WEICON Structural Adhesives

high strength, residual elasticity, impact resistant

WEICON RK Construction Adhesives are 2-component systems based on methacrylate, which cure fast at room temperature. Both systems are processed in the “no-mix” procedure, i.e. a mix of both components (adhesive and activator) is not necessary. Polymerization starts as soon as the adhesive- and activator-wetted components are joined together.

WEICON RK Construction Adhesives allow high-strength bonding of different materials:

• Metals (also coated), such as steel, aluminium, copper, zinc, alloys, as well as ferrites (ferromagnetic material)
• Plastics*, such as ABS, polystyrene, hard PVC, poly- carbonate, polyphenylene oxide, polyester moulding compounds
• Fibre composite materials (GRP, CRP, fibreglass etc.)
• Wood and cellulose materials (e.g. MDF)
• Glass, ceramics and stone

* Polyamide, Teflon® and polyolefin etc. only after special surface treatment, for example using fluoridation, low-pressure plasma, corona, flame impingement etc.

Compared to other joining/fixing procedures WEICON RK Construction Adhesives have many advantages:

• Conventional fasteners are no longer necessary.
• Unlike in the case of welding and soldering, there are no changes in the material surfaces.
• Tensioning of the materials caused by thermal or mechanical stress does not occur.
• The specific material characteristics of different materials remain the same.
• By using newly developed, thinner and lighter materials, a simpler and more cost-efficient construction can often be realized, since these materials can only be joined with adhesives.
• When cured, the adhesive automatically forms a leak-proof coating, which prevents fretting corrosion.
• When joining different metals no contact corrosion is formed.

WEICON RK Construction Adhesives feature special product-specific characteristics:

• Processing in the “no-mix” procedure
• Quick and high initial bonding strength
• Residual elasticity and impact resistance
• Applicable at a large range of temperatures
• Ageing resistant

As a result, there are numerous areas of application, in particular during assembly and in industrial processing.

Due to the “no-mix” procedure and the quick, high initial bonding strength, WEICON RK Construction Adhesives are especially suited for manufacturing processes with staggered assembly and positioning processes and high cycle times during serial production.

Product descriptions, technical data, as well as information on processing and storage can be found on the following brochures.