Better Product Quality & Increased Reliability with LOCTITE E-20HP

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Situation:

A manufacturer of high-performance hockey equipment was looking for a more reliable solution to bond hockey stick blades to shaft assemblies.

Substrates: Carbon fiber || Carbon fiber

Challenges:

While using a competition adhesive they noticed that:

It does not provide required high assembly strength
Inconsistent adhesive quality led to blade bonding failures
Unreliable delivery of the product delays production

Solutions:

The manufacturer post discussion with the Henkel solutions expert decided to test LOCTITE E-20HP epoxy adhesive to bond carbon fiber blades to shafts. Post sanding and cleaning, LOCTITE E-20HP was applied to the inside surface of the shaft assembly and outer surface of the blade assembly, post which the parts were pressed together.

Post testing it was found that the assembly bonded with LOCTITE delivered better strength than the assembly bonded with the previous

Results:

Bonding with LOCTITE E-20HP:

Increases reliability of the hockey sticks by delivering better performance, higher strength and consistent quality
Improved product quality met customer product performance expectations
Ensure no concerns with local adhesive availability