Helps Valve Manufacturer Improve Customer Satisfaction

A leading manufacturer of butterfly valves in India press fitted the EPDM rubber seals on to the powder coated cast iron body of the values using press fit. The seals was pushed into the groove and expected to stay in place due to friction. However, the customer found that during operations the seal would tend to come off causing leakage, rework and resultant customer dissatisfaction.

Excellent Bonding to Low Surface Energy Polyolefin Substrates Saves Rejections

A multinational customer was planning production of coffee makers for their export markets. Customer used a competitive instant adhesive for bonding the rubber bead to PP (polypropylene) in carafe. Carafe is the glass container used to brew, hold and serve coffee and has a PP top and handle.

Use of Loctite® 770 Allows Adhesion on Inactive Surfaces

A leading manufacturer of electric motors, geared motors, torque limiters, variable frequency drives, soft starters and more in Australia used PP capacitor boxes. Customer wanted to lock threaded plastic parts of these capacitor boxes made of Polypropylene. Customer tested competitive, general purpose adhesives but these fail to perform. PP is a low surface energy material and is difficult to bond.