Materials

Materials and Processes

The chemistry of a material formulation greatly affects the dispensing machine design. Additives such as fillers, catalysts and solvents are very common components of the final polymer formulation and further influence the final machine. Liquid Control knows how to design a dispensing machine right from the start, taking in all the characteristics of most any material formulation. Once the machine is designed, we can then optimize a process that delivers the one- or multiple -component material exactly as it needs to be.

Typical chemistries and formulations we have standard solutions for include:

Silicone Polymer

Thermal compounds
Liquid injection, fluoropolymers
Release coatings
Optically clear polymers
Gels
Filled RT cure potting compounds, mold making silicones, primerless adhesives and sealants, caulks, conductive compounds, and platinum catalysts

Amine cure
Anhydride, heat cure
Thermally conductive
Low-cost filled potting materials
High-purity optical encapsulants
Silver-filled conductive, UV cure, and lightweight syntactics

Flexible foams and elastomers
Rigid foams and elastomers
Optically clear elastomers
Filled polyols
UV cure elastomers
Polyester prepolymers, polyether prepolymers, solid curatives, spray elastomers, and insulation foam

Filled resin
UV cure
Fast cure adhesives

Water thin to paste viscosities
Ratios from 1:1 to over 100:1
Room temperature processing to over 100°C
Vacuum degassing less that 1 Torr
Abrasive filled materials, shots from micro liters to hundreds of kilograms, flow rates from <0.01 grams/sec to over 2 liters/sec, injection, pour, spray, robotic material dispensing

Polyester/styrene
Lubricants
Fluxes
Reagents
Oils