Epoxy resin, also known as polyepoxides, has excellent insulation properties for the adhesiveness of materials and thermosetting plastics as well. Due to its excellent adhesiveness, they are widely used for construction, maintenance, home repairs, and they also serve many similar purposes in the metal industries.
Let's understand how epoxy resins play an integral role in these industries.
Epoxy is used for painting and coating purposes. It provides an excellent finish and protection to the surface where they are applied.
Epoxy paint coating has:
Good paint and color retention
Non-slippery properties
Weather and impact resistance
Chemical-resistance
Decent heat resistance and electrical insulation
These properties make epoxy resin, the first choice to be used for the finishing of showroom floors, kitchens, hospitals, factories, restaurants, garages, factories, warehouses, schools, and hotels.
Because of their powerful bonding properties, Polyepoxides are widely used to join objects. They join permanently to materials like concrete, wood, glass, plastic, and metals like (like copper, iron, steel, and aluminum), Polyepoxides are known as super-glue, because they provide strong bond to materials.
An epoxy coating works as a primer to protect the paint on automobiles and boats from corrosion. Epoxy coating is also used over metal cans and containers, in order to protect them from rusting, especially when such containers are used for packing acidic foods.
Epoxy casting, another type of epoxy, is used to mold various materials to give them different shapes and sizes. Due to its heat resistance properties, they provide a strong bond with fine finishing.
Epoxies possess unique properties like; excellent structural strength, superior insulation performance, and sealing performance. Because of these reasons, epoxy resins are widely used for high and low voltage electrical appliances and electronic materials.
Other common uses of polyepoxides in the electrical industry are:
Electrical and electronic resins are stock shapes, bonding agents, greases, thermal interface substances, tapes, potting compounds, and electrically conductive materials used for various applications for elements such as; electrical, electronic, and semiconductor.
Because of its superior performance for molding compounds, they are widely popular for semiconductors.
Some products where electrical and electronic epoxy resins are used are printed circuit boards (PCBs), generators, circuit breakers, motor assemblies, military specifications (MIL-SPEC), transformers, and aerospace applications.
Another type of epoxy resin that manufacturers provide is for engineering plastics. Epoxy laminated plastic, epoxy resin molding compounds, and foam plastics are used to engineer plastics and components at high pressure.
Epoxies also serve a great purpose in our daily life and are used for crafting jewelry, gifts, toys, photo frames.
Polyepoxides also serve a great purpose in the civil engineering industry where they are used in epoxy mortar, on roads, concrete products, airport runways, preservative floors, fast repairing of materials, etc.
