Marine Sealants & Adhesives
The harshest conditions demand the strongest adhesives.
Good bonds last.
Sabre leads the way in bonding and sealant technology.
And the journey starts with you.
Many of our product breakthroughs come directly from our work with customers who need unique solutions for specific needs. Our intelligent and innovative products are the result of close collaboration with our customers. This is what sets Sabre apart.
We start with an extensive audit process to better understand the challenges and problems we need to solve. Our technical team then formulate, prototype, test and analyse each product thoroughly before recommending only the best solutions, backed by the latest technologies.
Sabre’s relentless focus on innovation fuels a continuous drive to redefine adhesive technology. This commitment propels us to ensure that Sabre solutions consistently advance to address the everchanging demands of manufacturers, both today and in the future.
Industry Challenges
Water Ingress
Water Ingress can be caused by many factors including joint design, material compatibility, and application. Regardless of the cause, it can be a significant recurring warranty cost. Sabre adhesives and sealants are formulated to deliver ultimate waterproofing and moisture protection in the toughest conditions.
Material Compatibility
Recent years have seen dramatic changes in the materials and technologies used to fabricate boats, as manufacturers seek to reduce weight, improve fuel economy and enhance user comfort. Our unique primerless adhesion technology enables durable bonding on a wide spectrum of materials.
Integrity & Durability
Boats are expected to last for years in challenging environments with high UV exposure and extreme temperatures. Ensuring durability and integrity throughout a boat’s service life is vitally important and our adhesives are specifically formulated to increase the lifespan under the harshest conditions.
Production Output
A surge in demand for boats has created unprecedented challenges for manufacturers as they seek to fill extensive backlogs. Sabre works closely with OEM management teams to identify solutions and bonding processes that increase their processing throughput and labour efficiencies.
SabreBond Technology
Sabre’s range of MS polymers are truly primerless and purpose-designed for the marine industry. They reduce manufacturing costs, work in progress and total life costs.
SabreBond
Filler
Polymer
Plasticiser
Pigment
Adhesion Promoter
Catalyst
Thixotropic Agent
U.V. Absorber
Stabiliser
Other manufacturers
Filler
Polymer
Plasticiser
Pigment
Adhesion Promoter
Catalyst
Thixotropic Agent
U.V. Absorber
MS polymers are the natural choice for the marine industry because they combine all ‘the best bits’ of one-component polyurethane and silicone with antimicrobials and 'stay white’ properties. Sabre’s modified silane chemistry offers high weathering resistance ensuring durability and integrity in the toughest climates.
Applications Overview
Exterior & Interior Upholstery
General Bonding
Window Bonding & Sealing
Structural Bonding
Our comprehensive range of specialist structural adhesives are designed to deliver ultimate bonding performance and retain their strength and durability in harsh marine environments.
With extensive experience in bonding technology for the marine environment, Sabre's range of structural adhesives can be found in a range of applications including bonding internal structures such as bulkheads and stringers to the hull & securing hull and deck joints.
Acralock SA10 Series Structural Bonding
A high-performance methacrylate structural adhesive range formulated in a wide range of working time options. The SA10 series is designed with low boiling tendencies and high strength to adhere to assemblies of thermoset composites and plastics and is formulated to be primerless on most metal surfaces.
Technical Advantages:
Easy 10:1 mix ratio
20 MPa shear strength and up to 120% elongation
Primerless on most metals
Good chemical resistance
Excellent fatigue characteristics and shock load resistance
Window Bonding & Sealing
Watertight bonding and sealing is crucial in the production of vessels to protect against water ingress and corrosion. Sabre’s industry-leading high-performance MS Polymer adhesives for primerless direct glazing have helped assembly lines push the boundaries for decades.
Our innovative range features products with high green strength and quick build-up of end strength. This offers the advantage of retaining glass in position following installation – eliminating the need for secondary fixing.
Very high-performance silyl modified polymer adhesive for high strength primerless bonding and sealing during construction and assembly.
Technical Advantages: SabreBond
• Fast initial grab
• Primerless bonding of metal, alloys, glass and plastics
• Very high bond strength
• Fast-curing, flexible adhesive and sealant based on MS Polymer
• Excellent UV and weathering resistance
SMP60
General Bonding
For bonding the many dissimilar substrates used in boating manufacturing, Sabre offers an extensive range of high-performance silicones, modified-silane polymer, and butyl sealants.
Sabre's products provide optimum external durability, flexibility and long-term bond performance around windows, hatches and deck fittings, giving manufacturers the ultimate waterproofing protection.
Next-generation silyl modified polymer adhesive/sealant for multipurpose elastic bonding and sealing. Formulated with a bespoke adhesion profile, unrivaled durability and a unique application rheology.
Technical Advantages:
• Primerless technology
• Exceptional durability
• High-strength
• Fast curing
• Unrivalled UV resistance
SabreBond SMP50
Upholstery
Marine-grade contact adhesives are used to bond and seal the upholstery, such as seats and cushions, and other components to the boat’s deck or interior.
Unlike traditional adhesives, contact adhesives are applied to both surfaces, left to dry, and then brought together for an instant, strong bond. Contact adhesives deliver an unparalleled bond strength that ensures durability and resilience in marine environments.
Sabre's industrial strength sprayable contact adhesives offer high heat and water resistance and superior bond strength.
SabreGrip PG1400
Marine Trim
Contact Adhesive
Industrial strength, sprayable contact adhesive with fast tack, excellent bond strength, and high heat resistance.
Technical Advantages:
Excellent green strength
High heat resistance
High solids content
Water resistant
Testing & Development
We partner with our customers to create bespoke quality control and validation systems. Sabre’s fully equipped in-house laboratory and testing facility ensures the correct products are specified and supplied to meet the long-term functionality of any given bonding requirement.
As boat design evolves and bonded components and materiality changes, Sabre conduct ongoing and comprehensive testing to ensure durability and full functionality.
Mechanical Testing
Sabre products are tested to destruction, analysing the mode of failure and bond strength characteristics. Procedures are designed to test tensile strength, shear strength, and flexural strength to ASTM standards, as well as testing the mode of failure and optimum strength of the adhesive.
Compatibility Testing
Sabre provides comprehensive analysis of substrates, surface characteristics and application requirements. We conduct adhesion testing on the compatibility of the adhesive to specific substrates - ensuring the best methods of bonding are recommended.
Environmental Testing
Sabre conducts QUV accelerated weathering testing to reproduce the damage caused by high heat, moisture etc. which enables us to review the impact on the performance of prolonged external exposure. This ensures our adhesives are fit for purpose to withstand the harshest environments.
Onsite Technical Support
Sabre delivers more than just great adhesives. The real key for bringing tangible ongoing value to our partners is to regularly provide on-site technical support. With regular adhesive auditing in place we will track the production line’s usage and performance, and work closely with our customers to optimise on-site quality and efficiency.
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