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ASSEMBLY LINE ADHESIVES

ASSEMBLY LINE ADHESIVES

ASSEMBLY LINE ADHESIVES

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Sika offers a wide range of adhesives and sealants aimed at improving vehicle assembly by making vehicles lighter, stronger, safer, quieter, and more environmentally friendly. The company focuses on collaboration and innovation to optimize designs, reduce costs, and simplify processes.
Innovation in Direct Glazing Systems
With over 30 years of experience, Sika provides eco-friendly direct glazing technologies that enhance vehicle performance and safety. Key innovations include primerless systems, accelerated systems with Sika®Booster, bubble-free systems with i-Cure® technology, and VOC-free pre-treatments, used for bonding windshields, backlights, and panoramic roofs.
Solving Mixed Material Bonding Challenges
Sika's Sikaflex® and Sikaforce® adhesives offer flexibility for lightweight vehicle structures, enabling crash-resistant bonding of mixed materials like aluminum, CFRP, and steel, thus aiding in weight reduction and improved vehicle dynamics.
Bonding and Sealing Solutions for Trim Assembly
Sika provides adhesives for bonding exterior and interior trim parts, supporting new design possibilities and weight reduction. Products like Sikaflex® and SikaForce® are suitable for applications such as spoilers, bumpers, and roof rails.
Preparing Surfaces for Durable Adhesion
Sika's surface pre-treatment technologies include black-primerless systems and eco-friendly water-based primers, simplifying procedures, improving material flexibility, and reducing VOC emissions.
The Glass Replacement Leader
Sika offers a comprehensive service portfolio for professional glass replacement, ensuring safety and structural integrity with innovations like the Sika® PowerCure System, which provides accelerated adhesive solutions.
Overview of PowerCure Technology
Sika's PowerCure technology is designed for automotive production lines, offering fast-curing adhesives with a 30-minute Safe Drive Away Time (SDAT), ideal for sealing and bonding applications, including windshield and battery box bonding in e-mobility production.
Technology Comparison
The document compares Sika® PowerCure and Sikaflex® technologies, highlighting PowerCure's accelerated curing and Sikaflex®'s longer open time.
Applications
Sika's technologies are used in glass replacement systems for professional users and rework requirements in assembly line applications.
Benefits
The document emphasizes safety, flexibility, user ergonomics, and performance, noting the industry's shortest SDAT.
Impact
Sika products are used in over 50% of vehicles, contributing to stronger, safer vehicles, weight reduction, VOC reduction, and noise reduction.
Global Reach
Sika operates in over 100 countries with more than 20,000 employees, providing local partnerships and support through regional offices.
Contact Information
The document includes contact details for Sika's regional offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
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Catalog excerpts

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ASSEMBLY LINE ADHESIVES DURABLE BONDS AND SIMPLIFIED PROCESSES START WITH SIKA LIGHTER | STRONGER | SAFER | QUIETER | GREENER

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Innovation Leader in Direct Glazing Systems Solving Mixed Material Bonding Challenges Application and Product Overview Bonding and Sealing Solutions for Trim Assembly Preparing Surfaces for Durable Adhesion The Glass Replacement Leader 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...

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SAFER AND STRONGER VEHICLES START WITH SIKA With more than three decades of experience in providing direct glazing technology to automotive assembly lines and aftermarket fitters, few companies understand direct glazing processes, or PUR chemistry, better than Sika. Embedded in this experience, Sika's eco-friendly innovations in direct glazing systems have continuously contributed to leading edge improvement of vehicle performance and safety as well as manufacturing processes and costs optimization. Our advanced and production ready systems include: ■ Primerless systems for ceramic and paint...

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LIGHTER VEHICLES START WITH SIKA The trend towards lightweight structures in car body construction has made mixed assembly of lightweight and composite materials a common strategy. Our Sikaflex® and Sikaforce® Ultra High Modulus (UHM), one- and two-component elastic polyurethane adhesive provides OEMs with an innovative alternative to spot welding or applying rigid, inflexible structural adhesives to the body structures. UHM technology creates a new level of design flexibility by allowing engineers to explore innovative uses of lightweight materials, while ensuring designs and materials chosen...

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ASSEMBLY LINE ADHESIVES High Performance Systems to address Safety, Performance and Design Flexibility SIKA OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF BONDING SOLUTIONS FOR DIRECT GLAZING, as well as component bonding in order to fulfill customer requirements in terms of performance, durability and process capability. Furthermore, Sika is providing innovative solutions for elastic bonding of mixed-material and metal panel stiffening to support vehicle weight reductions. This includes our well known 1-component polyurethane (PUR) (Sikaflex®, SikaTack®), newly developed 2-component PUR (SikaForce®) as well as a full...

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BONDING AND SEALING SOLUTIONS FOR EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR TRIM ASSEMBLY New Materials - New Options - New Possibilities LIGHTER AND STRONGER VEHICLES START WITH SIKA Bonding of trim parts directly on the assembly line has opened new possibilities for car body design, while also simplifying and streamlining assembly processes. Sika offers a full range of adhesive and sealant technologies for trim parts assembly especially suited to the challenges presented; Sikaflex® and SikaForce® 1C and 2C polyurethanes, hybrid technologies including silane terminated polymers and our proprietary /'-Cure® product...

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PREPARING SURFACES FOR DURABLE ADHESION Innovative Technology for Bonding Challenges TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW: PRE-TREATMENTS - Sika® Aktivator, Sika® Primer, Sika® Cleaner AND Sika® HydroPrep® COMPLETE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS START WITH SIKA Sika has a long and rich history of innovation in surface pre-treatment technologies, including introduction of the first black-primerless systems, luminescent primer detection systems and eco-friendly water-based primer systems all formulated with one mission; worry free and assured bond line adhesion for every potential application. Our full range product portfolio...

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Full Service Portfolio for Professional Glass Replacement STICK WITH THE LEADER - START WITH SIKA To most drivers, the windshield is just a window to the world. To an automotive engineer, it's part of an important safety system that helps keep occupants safely in the vehicle in the event of a crash and plays an important role in enhancing the structural stiffness of a vehicle. For Sika, both are key elements incorporated into the design of our products, but there is much more to consider regarding vehicle glass replacement. Glass replacement adhesives must meet stringent standards, like FMVSS...

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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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