Leading Navy vessel contractors rely on Master Bond custom structural adhesives, sealants, coatings, and potting/encapsulation compounds for challenging requirements. These unique compositions were developed to ensure dependable, reliable, consistent, flawless performance under severe operational conditions. They can be employed for new construction, maintenance/repair and upgrading Navy ships. Products meet stringent quality control standards and augment design flexibility for engineers.
Advanced adhesive systems can be manually or automatically dispensed and offer exceptional bond strength between properly prepared similar/dissimilar substrates. This includes fiber reinforced plastics, glass reinforced plastics, composites, ceramics, rubber, metals such as steel aluminum alloys, copper alloys, tin, zinc, and titanium. Our compounds can be used in applications involving exposure to:
- Salt water
- Salt spray
- Solar radiation
- Strong winds
- High/low temperatures
- Deep water waves
- Rip currents
- Torrential rains
- Storm surges
- Freezing spray
- Tropical storms
- Wet-freeze-thaw cycles
Most significantly our environmentally friendly epoxy products provide remarkable protection from corrosion. They can be used for a wide variety of parts, components, sub-systems, systems for ocean-going combatant and noncombatant ships. Some potential examples range from pumps, connectors, heat exchangers, flow monitoring devices to rugged computer displays, audible alarms, generators, filters, material handling systems.
Additionally cutting-edge electronic grade Master Bond compounds can be employed in crucial applications for numerous kinds of sophisticated electronic equipment. These encompass electronic systems for:
- Communication
- Navigation
- Machinery control
- Command and Control
- Power distribution
- Weapon control
- Surveillance
- Combat control
- Detection
- Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
- Air cooling
- Reconnaissance
- Signal processing
- Tactical control
- Data distribution
- Computing network
- Sonar
Many Master Bond products possess the following major properties:
- Durability
- Toughness
- Low shrinkage
- Dimensional stability
- Watertight sealing between substrates
- Fill large gaps
- Fast processing speeds
- Weight reduction for materials being joined
- Even distribution of stress
- Enhanced load bearing capacity
- Thermal stability
- Longevity of bonds
- Flame retardancy
- Low coefficient of thermal expansion
- Excellent tensile strength
- Thermal and electrical conductivity
- Strength retention after combined stress, moisture, temperature exposure
- Extraordinary peel, shear, compressive strength
- Exceptional dielectric strength
They are resistant to:
- High shock
- Vibration
- Impact
- Temperature fluctuations
- Oils and fuels
- Fatigue
- Forces
- Pressure
- Stress
- Harsh chemicals
- Abrasives
- Wear
- Erosion
The types of Navy ships that can utilize Master Bond products are:
- Aircraft carriers
- Amphibious assault ships
- Mine warfare ships
- Dock landing ships
- Cruisersv
- Amphibious transport docks
- Littoral combat ships
- Coastal patrol ships
- Submarines
- Hospital ships
Master Bond can contribute to help produce Navy ships that are lighter in weight, consume less fuel, have improved mobility, maneuverability, speed, survivability, damage control while reducing life-cycle costs. These materials have been instrumental as technologies have evolved and missions for the Navy fleet have changed.