Method for reducing freeze-thaw voids in incured adhesives

• Main Author: WYATT DEREK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.10.2006
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DYES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STORING; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WEAPONS

A method for reducing the level of freeze-thaw voids in an uncured adhesive subjected to freezing and thawing comprises storing the adhesive in a container in which the walls of the container are a thermoplastic material and have been thinned and roughened.