Showa Denko K K : Develops WelQuick™ to Bond Dissimilar Materials Quickly
June 28, 2021 at 04:10 pm EDT
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Showa Denko K.K.
June 28, 2021
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) (Tokyo: 4004) has developed 'WelQuick™,' a film-type binding material to bond dissimilar materials together, such as bonding between resins and metals, with excellent quickness and strength. SDK has already started to provide potential customers with samples of WelQuick™.
In recent years, manufacturing industry's requirements for materials such as lightness, heat-resistance and strength have been advanced so much that almost no single material can meet such sophisticated needs. Therefore, there has been a progress in introduction of composite structure into components, in which dissimilar materials such as resins and metals are bound together. This movement is called 'multi-materialization.' There are many methods to bond dissimilar materials, such as bonding with liquid adhesives or hot-melt adhesives, and mechanical fastening with bolts. Though manufacturers demand simple, easy and timesaving bonding process while securing enough adhesive strength. However, simultaneous achievement of simplicity and adhesiveness has been difficult.
WelQuick™, which has been developed by SDK, is a film-type adhesive component, and eliminates the process to apply liquid components which was necessary process for reactive adhesives. Therefore, WelQuickTM is easy to handle, and shortens bonding time to a few seconds by utilizing the phase change*1 between solid and liquid, while bonding with conventional adhesives takes dozens of minutes.
WelQuick™ can bond resins and metals. The former includes polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate and nylon, while the latter includes aluminum, iron and copper. SDK has confirmed that WelQuick™ can achieve shear adhesive strength*2 of more than 10MPa*3 with more than 40 combinations of base materials. Moreover, our customers can choose welding method suitable for their needs from wide variety of welding methods including ultrasonic welding which realizes high-speed welding, electromagnetic induction welding which is suitable for metals, and heat welding which is suitable for various materials. Furthermore, films of WelQuick™ can be stored at room temperature for long periods. WelQuick™ does not produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) when welded. Thus WelQuickTM lowers the burden on the environment.
On the basis of these strong points, WelQuick™ can contribute to customers' cost reduction and reduction of CO2 emission through improvement in efficiency of production processes.
The Showa Denko Group has wide-ranging technologies and materials concerning inorganics, organics and aluminum. By fusing these technologies into one, the Group will provide various business fields, where multi-materialization is in progress, with new solutions, and aim to maximize the value of Customers' Experience.
For further detail of WelQuick™ technology, please refer to the following URL.
https://www.sdk.co.jp/innovation/english/points/welquick.html
For data on the properties of WelQuick™, please refer to the following URL.
https://www.sdk.co.jp/innovation/english/download/welquick/leaflet/input.html
[Comparison of WelQuickTM bonding method and conventional bonding method]
*1Phase change: Changes in the state of material (gas, liquid and solid) caused by changes in temperature and pressure. WelQuick™ technology utilizes liquefaction of solid and solidification of liquid.
*2Shear adhesive strength: Adhesive strength that acts on the surfaces of adhered materials parallel to adhered surfaces when the base materials are pulled to opposite directions to slide laterally.
*3MPa (Mega Pascal): The SI unit of pressure. If the two sample materials show shear adhesive strength of 10MPa, one square centimeter of adhered surface requires forces of about 100kg to be peeled off.
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Resonac Holding Corporation (formerly Showa Denko KK) is a holding company organized around 7 family of products:
- materials (43.8% of net sales): electronics materials (epoxy molding compounds, die bonding materials, CMP slurries, anisotropic conductive films), printed wiring board materials (copper-clad laminates, photosensitive dry films), mobility components (plastic molded products, friction materials, powder metal products, carbon anode materials for LIBs), energy storage devices and systems (automotive and industrial batteries), and life sciences (diagnostics, contracted manufacturing of regenerative medicine products);
- petrochemical products (19.6%): olefins (polyethylene, polypropylene) and organic chemical products (vinyl acetate monomer, ethyl acetate and plastics);
- chemical products (12.9%): caustic soda, chlorine, liquid ammonia, amino acids, polymers, gas (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen), etc.;
- electronic components (8.3%): hard disks, semiconductors components, magnetic components, etc.;
- inorganic products (7.1%): ceramics and carbons (graphite electrodes);
- aluminum products (5.3%): aluminum foils, extruded products, forged products, cans, etc.;
- other (3%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (53.4%), China (12%), Asia (20.6%) and other (14%).