Overcome assembly challenges with added-value automotive bonding solutions
All ARaymond™ bonding solutions are custom-developed to help you respond to emerging automotive trends like new lightweight materials that are difficult to weld or drill and subject to corrosion when used with other materials. Driverless cars with a large number of safety-critical sensors require reliable, traceable bonding processes. With the emergence of the Factory of the Future (FoF), automated processes will increase, and ARaymond can provide the appropriate specialized bonding equipment.
ARaymond™ invisible bonded fastening solutions can expand vehicle design possibilities and help manufacturers move their vehicles upmarket, one of today’s key trends.
ARaymond brings 20 years of experience developing fastening solutions for glazing applications and offers a full range of high-performance bonded-fastener solutions engineered for all interior and exterior automotive glass surfaces, from windshields and rear windows to sunroofs and side glass.
ARaymond™ bonding solutions are ideal for automotive glass, offering a flexible solution leveraging solid adhesive tablets or beads for a clean, drip-free working environment. Fast curing improves logistics on the shop floor by eliminating the need to move and store curing stock and bonding can be completed on or off the assembly line before or after autoclaving.
Lightweight materials—carbon fiber reinforced polymer, strengthened steel, aluminum, and magnesium alloys—are steadily making their way into today’s cars. With these new materials come new assembly challenges. ARaymond™ bonding solutions are ideal for assembling add-on elements onto lightweight structural components without compromising or altering the structural integrity of these next-generation materials. Our bonding solutions ensure watertightness and eliminate corrosion at the interface between two incompatible materials. Thanks to quick curing the bonded fasteners can be mounted from a variety of positions (horizontal, vertical, inverted).
Our bonding solutions eliminate corrosion at the interface between two incompatible materials. The fasteners are watertight and without drill holes, doing away with leaks. They are also easy to mount from a variety of positions (horizontal, vertical, inverted).
Bonding trim onto car body components must respond to two requirements: strength and aesthetics. ARaymond has developed an ingenious solution that meets both: bonded clips are directly pre-mounted on the trim, which can then be easily mounted onto the car body.
ARaymond™ bonding solutions also allow more flexibility in the design of trim for pillars, roofs, doors, appliqués, spoilers, bumpers, and fenders. This ready-to-assemble and invisible solution offers a perfect A-surface. And, because it is compact, packaging and shipping are more efficient and cost effective.
Broad, deep engineering know-how
ARaymond draws upon know-how in chemical, mechanical, and industrial engineering to design, develop, and implement complete automotive bonding solutions for OEMs, Tiers, and glassmakers. Our expertise encompasses our proprietary patented adhesives, processes, and equipment. From adhesives to turnkey bonding units on your production line, you can count on ARaymond for end-to-end solutions and service.
Our experts formulate and produce TechBond™PUR, a range of thermoreactive polyurethane adhesives offering unique properties.
Excellent structural performance
TechBond™PUR is suitable for bonding parts that are subjected to constant or heavy strain (performance > 10 MPa after aging*).
*Tension and shear, TechBond™ adhesive on glass – Internal test, results available upon request
Immediate hold and very fast curing
With TechBond™PUR, there is no curing stock to move or manage. Assembly and/or quality control is possible after just a few minutes and enables online bonding as well as bonding on vertical or inverted surfaces.
Clean, precise, and easy to implement in the plant
Our adhesive comes in solid tablet or bead form and is dry to the touch and inactive at ambient temperature. It allows for custom dosing and easy automation with mechanical distribution.
The Pick&Bond™ bonding process requires two specific machines that can be used to bond parts of any shape: a machine to heat the part that is to be bonded, and another one to mechanically dispense exactly the amount of adhesive required.
This compact, reliable equipment is easy to integrate into your manufacturing environment and is flexible enough to allow different parts to be bonded using the same equipment. All bonding parameters are fully controlled for a guaranteed reliable, repeatable bonding process.
Pearl Dosing Device
The patented Pearl Dosing Device (PDD) guarantees precise positioning of TechBond™PUR adhesive pearls for automated bonding processes.
PDD, new to the ARaymond™ bonding solutions lineup, is a fully-automated piece of equipment designed by our engineering team to take the benefits of our Pick&Bond™ process to new levels: Pearls dosing takes less than 5 seconds for throughput of millions of parts per year and adapts to any part shape.
The tool insert is specifically designed to correspond to part geometry by adjusting the position of the pearls.
A wide range of bonded fasteners
ARaymond™ bonding solutions are the perfect complement to ARaymond’s long-standing expertise engineering and manufacturing automotive fasteners. ARaymond™ bonding solutions are complete assembly solutions combining a high-performance adhesive with a broad range of ready-to-bond fasteners. Choose from standard and custom-engineered solutions to meet your unique needs.
