Connector Cleaners, Sealants & Adhesives
Connectors, along with their manufacturing processes and applications, often require environmentally friendly specialty cleaners, sealants, and adhesives. Cleaners have multiple applications for the removal of organic contaminates and debris during the manufacturing processes such as stamping, plating and assembly. Adhesives are used for mechanical joining while sealants are used for protection from gasses, liquids, and solids. The chemical systems used to accomplish this must be compatible with all of the other materials used and must adhere to strict safety, health, and environmental regulations.
APEX can help to select, specify, or custom formulate specialty cleaners, sealants, and adhesives to meet product requirements and increase reliability.
Why Apex:
- Improve product performance and reliability
- Utilize hands-on R&D and manufacturing experience
- Gain independent and impartial feedback
- Draw on years of knowledgeable experience
Apex can help provide:
- Selection of commercially available cleaners, sealants and adhesives
- Compatibility with plastic housings and base metals
- Product design recommendations
- Application-specific proprietary cleaner, sealant, and adhesive formulations
- Cleaner, sealant and adhesive application techniques
- Adherence to safety, health, and environmental regulations
Examples of Apex Cleaner, Sealant, and Adhesive Recommendations:
- Provided a custom sealant formulation for a product to pass the Telecordia specification
- Environmentally sealed an automotive connector
- Specified a gel sealant for a field-installed, outside-plant enclosure
- Stipulated a UV cured adhesive for a PCB application
- Replacement of chlorinated cleaning and ozone-depleting solvents