 Nadine Blaesing Dymax Corp. Market Segment Manager Visit Website |
Nadine Blaesing is the market segment manager, Europe, for Dymax. She has more than 12 years of experience selling adhesives and providing technical assistance to the medical device market. Although she began her career as an applications engineer in Europe, and later in the United States, Blaesing eventually transitioned into marketing while keeping her focus on the medical device industry. Dymax specializes in the manufacture of light-curable adhesives, cyanoacrylates, epoxies, light-emitting curing equipment, and dispensing systems.
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Adhesives and Epoxies Q&A
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I would like to know the best adhesive to use in our cannula and metal wire bonding processes. The details are as follows: For bonding the stainless cannula to polycarbonate, we need a wicking-grade adhesive with black-light confirmation possible. For bonding stainless wire to ABS/polycarbonate, we need a thicker adhesive for potting a wire into a slot in the plastic part. The wire is 0.010 to 0.021 in. in diameter and fits into a 0.025-in. slot. Finally, for bonding nitinol wire to ABS/polycarbonate, we need a thicker adhesive for potting a wire into a slot in the plastic part. The wire is 0.010 to 0.021 in. in diameter and fits into a 0.025-in. slot.Answered July 19th, 2011 by Expert:I would suggest that you start trials with the Dymax 1180-M family. This series of products cures with UV and visible light, fluoresces for quality purposes, and is available in several viscosities. The adhesives are designed for bonding metal cannulae or wires into plastic parts made of polycarbonate, ABS, or other plastics.
For your first application, I would recommend 1180-M-UR, which has a nominal wicking-grade viscosity of 150 cp and fluoresces bright red.
For applications 2 and 3, Dymax 1180-M-T-UR could be a good candidate, with a nominal viscosity of 6,000 cp. This product also fluoresces red.