Aerospace
Materials used in the aerospace industry have to withstand often adverse operating conditions on a continuous basis. Low pressures, high and low temperatures, rapid changes of temperature and pressure, intense radiation – WACKER silicones can withstand all of these because their property profile is tailored to each application.
Benefits:
- Minimal outgassing rates and hence no delamination under outer-space conditions
- High radiation resistance
- Full retention of elasticity down to the glass transition temperature at below -100 °C
- Dissipation of thermomechanical stress by virtue of silicones’ characteristic flexibility
Applications:
- Lamination of the solar assembly to the support structure for the solar array wing
- Antistatic bonding of satellite components that are particularly susceptible to electrostatic charging
Benefits:
- Outstanding permanent flexibility
- Specialty grades are thermally stable from -30 to +250 °C
- Exceptional resistance to fluids, the elements, and UV radiation
- Very good molding and surface reproduction
Applications:
- Sealing profiles for aircraft windows
- Abradable coating in jet engines
- Bonded joints and seals in the sanitary, galley and cabin areas
- Tool and auxiliary material in the production of composites for ventilation systems and the cabin interior
