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Sustainability Focus: Krylex High-Performance PUR Hot Melts

There are many advantages of using adhesive to enhance a manufacturer’s product performance and processing capabilities. However, one of the disadvantages that they can have in this world, is an environmental one. Adhesives are inherently petroleum-based products. Although adhesives are generally a small portion of a mobile device’s assembly, there is a growing desire from […]

Posted by Krylex on April 26, 2021

Why Low-temperature Cure Epoxy Adhesives are important

Today’s mobile and electronic devices have come a long way since the first mobile phone was created nearly 40 years ago. The very first devices were big and bulky with limited capability. User experience improvements have driven the industry to produce lighter, thinner, and more style products. Today, creating new designs requires new materials, leaving […]

Posted by Krylex on April 20, 2021

How to Choose the Right Polyurethane Hot Melts for Electronics Assemblies

The #electronics market is rapidly expanding, and there is a high demand for adhesives for bonding different parts and components during the electronic assembly process.  #Structural_adhesives are being utilized more and more in place of mechanical fastening methods and tapes due to their high strength, ease of use and low total cost of ownership.  In particular, Polyurethane […]

Posted by Krylex on November 13, 2019

Growing Significance of Adhesives in Wearable Devices

With the advent of wearable technology, devices such as smart watches, sleep trackers and heartrate sensors have become a part of our life. In addition to fitness and wellbeing, these wearable electronics find many applications in medicine and healthcare, and they have tremendously helped in improving the quality of life for many people globally. Adhesives […]

Posted by Krylex on August 27, 2019

Beginners Guide to Biocompatibility for Medical Device Adhesives

Adhesives are used in most industries, including the medical industry, to assemble components of finished devices.  Adhesives can provide value over traditional joining methods such as mechanical fasteners, ultrasonic welding and solvent welding by reducing hazardous solvent usage, distributing stresses more evenly or even increasing production throughput.  In the medical device industry, particular care is taken to […]

Posted by Krylex on July 3, 2019

PREMIER FARNELL LIST KRYLEX®

Chemence® Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Premier Farnell plc as stockist & distributor for 28 carefully selected products from our KRYLEX® range. Premier Farnell (part of Avnet, Inc) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic and industrial products throughout the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. The listing of KRYLEX®products has […]

Posted by Krylex on April 1, 2019

UV-curing adhesives see the light

Adhesives require a chemical reaction to convert their structure from the liquid to the solid state. Once cured, the adhesive provides a high-strength bond between two substrates, which resists temperature or humidity changes and is impervious to many chemicals. There are several ways to achieve the reactive curing process, such as light, heat, moisture or […]

Posted by Krylex on March 27, 2019

Making it stick: The many uses of cyanoacrylate adhesives

Figure 1. Cyanoacrylate: an adhesive for all seasons. Source: Krylex.com/Chemence Cyanoacrylate, commonly known as superglue, is a one-part adhesive that can form strong bonds with a wider variety of materials than most other types of adhesives. It can join plastics such as ABS, polyester, polycarbonate, PVC and nylon; metals such as zinc, brass, aluminum, permalloys […]

Posted by Krylex on March 26, 2019

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