Specialty Vehicle Exterior Components
How Our Solutions Help Specialty Vehicle Exterior Components
Our specialty vehicle sealants and structural adhesives can help your exterior component manufacturing processes, offering attributes such as:
- Primerless application: Many of our SMP and polyurethane sealants can be applied without first requiring a primer. This can help reduce specialty vehicle product SKU volume, production time, potential for downtime as well as associated energy usage and costs.
- Fast curing: Our structural adhesives for specialty vehicle exterior applications can quickly achieve handling strength, which can help streamline production processes.
- Reduced fastener usage: Our sealants and adhesives can be used in place of fasteners, offering faster application processes as well as a uniform bond and clean aesthetic compared to bolts or rivets.
Additionally, they can help achieve performance and safety goals with:
- Flame retardancy: Some of our solutions for specialty vehicle exterior components are formulated with flame retardancy; this helps slow down the spread of flames in the event of an emergency.
- 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.
- Reduced weak spot potential: Compared to fasteners, our sealants and adhesives offer uniform coverage with minimized weak spots to help maintain material integrity.
- UV, temperature and moisture resistance: Our specialty vehicle sealing and bonding solutions are formulated to withstand intended performance even after environmental exposure to elements such as the sun and rain.
Our Specialty Vehicle Component Featured Products
Our specialty vehicle exterior body components include:
SMP
- 70-08A: This SMP is designed for window glazing, offering high green strength and high tack to aid in processes where 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 permanent elasticity within a broad temperature range. They also are neutral and odorless. 70-03A FR also provides flame retardant capabilities.
- 70-01A: 70-01A is formulated with zero solvents, isocyanates and PVC. 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 bare metal bonding capabilities and is formulated with flame retardancy.
- 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:
- Local manufacturing capabilities: Most of our products and their raw materials are produced directly in the U.S., which helps increase ease of access and reduce lead time.
- Access to a strong distribution network: Our specialty vehicle adhesives and sealants are available for purchase through quality distributors to help increase access and availability ease. View our distributor list here.
- Broad portfolio: In addition to specialty vehicle bonding and sealing products, we offer MRO solutions, such as NEVER-SEEZ® anti-seize and lubricating compounds, to help your equipment operations.
- Extensive technical support: Our Bostik experts will work closely with you, providing in-house testing and on-site support to help increase your efficiency and quickly get you to the right solution for your needs with minimal disruption to your operations.
- On-going development: Additionally, we prioritize staying apprised of key specialty vehicle trends impacting our customers; we use this knowledge to develop products that can address the trends and help achieve goals.
In a world of increasing demands, let’s have a discovery call to find out how Bostik can help you!
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