Fastener – Adhesive Hybrid Improves Composite Assembly
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Fastener – Adhesive Hybrid Improves Composite Assembly
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: “A new fixings and fastening system for assembling structural, load-bearing composite components promises 54% better adhesion, plus less weight and better mechanical performance than current composite fixing designs,” according to Design News.
UK-based engineering and design company Adhesion Technologies Ltd. launched its Spida Fixings and fastening system, combining fasteners with adhesives to “give OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers in aerospace, transportation, and automotive industries a cost-effective system for fast assembly of composite, engineering plastic, and metal parts, using either metallic or non-metallic fixings.”
In a press release, Adhesion Technologies said its Spida Fixings and fastening system was designed by composites engineers instead tasking mechanical engineers with designing fastening systems.
“It combines a unique base design with a proprietary adhesion technique that forms a high-strength bond to a broad range of substrate materials,” Design News reports.
Each Spida base includes a bearing area for attachments, and bases have a concave shape that forms a “micro chamber” for the adhesive, allowing the molecule structure orient from 0 to 180 degrees during curing.
“This results in enhanced peel, shear, torsion, cleavage, tension, and compressive loading.”
Specifying smaller-diameter fixings helps reduce weight and costs.
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