12 Dec 2022
Launch builds on previously announced capacity expansions and investments for mobility market
Midland, Michigan – Dow Inc. has launched a new adhesion liquid silicone series as part of the efforts to improve its mobility portfolio with “smarter, safer and more sustainable technologies”.
The Silastic SA 994X LSR series is a range of primerless, self-adhesive, general purpose and self-lubricating, one-to-one mix ratio LSRs designed for two-component injection moulding, said Dow in a statement 6 Dec.
The rubber can be used with thermoplastic substrates including, polybutylene terephthalate and polyamide.
This new series, Dow said, can be used across multiple automotive applications such as connector seals, battery vent gaskets and radiator gasket seals for electric and hybrid vehicles.
The launch builds on Dow’s previously announced global silicone expansion for the mobility and transportation market, including the investment in a new LSR mixer at the production site in Zhangjiagang, China in 2021.
The products within the series offer several benefits including durable adhesion under heat and humidity as well as “instant” development of full bond strength, said Dow.
The products have a 12-month shelf-life stability and provide “robust and instant adhesion” to multiple plastic and metal substrates throughout the products’ shelf life, It added.
“The requirements of automotive OEMs and tiers continue to evolve in response to the rapid change occurring throughout the industry,” said Jeroen Bello, global marketing director for mobility and transportation, Dow Consumer Solutions.
"Liquid silicone rubbers are a critical material in multiple mobility and transportation applications and our team at Dow is continuously working toward greater global level innovation within this product category,” he added.
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