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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS

ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS

ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS

Product catalog summary
Overview
Sika offers a range of acoustic systems to enhance vehicle performance by making them lighter, stronger, safer, quieter, and more environmentally friendly. The company collaborates with OEMs and component suppliers to provide innovative solutions in bonding, damping, sealing, and reinforcing.
Cavity Sealing
SikaBaffle® and SikaSeal® products are designed to seal vehicle body cavities, preventing noise, water, and moisture intrusion. These products are available in thermoplastic and elastomeric formulations, effectively sealing complex cavity shapes.
Vibration Damping
SikaDamp® solutions reduce structure-borne noise using bitumen and butyl-based materials. These products are optimized for weight-to-performance ratios and can be applied at various stages of vehicle assembly.
Lightweighting
Sika's lightweight solutions aim to reduce vehicle weight without compromising performance, using ultra-lightweight damping materials and high-expansion cavity sealing materials.
Acoustic Testing
Sika's Technology Centers offer state-of-the-art facilities for testing and optimizing acoustic systems, focusing on comfort and new energy vehicle challenges.
Innovation
Sika emphasizes innovation, focusing on customer needs and market trends, pioneering technologies such as body shop adhesives for mixed-material bonding and solutions for vehicle exterior parts bonding.
Introduction
Sika provides advanced solutions for the automotive industry, focusing on improving vehicle comfort and environmental sustainability with products like SikaBaffle®, SikaDamp®, and SikaPower®.
Specifications and Features
Acoustic Solutions: SikaBaffle® and SikaDamp® reduce noise and vibration.
Environmental Innovations: Sika offers water-based pre-treatments and low monomeric isocyanate polyurethane hotmelts.
Structural Adhesives: SikaPower® adhesives reduce welds and enhance crash durability.
Performance and Impact
Over 50% of vehicles use Sika products, with 25 million vehicles annually benefiting from their adhesives. Sika's solutions contribute to a 30% weight reduction in car bodies and achieve more than a 30% reduction in interior vehicle noise.
Global Reach
Sika operates in over 100 countries with more than 20,000 employees, supplying over 700 million parts annually to the automotive industry.
Contact Information
Sika provides contact details for their offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, ensuring global accessibility and support.
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Catalog excerpts

ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-1

Sika Automotive Sika Automotive ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS QUIETER RIDES START WITH SIKA LIGHTER | STRONGER | SAFER | QUIETER | GREENER

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Overview Acoustic systems Cavity Sealing Vibration Damping Acoustic Testing YOU NEED TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE YOUR NEXT VEHICLE LIGHTER, STRONGER, SAFER, QUIETER OR GREENER. SO WHERE DO YOU START? Start with a trusted partner that can deliver global innovation on a localized scale, wherever and whenever it’s needed. Start with a commitment to continuous improvement, and the knowledge that it takes years to become an overnight success. Start with a collaborative approach that can bring together great minds without knocking heads. Start with pioneering innovation that clears a path for the vehicles...

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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-3

CAVITY SEALING VIBRATION DAMPING The Right Materials with the Right Design at the Right Place Optimized Panel Damping with SikaDamp® SIKADAMP® solutions comprise a broad family of sound deadeners based on elastomers or bitumen, which can also be coupled with a constraining layer. Designed for best-in-class weight-toperformance ratios, while still providing industryleading damping performance, SikaDamp® can be applied at any point during vehicle assembly or be installed at the stamping location. SIKABAFFLE® AND SIKASEAL® SOLUTIONS use lightweight, pre-shaped molded, extruded, die-cut parts and...

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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-4

APPLICATIONS Typical applications for SikaBaffle® and SikaSeal® products include pillars, roof sections, cowl and rocker areas These products enable complete sealing of vehicle body cavities; with watertight solutions for the lower body and acoustic solutions for dry upper body areas. ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS Cavity Sealing SIKABAFFLE® AND SIKASEAL® products can be processed as highly engineered 3D parts which optimize material usage and enhance performance at the best cost-to-volume ratio. Extrusion and bulk pumpable technology can be used as an alternative targeting applications on narrow-sized cavities;...

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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Vibration Damping SIKADAMP® products - from the first idea through simulation and prototyping - are developed and manufactured tailored to seal body structure and reduce structure-borne sound. SIKADAMP® ACOUSTIC PORTFOLIO COMFORT - THE EAR PLAYS A CENTRAL PART Some people can tell the make of a car from the slamming of the door alone. In the development process of new vehicles, vehicle sound design is gaining importance in terms of shaping its character, comfort optimization and value perception. Customers' requirements are specifically geared towards eliminating or reducing...

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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-6

OPTIMIZING COMFORT AND FUNCTIONALITY LIGHTWEIGHTING WITH DESIGN FLEXIBILITY THE FULL RANGE of Sika’s Acoustic Systems provide more flexible and efficient solutions that can be optimized and tuned throughout the development process to accommodate the NVH impact of design decisions. LIGHTWEIGHTING WITH DESIGN FLEXIBILITY With weight reduction a recognized key driver in the automotive design process, engineers are increasingly creative in their efforts to meet lightweight goals. Cutting the weight, however, can create unanticipated noise issues late in vehicle development. Sika's lightweight solutions...

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ACOUSTIC TESTING In our state-of-the-art acoustic test facilities, Sika engineers and application experts perform virtual and physical testing, analyze the results and propose solutions that deliver optimal weight-to performance ratios for each application and acoustics treatment package for vehicles. State-of-the-Art Technology Centers THE SIKA TECHNOLOGY CENTERS (STC) have been designed to support the development, validation and optimization of sealing, damping, bonding and reinforcing products and solutions. A centerpiece of the STCs are the Acoustic Test Centers. Each has a comprehensive...

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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-8

START WITH SIKA AT SIKA, WE BELIEVE that a truly innovative company is one that starts with a culture within which a passion for innovation and creativity thrive. An innovative company should also take a customer-focused view; one that anticipates customer needs with a thorough understanding of key market trends. MORE THAN 50% OF ALL VEHICLES USE SIKA PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES 30 MILLION VEHICLES PRODUCED ANNUALLY WORLDWIDE CONTAIN SIKA LAMINATION ADHESIVES LIGHTER We have a full range of products which enable our customers to make their vehicles lighter. For example, we were the first to engineer...

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ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-9

START WITH SIKA THROUGH ANY OF THE CONTACT POINTS BELOW: EUROPE Sika Automotive AG Kreuzlingerstrasse 35 CH-8590 Romanshorn +41 58 436 58 01 Sika Automotive Hamburg GmbH Reichsbahnstrasse 99 DE-22525 Hamburg +49 40 540 020 Sika Automotive Frankfurt-Worms GmbH Weinsheimer Str. 96 DE- 67547 Worms +49 62 41 3 010 Sika Automotive Belgium S.A. Avenue Landas 2 Zoning Industriel BE-1480 Tubize - Saintes +32 2 367 21 20 Sika Turkey Otomotiv San. ve Tic. Ltd. $ti. Yeni§ehir Mh. Reyhan Cd., Enginsu Sit. VL1 D:37/12 34912 Pendik/Istanbul Phone: +90 216 5600-801 AMERICAS Sika Automotive N.A. 30800 Stephenson...

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