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Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC Announces SAE Qualified Aircraft Sealant That Is 35% Lighter
WS 8031 Qualified to SAE Industry Specification AMS3281D Type 3
| Source: Royal Adhesives and Sealants, LLC
SOUTH BEND, IN--(Marketwire - September 21, 2009) - Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC announced
today that its WS 8031 Light Weight manganese dioxide cured polysulfide
aircraft sealant is the first sealant to be fully qualified to SAE
International's aerospace material AMS3281D type 3 Class B aircraft fuel
tank sealant specification.
WS 8031 aircraft sealant is manufactured at Royal Adhesives and Sealants
Wilmington, CA facility, which is certified to the AS 9100, ISO 9001/2000
and AS7200/1 NADCAP quality systems requirements.
Ted Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Royal, commented: "WS 8031 is a low
density, sealant with a specific gravity of less than 1.05 or a 35% weight
savings over traditional aerospace sealants. The weight savings we have
achieved with WS 8031 are significant and will allow aircraft designers to
meet important weight reduction targets without sacrificing sealant
performance. As an example a fighter jet that uses between 25 to 30 gallons
of sealant for fuel tank and pressure sealing in production would achieve a
weight savings of between 100 to 150lbs."
AMS3281D qualified aircraft sealants are used on the most advanced military
aircraft and in addition to saving weight have outstanding resistance to
aviation gasoline and jet fuel, as well as resistance to chemicals and
petroleum products common to the aircraft industry and offers excellent
flexibility and bond strength to most metal substrates like aluminum,
stainless steel, steel, advanced composites and many coatings under
extremes of temperature, weathering and stress.
Jeff Swindells, Product Manager Aerospace Sealants, also commented: "Royal
continues to lead the market in the development of advanced light weight
aircraft sealants and is the first company to be fully qualified to all
three lightweight types called out in the AMS3281D specification with WS
8030 qualified to Type 1 and WS 8032 qualified to Type 2 and now WS 8031 to
Type 3."
Royal Adhesives and Sealants, Wilmington, CA division, is focused on
serving both domestic and international clients in the aerospace and
defense market and is a leading manufacturer and marketer of polysulfide
sealants and electrical potting compounds for aerospace, defense and marine
applications and specialty epoxy coatings for industrial maintenance
applications.
High performance adhesives, sealants, encapsulants, potting compounds, and
mirror mastics make up the Royal Adhesives & Sealants product mix. These
high performance products are used in a variety of markets including
aerospace and defense, assembly, automotive and recreational vehicle,
electrical/electronic, filter, marine, and general industrial. The company
also offers a broad spectrum of thermosetting epoxy and urethane,
solvent-based, and water-based technologies to meet the most demanding
adhesive and sealant applications.
About Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC
Royal Adhesives and Sealants are a manufacturer and marketer of industrial
adhesives and sealants, commercial roofing adhesives and mirror mastics.
Royal manufactures both solvent-based and water-based adhesives and
sealants that are packaged in a variety of packages including totes, drums,
pails, cartridges and foil wrapped sausages.
For more information please visit www.royaladhesives.com