Posted to News on 22nd Nov 2005, 00:00
Araldite adhesives save the day in fire engine project
The world's first ever fire engines constructed using composite materials are setting automotive engineering design alight with help from Huntsman Advanced Materials' leading range of Araldite structural adhesives. When BAI Tecnica SpA's team of engineers became involved in a project to develop a new generation of fire engines made from aluminium composite honeycomb panels, BAI turned to adhesive experts at Huntsman to provide an alternative joining solution to traditional welding and fabrication techniques.
Huntsman hit the mark with Araldite 2015 epoxy paste that provides very strong yet flexible bonds, offers good impact, weather and high temperature resistance and is easy to apply.
Araldite 2015 epoxy paste cures at room temperature and creates highly reliable, durable bonds. It is a thixotropic solution that is resistant to sag even up to 10mm thickness and is ideally suited joining various metal substrates and for SMC and GRP bonding.
