatures and remain stable even in extreme environments. These adhesives can be used as a bonding agent on glass, wood, ceramics, masonry, painted surfaces, metal and plastics as well.
Our silicone adhesive sealants are extremely versatile and bond to a wide range of similar and dissimilar materials. These products offer maximum flexibility in assembly, provide a positive seal, and excellent high/low end temperature stability. Aside from supplying these industries with silicone adhesive applications, we can also custom engineer adhesive products for individual markets with various assembly requirements.
Epoxy
Adhesive Systems, Inc. offers a complete line of epoxy adhesives. Our durable, flexible-use epoxy products are available in one and two-part epoxies for structural bonding, potting and encapsulating applications requiring a strong bond for assembly or repairs that set quickly. All of our epoxies are easy to use.
The MP 5400 Series of epoxy adhesives represents our most comprehensive product line of epoxy products to meet your general application production or assembly, and repair requirements. Adhesive Systems offers liquid No Mix Acrylics, liquid UV Curables, Thermosetting Polymers (dual cartridge packaging mixing resin and hardener), and liquid Methacrylates that are ideal for bonding dissimilar materials. All of these products meet differing application requirements, but all have superior bonding strength, high impact resistance, and are ideal for a wide range of applications on materials ranging from plastics, wood, fibers, metals and other materials.
These Thermosetting Polymers have outstanding strength and are used on many applications in vehicle assembly and aviation equipment (please refer to specific products for additional information). All epoxies in the MP 5400 Series offer excellent aging or weathering properties.
We package our epoxy adhesives for the convenience of individual users, individual customers or for business-to-business sales. One and two-part epoxies from Adhesive Systems are available in 50 mil, 200 mil, 380 mil and 400 mil dual syringe cartridges. With easy-to-use package and instructions, our epoxies take the guesswork out of using two separate component materials to create the appropriate bonding agent. This convenience is a significant benefit for you company’s production personnel, or for individuals requiring epoxy products for repair work.
Methacrylate
Our methacrylate adhesives are engineered specifically for structural bonding of nearly all thermoplastics, metal substrates, and composite materials; as well as for bonding of similar and dissimilar materials. They provide exceptional bond strength and are extremely durable adhesives that adhere through surface oil and grease so less surface preparation is required.
The acrylic adhesives provide outstanding performance in a wide range of applications — in the transportation, industrial, construction and marine market sectors. These superior industrial adhesives allow for the production of stronger and lighter finished assemblies.
Methacrylate adhesives many attributes include the elimination of pre-drilling, thermo-cycling, providing high peel, and shear strength. They are chemical resistant and impact resistant products. Plus, they have a full range of work times and cure times; and we have a room temperature cure as well. Known for their resistance to temperature extremes, our high temperature adhesives can handle temperatures ranging from -40F to 350F.
Adhesive Systems two-part methacrylate adhesives require mixing (1:1 ratio) before application…our methacrylates cure quickly. Our methacrylate adhesives come in convenient cartridges with a mixing nozzle for easy storage, use, and disposal.
Aside from manufacturing and supplying adhesive solutions, we can also custom engineer adhesive products using your company’s engineering specifications or formulate an adhesive for your particular needs. Our adhesive product capabilities are so broad in scope due to their endurance and high quality that we have what every business is seeking in an adhesive product.
Urethanes
Our one-and-two-part urethane adhesives systems offer versatility in meeting your industry’s application requirements. Engineered to provide a unique balance of tensile, shear, and peel strength, they assure maximum performance in assemblies that see stress, shock, and impact. Our products make your assembly process more efficient while boosting the quality of your product. In addition, they are ideal for high-speed production applications. Strong, durable bonds are their hallmark–even when faced with severe environmental conditions.
These structural adhesives possess excellent resistance to solvents, salt, humidity, acids, and caustics, with outstanding temperature cycling capability. Due to their unique bonding properties, they will structurally bond a variety of plastics, ceramics, and metals. They are engineered to join both similar and dissimilar parts. Our adhesives bond ABS, acrylics, aluminum, brass, coated metals, cold roll steel, copper, fiberglass, glass, magnetic materials, metal, nylons, phenolics, plated metals, polycarbonate, PVC, stainless steel, styrene, titanium, urethanes, and vinyls.
Our durable urethane adhesives have assembly applications for the following industries: automotive, aerospace, medical, military, electronic, general industrial, furniture and filtration. We can also custom engineer adhesive products per your company’s specifications.
Adhesive Systems urethanes are known for their reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness. Our fast curing, strong adhesive products are consistent and reliable. Our advanced technology and value-added approach is matched only by our outstanding customer service. Our industrial adhesives are available in a full range of viscosities and cure speeds to meet the specific application requirements of your industry.
UV Curable
UV curable adhesives are single part, solvent free, cure-on-demand adhesives suitable for a wide range of applications. The adhesives contain photo-initiators that react to specific light wavelengths, thus causing the curing process to begin. Upon exposure to UV light of the proper intensity and spectral output, these products cure rapidly to form excellent bonds to a wide variety of substrates such as metals, glass and most plastics.
Their use is widespread, particularly in medical device assembly and the electronics industry. UV curable adhesives products became popular in medical device assembly field in the late 1980′s, when restrictions on solvent bonding drove manufacturers to find a more environmentally and user-friendly solutions. The boom in the electronics industry in the 1990′s, saw the introduction of many exciting new UV curing adhesives, geared to help speed up production lines by giving instant, high-performance bonding results.
Benefits of UV Curable Adhesive Products
- Cure-on-Demand – allows proper alignment of components before bonding.
- Speed – increase production by simply adding more lamps to the line.
- Non-flammable and Solvent-free – provides a safe and comfortable work environment.
- Single Part Product – No mixing required. 100% solids equal no waste.
- Save Energy and Space - A UV curing light requires less electricity and space compared to ovens.
- Appearance – UV adhesives provide a pleasing finished appearance.
UV curable adhesives do not dissolve, melt or weaken the surfaces of the mated items or surfaces. A strong chemical bond is formed between the two substrates providing a high strength alternative to other curing methods. A UV curable system does not require the addition of curing agents and cures within seconds.
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