Dymax Corporation
Dymax pioneered the development of UV curing aerobic and surface activated solvent-free adhesives in the 1980's. We customize adhesives and formulate solutions to meet our customers' specific application requirements. Our chemistry lab is a constant source of innovation in adhesive technology. This dedication to adhesive chemistry has allowed Dymax to provide manufacturers with the most advanced structural adhesives that increase both productivity and product quality.
Process Engineering Expertise
With a working knowledge of both adhesives and equipment, our Tech Service Center is well equipped to solve the most complex assembly problems. Our solutions increase productivity, saving you time and money. Our team of technical engineers will find the best solution for your application. We suggest assembly ideas and work with you to achieve the quality and productivity you demand.
Equipment Design
If your process requires light curing, Dymax is your source. Whether you're just starting to investigate UV/visible technology, are already using UV in your assembly process or are in high UV production mode, Dymax manufactures a complete line of UV curing systems. We offer spot wand lamps for hand-held or automated curing of small areas, flood lamps for large area curing and conveyors for high-speed, in-line production. All Dymax UV curing equipment systems are perfectly matched with Dymax adhesives to optimize your assembly process and save you money.
Optical Bonding and Mounting
Dymax offers a complete line of high performance UV/visible light curing optical adhesives for industrial, commercial, medical, military, aerospace and electro-optical products. With a library of over 2,000 formulations, we can match resin characteristics to particular applications needs. Our 20 years of experience in this industry has led to a superior product-line of adhesives, applicators and UV curing sources. We specialize in high volume support.
Metal Bonding
Dymax Multi-Cure® adhesives for metal bonding are one-part, activator cured, structural adhesives which have a fixture time of less than 30 seconds. Their rapid setting time makes them ideal to replace slower setting adhesives, cured by heat or solvent evaporation. The structural strength of these materials makes them a cost-effective alternative to spot welding, brazing, and mechanical fasteners. All structural bonding products are solvent-free and are available in a range of viscosities from very thin liquids to non-migrating gels/pastes. This viscosity range allows you to choose the product form which optimizes your assembly process.
Plastic and Glass Bonding
Dymax Light Weld® adhesives for glass and plastics are transparent, high clarity, and UV curing in less than 5 seconds. These solvent-free adhesives are designed to bond a wide variety of transparent materials, materials with different characteristics, and similar and dissimilar substrates. The high clarity provides an invisible bond line, making it a cost effective alternative to optical cements.
Tacking, Potting, and Encapsulating
Multi-Cure and Light Weld adhesives for encapsulation can replace tapes, shrink tubing, and slower setting adhesives. For tacking, we designed an adhesive that is environmentally resistant and structurally permanent in nature. Our non-migrating tacking adhesives can cure in less than 3 seconds. In potting applications, our fast curing UV adhesives can replace slower setting materials resulting in increased productivity. We offer a range of viscosities formulated for electrical, electronic, and industrial grade applications.
Coating
Our one-part UV coatings replace slower setting heat-cure, solvent-based, or mixed coatings and cure in less than 5 seconds. Light Weld solvent-free coatings eliminate waiting time for solvents to evaporate and solvent emissions to vent. Line speeds of up to 6 feet to 12 feet per minute are possible using high intensity UV lights.
Medical Disposable Device Adhesives
Specifically for the worldwide medical device manufacturing market, Dymax formulates and manufactures USP Class VI and ISO 10993 approved UV/visible light curing adhesives. The MD 1000 Series adhesives absorb both visible and UV light, which results in faster curing and the ability to cure through UV blocked plastics. These adhesives also fluoresce under low intensity "black light", which permits manual or automated in-line inspection of assembled products without delay. For materials that are opaque or difficult to bond, such as latex and polyolefins, Dymax offers two lines of MEDI-CURE cyanoacrylates for all of your bonding needs.