Laminating Adhesives for Insulation Panel Production
Users and owners of commercial and non-commercial vehicles, including refrigerated trucks, trailers, caravans, and motorhomes are looking for energy-efficient, lightweight and durable vehicle bodies. At the same time, vehicle manufacturers need to optimize their production rate and produce consistently high-quality sandwich panels. If you are one of them, get in touch with us, and let’s discuss how we, at Sika can help you meet your most urgent product and production needs.
Whether you face challenges in sandwich panel manufacturing or body assembly, Sika is the right partner for you. Sika’s global expertise combined with the local technical service will provide optimal and state-of-the-art solutions for your specific challenges.
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Sika as your Strategic Partner for Sandwich Panel Production
Sika’s global team of experts supports you in defining your ideal bonding process and equipment, as well as in selecting the optimal adhesive to suit your requirements. For this purpose, we operate application centers for large-scale testing and evaluation of the ideal application method. This allows us to provide you with data-based recommendations, by taking into consideration your individual production setup.
Our extensive portfolio of laminating adhesive technologies enables customized solutions for your specific open time and press time requirements for automatic or manual application.
Sika's contributions:
Cost Savings - The application weight (g/m²) is optimized, which means that the adhesive systems can be used in a cost-efficient way.
Time Saving - SikaMelt® and SikaForce® adhesives meet every bonding process requirement, regardless of short or very long cycle times, leading to the desired goal.
High Efficiency - Improved use of the adhesive minimizes cleaning and maintenance and at the same time, produces less waste.
Process Optimization for Caravan and Motorhome Sandwich Panels
SikaMelt® adhesive solutions are designed to enable you to improve your production speed for caravan and motorhome insulating panels. In addition, they are highly durable, can withstand high service temperatures and have good adhesion to insulating foam cores as well as to composite or aluminum sheets.
Key product benefits:
- Fast setting hot melt adhesive
- High heat resistance throughout service life
- Good adhesion to a broad range of substrates
Durability of Vehicles
SikaForce® adhesive technologies are ideal for large area bonding and offer a durable and efficient assembly of insulating panels to truck bodies. In addition, they ensure high structural integrity and durability thanks to their unique fatigue performances.
SikaForce® polyurethane adhesives allow you to bond a wide range of substrates without the need of a primer that is commonly used in the trailer industry.
Key product benefits:
- Ideal for large bond areas
- Primerless to a range of bonding substrates used in trailer production
- Fast cure adhesive technology
Production Optimization with SikaForce® 3-Component Adhesive System
SikaForce® 3-component laminating adhesives allow optimal panel production speed, regardless of the workshop’s ambient temperature and complexity of the panels being produced.
The use of two different A-components, one fast curing, and one slow curing, in combination with a hardener allows you to adjust the reaction speed of the
laminating adhesive to maintain your output regardless of ambient workshop temperature or the complexity of the panel. It allows you to select the optimal curing speed for each layer of the sandwich panel and to cut down the press time significantly, whilst maintaining the required working time.
Key product benefits:
- Real time adjustment of curing speed
- Different speed for each layer of the sandwich panel
- Production output is independent of the workshop temperature
Production Optimization with SikaForce® 3-Component Adhesive System
SikaForce® 3-component laminating adhesives allow optimal panel production speed, regardless of the workshop’s ambient temperature and complexity of the panels being produced.
The use of two different A-components, one fast curing, and one slow curing, in combination with a hardener allows you to adjust the reaction speed of the
laminating adhesive to maintain your output regardless of ambient workshop temperature or the complexity of the panel. It allows you to select the optimal curing speed for each layer of the sandwich panel and to cut down the press time significantly, whilst maintaining the required working time.
Key product benefits:
- Real time adjustment of curing speed
- Different speed for each layer of the sandwich panel
- Production output is independent of the workshop temperature
Sika Product Lines for Insulating and Sandwich Panel Production
Sika’s reactive polyurethane laminating adhesives and hot melt adhesives help you optimize your production process, increase your production output and product durability. Sika’s solutions adapt well to existing equipment and allow for improved processing.
Adhesives for Laminating Insulation Panels for Refrigerated Trucks
Sika is your strategic partner, helping you increase your production efficiency, reduce production costs, and improve the durability of your sandwich panels. Sika offers a comprehensive range of reactive polyurethane adhesives for the lamination of insulation panels for refrigerated trucks. This includes our SikaForce® adhesives, either as 1-component moisture-curing, 2-component or even 3-component adhesive systems.
A shorter press time can be achieved by using a heated press. The adhesive system can be applied either manually or using commercially available pumping, metering, and mixing application machines.
Key product benefits:
- High final strength and durability
- Improved structural stiffness with low panel weight
- Adaptable throughput times and controlled bonding processes
Our Key Products for Refrigerated Trucks
Adhesives for Body Assembly of Sandwich Panels
Sika enables a fast and efficient assembly of sandwich panels for commercial and non-commercial vehicles. For this purpose, Sika offers a specialized adhesive product portfolio including SikaForce® 2-component polyurethane adhesives that can withstand high loads, have good gap-filling properties and are solvent-free.
Key product benefits:
- Enhanced ability to withstand shock, impact and torsion
- Increased structural rigidity without damaging thermal insulation
- Improved aesthetics due to no visible fixings
Our Key Products for Body Assembly
Adhesives for Laminating Sandwich Panels for Caravans and Motorhomes
Sika offers a wide range of adhesives for bonding caravan and motorhome sandwich panels that help to optimize the individual production process, reduce cycle times, and increase panel durability. All this can be achieved with the help of our SikaMelt® reactive hot melt solution or our SikaForce® 1-, 2- or 3-component polyurethane adhesives.
Key product benefits:
- High final strength and surface evenness
- Improved structural rigidity
- Broad adhesion spectrum on a variety of substrates
