Environmental sustainability

Dekalin believes in taking responsibility. Our planet is our only home and they feel it deserves protection. Consequently, one of their priorities is to continue making products more environmentally sustainable and to provide their customers solutions to reduce the emission of solvents. The DEKASYL MS product range for bonding and sealing is already free of solvents and isocyanates. Beside, they introduced a more environmental and user friendly adhesion promotor (DEKAVATOR 22NF). Next wish is developing a solvent or VOC free DEKASEAL 8936. Also in respect to environmental sustainability Dekalin developed DEKASYL MS-6 elastic sealant and adhesive.

compensation of component tolerances, no visible joining elements, no weakening of the substrates due to drill holes and designers of RV´s have more freedom in the selection of materials. More and more focus is on lighter weight constructions and materials, also promoted by the current and future use of electrical cars and RV’s. When we speak about light weight materials, such as aluminium and plastics, aluminium is a very good substrate to bond. In general the DEKASYL products have a very strong adhesion on aluminium after cleaning with DEKACLEAN ULTRA. Depending on the type of aluminium an adhesion promotor (DEKAVATOR 22 NF) might be necessary to achieve a good bond. Bonding and sealing of commonly used plastics in the RV market like ABS, ASA, PMMA and PC is another story. In general an adhesion promoter is required, but Dekalin still note that there are differences in quality and therefore different adhesion results on parts. For this reason they advice the repair aftermarket to clean with DEKACLEAN ULTRA, sand the plastic and use DEKAVATOR 22 NF. Then the end user makes sure to have a safe bond. For their RV OEM and OES customers, Dekalin conducts a series of adhesion tests in their laboratory, so they can advice the right product and the right pre-treatment. To meet the growing challenge of varying adhesion to substrates, they have developed the DEKASYL MS-6, an answer to save costs and contribute to environmental sustainability. This solution saves time, money and reduces the use of adhesion promoters and solvents at the same time. Like the other DEKASYL products, it is a moisture curing product based on MS-Polymer technology with similar technical features, but the additional advantage is that it has an excellent adhesion without special pre-treatment (only cleaning) on almost all substrates including most (and the already mentioned) plastics (except PE, PP, PTFE).

“We are already supplying DEKASYL MS-6 to 4 major RV manufacturers in Germany,” says Twan van Zutphen, Sales and Product Manager. “Reason for their use of DEKASYL MS-6 is the excellent adhesion on their substrates including difficult to bond substrates, saving on their current pre-treatment step(s) and in the end also saving production time and costs. Another feature of DEKASYL MS-6 is that it is mould resistant and can be used in sanitary rooms.”

Although the properties of DEKASYL MS-6 are more like a sealant, it can also be used as an adhesive in case there are no high forces on the bond. It is expected that new lightweight plastics and composites will be used in future and Dekalin believes that DEKASYL MS-6 can meet the challenge to realize a good adhesion on these new materials! More info on www.dekalin.com or send an email to info@dinol.com