Henkel at JEC Europe: to Present its Innovative Adhesive Solutions for Aerospace and more

As market leader in adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, Henkel is exhibiting a range of innovative composite solutions at the JEC covering applications from automotive and aerospace to wind power and machine construction. JEC Europe is the worlds biggest fair for composite materials. This annual trade show at Port de Versailles near Paris, France, will be open for business from March 11 through March 13, 2014. Henkel experts will be available at Stand F17 in Hall 7.3 to provide information on the wide range of products and system solutions that the company is able to offer the composites industry.

Composites for the aerospace industry must meet a wide range of requirements. In addition to weight reduction, performance and manufacturing are in focus. With a weight saving of up to thirty percent over current surface films and a minimized pre-paint preparation, the innovative, epoxy-based surface film Loctite EA 9845 LC Aero Henkel exactly meets these requirements. Due to the high proportion of copper particles EA Loctite 9845 LC Aero also provides excellent protection against lightning strikes.

With the application of lightweight parts in aircraft construction constantly on the rise, user-friendly adhesive-based repair solutions for composite components are also gaining in importance for airline operators and MROs. The maintenance and repair of these complex structures presents the aerospace industry with certain challenges, with various types of damage and their different repair requirements necessitating innovative and high-performance adhesive technologies.

 However, under the Loctite brand Henkel offers advanced, ready-to-use adhesive solutions designed to meet a broad range of related demands, from standard adhesive bonding and wet lamination to out-of-autoclave curing and specialty repairs for high-temperature service. Optimum size options in ready-to-use 2-part specialty packaging solutions allow for ease of repair applications that substantially reduce costs for OEMs, MROs and Airlines.

At JEC Europe, Henkel will be presenting its portfolio of benzoxazine resins, also marketed under the Loctite brand, for injection processes such as vacuum resin transfer molding (VARTM). These products can be stored and transported at room temperature, thus significantly reducing energy consumption. They also offer weight savings of up to 30 percent compared to the conventional metal structures they replace. In production, the lower shrinkage on cure offers further advantages, substantially reducing the stress to which the components are subjected and therefore improving the durability of the finished component.

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