Feb 10, 2020. Are you using a dual-cure adhesive for your active alignment applications? Dual-cure adhesives cure with both UV and heat so that one can fix the alignment with UV and then fully cure the adhesive with heat. With A1855-TX, we increased the depth of cure in the UV step to 750 microns. ACW’s Read More…
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A Dual-Cure (UV or heat) Epoxy Adhesive that Blocks UV, Visible, and Near IR Light
Jan 22, 2020 ACW Dual-Cure epoxy adhesives are cured by either UV light or heat, and it sounds as if a light-blocking Dual-Cure epoxy might not be possible. But, that’s not the case. A1708-FT is a Dual-Cure epoxy adhesive that blocks almost all light, even into the near IR. If you are trying to cure Read More…
ACW’s UV-Snap Cure Epoxies
Are you assembling temperature-sensitive components with shaded regions? If so, your choices of adhesives are limited. For your demanding applications, ACW offers UV-Snap Cure epoxies, adhesives developed for optoelectronics, electronics and semi-conductor packaging where the parts are opaque or have shaded areas and the components are temperature sensitive. UV-Snaps are one-component epoxies that are room Read More…
Low Temperature Dual Cure Epoxies (UV or heat)
ACW offers lines of Dual Cure epoxies that can be cured with either UV or heat to obtain high Tg epoxies with excellent reliability performance. All of the dual cure epoxies have room temperature pot lives (or working lives) of three days or more and shelf lives of several months when stored under appropriate conditions. Read More…
Low Outgas Adhesives
Several ACW products qualify as low outgas adhesives against the MIL-STD 883/5011, and Telcordia GR-1221 standards. If you are looking for a low outgas adhesive for your application, see the list of products on the Low Outgas page or contact us directly to discuss your application. ACW does not include solvents in any adhesive formulation, Read More…