Jowat Magazine 2014-01 EN

Qualit 12 Utilising adhesives with responsibility for marine applications means: actively supporting ﬁre protection forgiving of surfaces which are not ideal, maintain a solid connection of subtrates in cases where the bondable surface seems inadequate, and act uneven. Each application has its individual requirements. The visual and tactile quality of decor surfaces for instance depends on of the bonding partners, which are the panels and decor materials. Also on the kind of adhesive, the application amount, and on the production tech- nology. If any one of these factors is other settings throughout the system may also have to be reset. While one focus over the past years was a reduction of adhesive grammage in order to lower manufacturing costs and also to increase product quality, the panels during the same time became rougher and the decor materials became thinner, in the interest of maintaining a competitive edge on the market. The demands on the adhesive increased. The expectations: levelling uneven panel surfaces with low application amounts, no penetration of the adhesive of the decor material, and superior hardness. At the same time, adhesives must never represent a bottleneck in the production cycles. The high initial strength, achieved of the specialised adhesives for surface coating, ensures immediate downline processing stream. This means that quite frequently in the sector of surface coating, the quality of the end product – or to put it differently, the market segment – indirectly also adhesive. Subject to legal concerns: Only the correct amount of adhesive ensures The application amounts utilised in products for interior building purposes are often controlled by legal standards. This applies for instance to component levels. The completion of industrial, administrative or public buildings (train stations, airports, shopping centres), road and rail transport – in all of these guidelines is a must, and the adequate adhesive application amount is one of the essential factors. After all, if the

Jowat Magazine 2014-01 EN

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