Induction curing made easy - Using curie particles

Abstract

Commonly used adhesives for glued-in rods in timber engineering, cold curing two-component (2K) epoxies or polyurethanes, only harden relatively slowly (usually in hours to days), which is magnitudes of times longer than mechanical fastening. Additional constraints arise from the fact that they usually necessitate some minimum temperature so that polymerisation can take place. Induction heating was investigated in the light of two timber engineering applications, glued-in glass fibre reinforced rods in timber, and timber-glass structures