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Dow Corning® Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealants for Home Appliance Assembly

Dow Corning® Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealants for Home Appliance Assembly
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Dow Corning® Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealants for Home Appliance Assembly

Dow Corning® Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealant: Total Assembly Solutions for Home Appliance Production Achieve Faster Processing Speeds When it comes to lowering manufacturing costs and increasing the quality of home appliances, designers and engineers around the world turn to Dow Corning for sealant solutions. Dow Corning Two-Part RTV (room temperature vulcanization) Sealants combine an adhesive base and catalyst that provides a longer lasting, more versatile seal than most organic polymer products. Dow Corning Two-Part RTV Sealants offer a number of additional advantages: • Cures consistently...

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Ideal for high-speed, automated manufacturing, Dow Corning Two-Part RTV Sealants offer a wide range of benets to home appliance manufacturers, including fast cure and handling times. Product Features 1-part 2-part Typical Cure time > 24 h <7h Typical Handling Time >8h 10-20 min Yes, High No Cure Time Reduction with moderate heat (up to 70°C) No Yes Deep Section Cure Critical Yes No Smell of Cure By-Product Typically strong (Acetic acid) Low odor (neutral cure) Cure Time Variance with Humidity level Corrosive Cure By-Product Ready to handle Yes Just applied Manual or Robotic Application 0...

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Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealants Help Achieve Total Cost Savings Dow Corning Two-Part RTV Sealants help reduce your bottom line by streamlining manufacturing costs throughout the manufacturing process. Cost Savings 1-part 2-part Parts must cure for 24 hours Parts can be handled after 10-20 minutes Typically 2 operators are needed to move parts Parts can be moved via conveyer belt, no operators needed Storage Savings Required oor space for storing the parts around 150 to 200m2 No storing area needed Waste Reduction Manual application causes excess material that needs to be tooled Robotic...

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Applications: Dow Corning® Two-Part RTV Silicone Sealant Dow Corning two-part RTV sealants are an excellent choice for many home appliance applications, particularly stove tops and oven door windows. Stove Tops Challenge: The adhesive bond in ceramic stove tops must be aesthetically pleasing and capable of withstanding high temperatures. One-Part Acetoxy and Oxime Cure silicone adhesives take a long time to cure and sometimes require primer pretreatment. Solution: Dow Corning Two-Part RTV Sealants cure quickly, develop excellent adhesion and provide temperature resistence. Oven Doors...

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How To Contact Us Dow Corning has sales ofces, manufacturing sites, as well as science and technology laboratories around the globe. For more information, visit www.dowcorning.com/appliance. Your Global Connection The Americas World Headquarters (United States) TEL: + 1 989 496 6000 Technical Information Center TEL: + 1 800 248 2481 Brazil Dow Corning do Brasil Ltda. TEL: + 55 11 3759 4300 Asia Asia Headquarters (Japan) TEL: + 81 3 3287 8300 China Technical Information Center Toll free: 400 880 7110 India TEL: + 91 22 6694 6868 Korea TEL: + 82 2 551 7600 Singapore TEL: + 65 6253 6611...

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