Truck Hood Adhesives & Sealants

Our seam sealants are silyl modified polymers (SMPs) and two-part polyurethanes that can help your truck hoods by offering:

• Compatibility with lightweight composites: Our seam sealants can be applied to composites such as DCPDs, SMCs and TPOs, which can contribute to a lighter truck hood overall compared to other options.
• More sustainable formulations: Our seam sealants can be isocyanate and solvent-free; in addition to reducing hazardous materials and associated emissions, they can help improve worker safety.
• Electric conductivity: Compared to traditional electrostatic paint processes, which utilize an electrically-conductive primer and non-conductive seam sealant, our SMP solution is formulated with the electric conductivity and sealing properties in one product. This eliminates the need for a primer before sealing during electrostatic paint processes. This can reduce SKUs, production complexities as well as associated costs and energy usage.
• Fast cure: Our two-part polyurethane seam sealants offer fast cure speeds, which can minimize downtime, costs and energy usage.

Our PLIOGRIP™ structural adhesives (two-part polyurethane, low modulus polyurethane and methyl methacrylates) can offer the following benefits to your truck hoods:

• High heat resistance: Our PLIOGRIP™ two-part polyurethanes can meet OEM needs for excellent bond performance when exposed to high temperatures, such as those near the truck engine.
• Compatibility with thermoplastic hoods: Our PLIOGRIP™ low modulus polyurethane solutions are formulated to be compatible with thermoplastic hood substrates, such as glass-filled polypropylene and TPO. By utilizing them together, you can streamline recycling effectiveness at the end of a part’s life.
• Ability to bond to lightweight composites: Our PLIOGRIP™ two-part polyurethane and methyl methacrylate adhesives are designed to bond to composites including low-density sheet molding compounds, DCPDs and TPOs, which helps improve aesthetics while aiding in a lightweight end-use product.

By choosing Bostik, the adhesive solutions segment of Arkema, for your heavy and medium duty truck hoods, you receive:

• Dedicated expertise on hood designs: Our experts work directly with you to help you design a truck hood that allows for maximum adhesive usage so that you can yield benefits such as improved performance, production efficiencies and recyclability.
• Access to a strong distribution network: Our truck adhesives and sealants are available for purchase through quality distributors to help increase access and availability ease. View our distributor list here.
• Access to a broad portfolio: Our heavy duty truck and medium duty truck adhesive and sealants are designed for various truck applications, including roofs and body-in-white. This broad portfolio can streamline manufacturing complexities and supplier logistics, as it can get you to a solution quickly. It also allows you to choose what works for your process can help with production flexibility, given that some products are heat cure and some are room-temperature cure.
• Dual SMP gun systems: When our SMP solutions are used with our dual SMP guns, you can reduce the amount of time needed to build handling strength while maintaining the product’s open time. 
• On-site technical support: We also provide technical support and can visit your facilities to assist with any troubleshooting needs and help avoid issues in the future.
• Extensive analytical support: Our analytic team will help customers evaluate their adhesives and processes. This includes conducting 3rd party substrate testing on their behalf, aging studies as well as surface analysis, rheology and microscopy.
• Access to equipment for online and offline trial runs: We offer meter mix units, dispensing equipment and more to help facilitate evaluations on our customers’ behalf.
• On-going development: Additionally, we are active in industry conferences, which helps us stay apprised of key trends impacting our customers; we use this knowledge to develop products that can address the trends and help achieve goals.

Additionally, we have been recognized with Supplier of the Year awards for our analytical and technical support.

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