Flexible Application Options
Sika offers a broad range of SikaPower® products for hem-flange bonding. Although typically used with hang-on parts, the inclusion of glass beads also makes SikaPower® products suitable for use in body structures.
The advantage of the glass beads includes “zero-gap” avoidance, which leads to better adhesion, mechanical performance, aging and corrosion properties. Depending on the customer requirements and processes, glass spheres of different sizes can be integrated into the SikaPower® product range.
Strengthening the Gaps
SikaPower® structural adhesives lower overall car weight and manufacturing cost while significantly increasing mechanical and fatigue performance, including various hem-flange application areas.
SikaPower® cold pumpable adhesives have the superior performance needed for automotive structural applications, particularly in the area of wash-out resistance.
Applications
- Hang-on parts
- Car body structures
- Mixed-material bonding
Benefits
- Increased hang-on part stiffness and crash durability
- Gap control of hemming and body structure area
- Pre-curable by induction, infrared or oven heating
- Excellent durability and corrosion performance
- Superior wash-out resistance (both warm- and cold-pumpable structural bonding adhesives)
- Curable on extended curing window, currently down to 135°C
