Low cost, ultra fast adhesives kit with curing gun - ideal for bonding of small components, optical assembly and wire tacking

Citation

(1999), "Low cost, ultra fast adhesives kit with curing gun - ideal for bonding of small components, optical assembly and wire tacking", Assembly Automation, Vol. 19 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.1999.03319cad.002

Low cost, ultra fast adhesives kit with curing gun - ideal for bonding of small components, optical assembly and wire tacking

Low cost, ultra fast adhesives kit with curing gun - ideal for bonding of small components, optical assembly and wire tacking

Keyword: Adhesives

Dymax has introduced an ultra-fast adhesives kit comprising a selection of five 5ml syringes of adhesive together with an economical, hand held UV light gun. The adhesives, for bonding glass, plastic, metal and many porous surfaces, cure in seconds upon exposure to the light, forming tough, durable bonds in the same time typically needed with more costly, higher intensity, UV curing lamps (see Plate 2).

Ideal for optical assembly, wire tacking and bonding of small components of various materials to each other, the adhesives are available as thixotropic gels with high green strength to stay where they are dispensed. The new range has been designed to cure more rapidly upon exposure to user friendly, visible, low intensity, long wave UV light.

The HHL 400 light gun can be preset to a curing cycle time of three, five, or ten seconds selected with a thumb switch. A 45ú angled, 8mm light guide allows for 360ú rotation of the light.

Plate 2 The Dymax ultra-fast adhesives kit comprising a selection of five 5ml syringes of adhesive together with an economical, hand held UV light gun

Typical visible light intensity is 400 milliwatts/cm2 with lower intensity long wave UV light. Over 10,000 bonds can be formed during the life of one bulb. The gun's handgrip is ergonomically designed and balanced for ease of operation.

Further information from Peter Swanson at Intertronics, Unit 17, Station Field Industrial Estate, Banbury Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1JD, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1865 842842; Fax: +44(0)1865 842172; E-mail: inter@cygnetuk.demon.co.uk