Advanced thread locking adhesive technology

在过去的十年里，螺纹锁定胶粘剂的消费量一直在快速增长。这类材料的全球市场从2008年的1.6亿美元增长到2014年的4.2亿美元，增幅超过250%，年总增长率超过20%。目前在北美使用的螺纹锁定产品是溶剂型产品，对环境有影响。尽管溶剂型胶粘剂是一个成熟的市场，但人们对新的环保型水性胶粘剂有着很大的兴趣，这种配方可以在降低成本的情况下提高性能。 在多伦多大学，我们建议开发一系列新型水基锁线粘合剂配方，以消除对有机溶剂的需求。该项目融合了微胶囊技术、聚合物化学和材料科学的前沿概念。与竞争对手的商用溶剂型产品相比，此类产品的成本将大幅降低。我们的新型锁线胶粘剂材料在紧固件涂布机中的使用将更加经济。这种性能的改进可以通过应用较少的微胶囊树脂或引发剂来实现相同的规格，从而为最终用户估计节省45%的成本 可用的产品。该项目将推进线程锁定技术的现状，并扩大我们行业合作伙伴的业务范围。我们的新型封装材料有望在汽车、建筑、风力发电、船舶和航空航天等行业的紧固件生产中得到广泛应用。 我们的行业合作伙伴，PHST科技加拿大有限公司，是北美市场上提供高质量汽车紧固件的领导者，拥有20多年的经验。PHSTS在与东亚，特别是台湾的主要国际供应商合作方面的专业知识，巩固了其在汽车行业的角色。PHST还在国际上设计和安装了超过15家冷箔紧固件工厂。由于其对紧固件行业的长期贡献，PHST已获得《Faster World》杂志和台湾紧固件协会的认可。PHST拥有技术诀窍和营销渠道，可以有效地实施这项技术，增强其在全球市场的竞争力。该项目的成功完成将使我们的行业合作伙伴能够增聘多达10名员工，并在未来5年增加100多万美元的收入。PHST已经在安大略省确定了20多家制造工厂，这些工厂将受益于根据这一研究项目开发的产品和程序。此外，PHST与安大略省的两家主要公司进行了初步讨论，表示有兴趣评估我们的新产品并推出 把它们带到汽车行业。

The consumption of thread locking adhesives has been growing rapidly over the past decade. The global market for this type of materials has increased by more than 250% from $160 million in 2008 to $420 million in 2014 with an aggregate annual growth rate of more than 20%. Thread locking products currently used in North America are solvent-based and are of environmental concern. Although solvent-based adhesives is a mature market, there is a significant appetite for new environmentally friendly water-based formulation with improved performance at a reduced cost. At the University of Toronto, we propose to develop a range of novel water-based thread locking adhesive formulations that eliminate the need for organic solvents. This project integrates leading edge concepts in microencapsulation technology, polymer chemistry, and material science. Such products will offer a significant cost reduction compared to competing commercial solvent-based products. Our novel thread locking adhesive materials will be more economic to use in fastener coating machines. This improvement in performance can translate to an estimated 45% cost saving for the end users by applying a lower amount of micro encapsulated resins or initiators to achieve the same specifications compared to the available products. This project will advance the current state of thread locking technology and expand the business offering of our industry partner. Our novel encapsulating materials are expected to find widespread applications in the production of fasteners for the automotive, construction, wind power, marine and aerospace industries. Our industry partner, PHST Tech Canada Ltd., is a leader in supplying high quality automotive fasteners in the North American market with over 20 years of experience. PHSTs expertise in working with major international suppliers in East Asia, specifically Taiwan, has solidified its role in the automotive industry. PHST has also designed and installed over 15 cold foiling fastener factories, internationally. For its longstanding contributions to the fastener industry, PHST has been recognized by the Fasters World Magazine and the Taiwan Fastener's Association. PHST has the technological know-how and marketing channels to effectively implement this technology and enhance its competitiveness in the global market. Successful completion of this project will allow our industry partner to hire up to 10 additional employees and to increase its revenue by more than $1 M over the next 5 years. PHST has already identified more than 20 manufacturing facilities in Ontario who will benefit from products and procedures that will be developed under this research project. In addition, PHST had preliminary discussions with two major Ontario companies that expressed their interest in evaluating our novel products and introducing them to the automotive industry.