Adhesive Rivals Epoxy Performance
New SCIGRIP® SG5000 methacrylate adhesive technology from IPS Corporation, produces high performance structural bonding for composites and metals that rival traditional two-part epoxy adhesives. SCIGRIP SG5000 can be used to bond polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy and gel coated composites as well as most metals and thermoplastics with little or no surface preparation or priming.

The easy-to-use two part adhesive is applied at a 1:1 adhesive/ activator mix ratio and can be dispensed manually with cartridges or with meter-mix equipment. Three different SCIGRIP SG5000 series adhesives are available with working times of 3, 6 and 13 minutes. The adhesives will room temperature cure with fixture times as fast as six minutes.

Engineers, designers and material managers have chosen SCIGRIP SG5000 for structural bonding applications for bus, truck, rail, wind energy, military and numerous product assembly applications where strength and reliability are required.

Substrates bonded with the adhesive exhibit exceptional properties including: tensile strengths greater than 4,500 psi, lap shear strengths greater than 2,900 psi and tensile modulus greater than 136,000 psi. Parts bonded with this adhesive offer excellent chemical and corrosion resistance and will perform under severe thermal excursions.

In addition, the fast and hard curing beads allow sanding and painting of exposed surfaces.

SCIGRIP SG5000 adhesives are available in a variety of convenient packages, ranging from syringes, dual component 50 and 400 ml cartridges, as well as bulk containers (5 and 50 gallon) for application with meter-mix dispense equipment.

For more information, contact Karen Brock-Amoah, SCIGRIP Americas, 600 Ellis Road, Durham, NC 27703, 919- 598-2400, Fax: 919-598-2439, E-mail: info@scigripamericas.com, Web: www.scigrip.com.