Since its inception, LORD has been dedicated to reconfiguring and reimagining everything about the adhesives industry. Today, the industry is booming and LORD is constantly designing and producing more and more adhesive breakthroughs in order to accelerate and improve their customers’ experiences. LORD has patented a two-component adhesive, Signlok™ 810, which is designed for bonding Read more…
Despite the notion that spring might come early this year, winter is still going strong for the time being. It’s always smart to be prepared for a snowy situation – but what if your snowmobile needs some repair work? Count on Chemical Concepts to stock the complete snowmobile repair kit you need to get it Read more…
Chemical Concepts has been one of LORD’s wholesale adhesive distributors for over 25 years, so we are extremely proud to announce their most recent milestone: $1 billion in sales! We are LORD’s largest distributor on the East coast, and we are humbled to have helped LORD achieve such a monumental goal. About LORD For over Read more…
At Chemical Concepts, we carry numerous lines of adhesives with a variety of formulations to meet specifications on individual projects. Knowing which adhesives will drive quick production time and lack of waste is imperative to success. Today, we want to break down the four different types of two-component adhesives and what makes each one unique:
One of our favorite things at Chemical Concepts is highlighting our amazing suppliers. One of our largest suppliers, LORD adhesives, brings us innovative technology in each product they produce. Their Signlok 406 adhesive has had resounding success since hitting our shelves; here’s what it can do for you! Signlok 406 is a two-component adhesive system Read more…
At Chemical Concepts, we love hearing about how our products are being used in the working world. Polaris released a video detailing their process of their powersports lines using LORD structural adhesive technology, which we consistently stock. In their video, Polaris details the benefits of structural adhesive bonding over traditional bonding techniques across a wide Read more…
The third type of structural adhesives are known as urethane adhesives. Just like with the two previous types of structural adhesives, urethane adhesives are made up of properties that make it different and stand out from the rest. Urethanes are normally a one component synthetic crystalline compound or ethyl which varies according to chemical structure. Read more…
Acrylic adhesives are a resin-based adhesive that is comprised of methyacrylic polymer which needs a catalyst to cure. This type of adhesive is characterized by having a strong bond to a multitude of substrates, withstanding fluctuations in temperatures ranging from-40°F to 400◦F, resistant to sunlight and solvents that will not exhaust the bond strength on Read more…
At its base level, a structural adhesive is an adhesive that can be used to produce a load-bearing joint. Structural adhesives are most often applied mainly to those within the engineering field where the joints will normally have a lap shear strength that is greater than 1MPa and more commonly, higher than 10MPa. Some of Read more…
Companies who depend on high-quality products to support adhesive and silicone needs in the transportation industry trust the product selections available at Chemical Concepts. In this post, we spotlight a few products that are a perfect fit for various trucking industry needs.
Signs are used to communicate a message to a specific group or the purpose of marketing. Visual graphics are created to display information. Over years sign technology standards have changed and UL is to provide service to illuminated and nonilluminated installed lights and the connection to an electrical supply source. Lord has the perfect adhesives Read more…
Many industrial adhesives will note that they should be used in tandem with a particular accelerator. When bonding acrylic adhesives accelerators speed up the curing process. Whether applying them separately or in a mix ratio, the material creates a strong bond between substrates such as, metals, plastics, glass and some dissimilar substrates. The bond is Read more…
Ultralok 9102 epoxy adhesive is engineered for strong, reliable honeycomb and composite panel bonding with fire safety and thermal resistance.
Cut and drill like wood. Support like steel. Replace heavy, expensive custom metal fabrication with aerospace-grade carbon fiber structural blanks.
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