Category Archives: Adhesives

• Adhesives – All Costs Considered

  The Total Processing Costs: 10 Things to Factor in besides the actual adhesive costs.

• Adhesives for Electric Motors

  Adhesives have several uses in the construction of an electric motor but may need to cope with harsh environment operation.

• Adhesives for PCB’s

  A look at some of the ways adhesives are used in PCB assembly.

• Basic Adhesive Types

  A simple guide to the different adhesive types used in engineering and electronics today.

• Capillary Underfill Adhesives

  Material function, key properties, and underfill application requirements.

• Choosing an Adhesive – How to Choose the Right Adhesive

  There are many factors that go into choosing the right adhesive for a particular application. This document offers guidelines on how to proceed with this sometimes tricky process.

• Dual Cured Adhesives

  As joining and sealing applications become more and more complex, the demand for adhesives with multiple curing mechanisms is significantly increasing. This article provides an overview of the different dual curing adhesives manufactured by Delo, their hybrid chemistries, curing methods and typical applications.

• Encapsulation Adhesives

  Knowing which adhesives to use to protect sensitive IC’s and wirebonds can be a little bit of a challenge! This article provides an overview of the options available to customers, and advises on how to cure the adhesives, what the properties of the cured adhesives are, and the advantages and disadvantages associated with the different options.

• Lamps for Curing UV Adhesives

  Historically, wide-spectrum lamps have been used to cure UV adhesives, but with advances in LED technology, using Light Emitting Diodes has become more popular over the last few years due to their lower cost-of-ownership. This document overviews both curing technologies and their respective process control method.

• Light Activated Adhesives

  An introduction to light-activated adhesives and how to process them.

• Likely Changes To Encapsulation Adhesives

  How might the likely banning of encapsulation adhesives containing a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) affect your business? The purpose of this article is to convey our understanding of how the likely ban of these SVHCs might affect your business if you are using chip encapsulation adhesives.

• UV Cured Adhesives

  Lighting the Way Forward: DELO’s UV Adhesives and Their Impact on Modern Manufacturing

• What is a light-activated adhesive?

  An overview of how light activated adhesives work and how to process them.