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Araldite® 2000 PLUS
Profil fasteners encapsulate
adhesives help Dyson
Araldite® 2000 PLUS adhesives from Huntsman
best assembly practice
Advanced Materials are being used in
leading-edge vacuum cleaners and hand driers
Profil RSN and RND high strength rivet nuts have been specified by AUDI at the
developed by Dyson.
heart of a novel ‘safety-critical’ bonnet latch mounting application on its latest
Dyson has specified the use of Araldite®
generation A4 and A5 vehicles.
adhesives in its Root Cyclone™ vacuum cleaners.
The fasteners are installed in 0.8mm thick high tensile strength steel beams that are
Unlike traditional cleaners, Dyson machines use
subsequently over-moulded in 30% glass reinforced Polyamide 6 (PA6 30%GF) to form an
Cyclone Technology™ to separate dirt and dust from
integral part of each vehicle’s impact crumple zone. The thermoplastic material not only
the air using high centrifugal forces. Araldite®
fine tunes the cross beam assembly’s deformation characteristics, but also provides the
adhesives bond together core parts of the cyclone
required mounting points for other ancillary equipment, such as radiators, headlamps and
system.
air conditioning units.
The RSN and RND nuts, which are fully encapsulated during the moulding process, were
Dispensed by multi-axis robots, Araldite® 2021, a
primarily selected for their proven performance in high strength materials. Profil fasteners
two-component, methacrylate adhesive, is applied
are already employed in similar applications at other leading motor manufacturers,
onto the ABS cones of the Root Cyclone™ and the
including Land-Rover, Honda and Mercedes.
fine dust collector which is bonded onto the ABS
In the new AUDI application, the vehicle bonnet catch assemblies are located by the
manifold. Huntsman says that Araldite® 2021 was
RSN nuts alone and are secured using self locking, M10 thread rolling bolts. Accordingly,
chosen because of its fast cure speed, the ability to
the accurate positioning of installed fasteners was a further key selection criterion.
give an airtight seal and its high toughness and gap
Through their placement as part of the presswork process, Profil fasteners routinely
filling properties.
maintain positional
Araldite® 2022, a two-component, toughened
tolerances of +0.20 mm, which
adhesive system based on methacrylate chemistry,
profil says is around three
and with a longer open time, was selected to bond
times the accuracy and
together polyester thermoset and “polycarbonate /
repeatability of equivalent
ABS” alloy parts of the Dyson Digital Motor (DDM)
welded items.
used in the Airblade™.
“Our selection for the
“The Dyson team believes the shape and form of a
latest AUDI models
product should naturally follow on from function. This
demonstrates the
can mean design and manufacturing processes are
consistency and
complex, so adhesives like Araldite® with a bonding performance of our
solution for almost every sort of engineering plastic products under high speed,
in use today, provide the perfect solution for bringing high volume production
unusual, highly innovative and effective products to conditions,” says Profil UK’s
life.” sales manager, Adrian Ellis.
Jet Press gives watchers a birds eye view
Nature lovers who travel to the remote Isle of Mull looking for the
UK’s most elusive eagles are now enjoying a grandstand view of
the birds thanks to the installation of gas springs supplied by
industrial components distributor Jet Press.
Earlier this year the UK based company answered a call for help from
the Forestry Commission Scotland, which needed assistance to solve a
problem at the only hide in the country offering a view of a white tailed
sea eagle nest release
The hide has canvas interpretation panels and two screens featuring valve that allows the fitters to
live CCTV footage of the eagles, as well as three large windows facing release small amounts of gas from
towards the nest. However, the windows weigh 6kg each and the the strut until the correct “feel” of the
Commission had no way of propping them open securely or gas strut is achieved.
closing them quickly, and safely, should the weather, Each window was also fitted with one Varilift
which is changeable on Mull, suddenly take a turn Swift and Sure strut, with no lock, and one strut
for the worst. from Jet Press’s Econloc range, which have a locking
Jet Press, which offers a wide range of gas springs shroud that springs into place once the gas strut has
that can handle lid weights from 5kg up to 250kg, reached its full extension, preventing closure of the window
suggested the Varilift gas strut in the 8-18 range. without manually releasing the locking shroud.
Small changes in the centre of gravity, temperature, or the mounting “The springs were fitted in time to allow watchers to see the eagles’
position of gas struts can radically alter the handling characteristics of eggs hatch earlier this year and have proved to be a much-welcomed
struts and that is why Jet Press suggested the Varilift, which has a gas finishing touch to the hide.”
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