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Integrated Solutions | 13Handwerker, who holds a PhD in chemistry, continues:“After university, I didn’t even think about the adhesiveindustry as a possible employer. And I think it’s the samefor most engineers, too; using adhesives is somehow seenas second best, something to be avoided,” he explains.This is of course completely unjustified, according to Frischand Handwerker, who almost seem like missionaries for theadhesive cause during this lunch-time interview, their zealhardly allowing them to finish their meals.Standard or tailor made?They might have a point, as a look around the Henkeltest centre in Munich demonstrates. Just behindthe entrance there is a showcase displaying avariety of items produced with the use ofadhesives: Loudspeakers, syringes andinfusion bottles to name just a few. Thecentre in Munich is one of the placeswhere Loctite ® specialists conductthe research that Handwerkerand Frisch referred to during theinterview.Frisch points to a differentialgear in one of the rooms andexplains: “This is a project we’vebeen working on for more thana year. A customer from theautomotive industry wanted usto find an adhesive solution forputting together the parts of thisdifferential.” This is one of the benefitsof working for Henkel: Finding andtesting solutions is a service that Henkeloffers as a support to customers in theirdevelopment process.conditions. Applying the products prevents fretting andcorrosion, minimises costly breakdowns and extendsservice life. Appropriate dispensing equipment is availablefor manual as well as other application jobs in the workshop.And should there be problems: the local sales engineer isjust a phone call away.Product applications can be found in a wide range ofindustries. Special packages have been developed forapplications on pump, centrifuge, power plant, shaft and,last but not least, water treatment which by all accounts willbe one of the growth industries of the 21st century.Is there further room for development when it comes to theuse of industrial adhesives? Silly question: “Of course thereis,” says Handwerker. “This is a relatively new technologyand we have just scratched the surface of what’s possible.”This sentence almost exactly echoes a statement madeby his colleague featured in the first issue of this magazineabout the Tear Down Centre. There, an interdisciplinaryteam of specialists looks at each component of a finishedproduct to see whether the value of the product can beenhanced or the cost of manufacturing can be reduced.All these efforts help to spread the word about the powerof adhesives and sealants.But finding or creating the right product is only thefirst step; the second step is applying and dispensingthe product in the right manner. This is the area thatFrisch specialises in. “We offer a large variety of standardequipment, both for manual and automatic dispensing,” hesays. Again, the Loctite ® engineers work on a problem untilthey have come up with a solution that will stand the finaltest of continuous use on an assembly line or in a factoryworkshop. “If no combination of standard equipment willdo, we have a team responsible for designing tailor-madesolutions,” Frisch continues.One of the advantages of being the market leader for sucha long time is the wealth of experience and know-how theteam in Munich has accumulated. The customer gets theright product and the appropriate dispensing equipment allin one, which leads to very user friendly solutions.The omnipresent customer need to cut costs is very muchon the minds of the Loctite ® crew in Munich. Loctite ®adhesives offer benefits not only in manufacturing, butalso for maintenance and repair. Loctite ® engineers havedeveloped solutions that emphasise prevention rather thanrepair. A good example for this strategy is the gearboxand shaft package they have assembled: a range of morethan 20 products developed to perform under extremeat work | no. 2/09