Press Photos

A silicone pad (shown here in blue) is used for printing on sensitive components. Room-temperature-vulcanizing silicone rubber grades are elastic and exhibit considerable rebound resilience, making them suitable for producing these kinds of transfer pads.

Oven-door gasket made of room-temperature-vulcanizing silicone rubber. Because they are elastic, resist heat and offer good adhesion, high-con-sistency silicone rubber compounds are frequently used in the domestic and kitchen appliances industries.

GENIOSIL^® XL 70 is a new water scavenger developed by Munich-based WACKER for silane-curing adhesive and sealant formulations. It is particularly suitable for low-odor, liquid waterproofing systems.

An airbag coated with WACKER silicones. The new Airbag Competence Center of Excellence in Silicones (ACES) in Tsukuba (Japan) will develop and test products for local airbag manufacturers and their suppliers.

Tightly packed semiconductor components, such as IGBTs, in motor controllers and LED packages can become very hot. Such components are mounted on heat sinks to prolong their lifetime. The new thermally conductive SEMICOSIL^® 975 TC silicone adhesive from WACKER bonds the parts mechanically and ensures optimum heat transfer.