Mass Transit Exterior Components
How Our Solutions Help Mass Transit Exterior Components
Our mass transit sealants and structural adhesives can help your exterior component manufacturing processes by providing advantages such as:
- Primerless application: Many of our SMP and polyurethane sealants can be applied to mass transit exterior components without first requiring a primer. This helps reduce SKU volume, production time and potential for downtime and errors.
- Fast curing: Our structural adhesives for mass transit exterior applications can quickly achieve handling strength to streamline production processes.
- Reduced reliance on fasteners: Our mass transit sealants and adhesives can be used in place of fasteners, offering faster application processes comparatively in addition to a uniform, consistent bond.
Additionally, they can help increase performance and safety with:
- Flame retardancy: Some of our mass transit solutions are formulated with flame retardancy; this helps slow down spread of flames in the event of an emergency and increase occupant safety.
- Reduced weak spot potential: Compared to fasteners, our mass transit sealants and adhesives offer uniform coverage to help ensure material integrity during its lifespan.
- Lightweighting capabilities: In addition to being lighter weight than fasteners, our sealants and adhesives can help you use lightweight materials such as composites. This can help improve vehicle efficiency and contribute to long-term performance.
- UV, temperature and moisture resistance: Our mass transit sealing and bonding solutions are formulated to withstand intended performance even after exposure to sunlight, fluctuating temperatures and rain or humidity.
Mass Transit Exterior Component Featured Products
Our mass transit sealant and adhesives for exterior body components include:
SMP
- 70-08A: This SMP works well for window glazing; it offers high green strength and high tack, which aids in processes where mass transit parts must be moved immediately or shortly after installation.
- 70-03A and 70-03A FR: Solvent, isocyanate and PVC free, these products offer primerless adhesion and are compatible with many paint systems. They also provide permanent elasticity within a broad temperature range, are neutral and odorless. 70-03A FR also provides flame retardant capabilities.
- 70-01A: Designed to perform for window backbedding applications, 70-01A is solvent, isocyanate and PVC free. It offers good UV and aging resistance and can be applied without the use of a primer. Like 70-03A, it is compatible with many paint systems, is neutral and odorless. It is permanently elastic within a broad temperature range.
PLIOGRIP™
- 1010C: This acrylic structural adhesive offers adhesion to many substrates, including bare metals, and is formulated with flame retardancy per ASTM E162 standards.
- 7000 series: These two-part polyurethan adhesives are formulated to offer high strength and flexibility.
The Benefits of Choosing Bostik
By choosing Bostik, the adhesive solutions segment of Arkema, you receive:
- Access to a strong distribution network: Our mass transit adhesives and sealants are available for purchase through quality distributors to help increase access and availability ease. View our distributor list here.
- Extensive analytical support: Our analytical team helps mass transit customers assess their adhesives and processes; they also conduct 3rd party substrate testing on their behalf, aging studies as well as surface analysis, rheology and microscopy.
- Global expertise: We serve the mass transit markets in Europe and Asia as well as the Americas; this allows us to leverage our expertise across regions to formulate and test solutions that meet varied needs.
- On-site technical support: We also provide mass transit technical support and can visit your facilities to assist with any troubleshooting needs and help avoid issues in the future.
- 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-going development: Additionally, we are active in industry conferences, which helps us stay apprised of key trends impacting our truck 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.
In a world of evolving needs, let’s have a discovery call to explore how we can help you!
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