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Hi All, I’m working with a wood products manufacturer
(architectural millwork to be exact) and we’re trying to find a good
alternative to a solvent-based contact cement for gluing plastic laminates to
particleboard. Not a new problem, I know. We’ve looked at a
few products in the water-based/neoprene category. The drawbacks seem to
be the waiting time required after the glue is sprayed on (before you can join
the pieces) and the drying time once the parts are joined. They’ve tried one product – a two component system
that is co-sprayed (tradename withheld for now) and found that they could put
the pieces together within 5 minutes (acceptable) but the bond didn’t
attain full strength for about 24 hours (not currently acceptable). Any and all ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! Monica *********************************** Monica M. Becker Sr. Program Manager Sustainable Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Tel: (585) 475-6957 Email: mmbasp@rit.edu Web: www.cims.rit.edu |