Adhesion and Deformability

This Forum seeks to provide a space for information exchange and debate on the installation of modular rigid coverings with adhesives, in the context of the increasingly specialised products currently on the market, which assure adhesion under all conditions [nature and characteristics of the adherends, environmental and foreseeable service conditions], in addition to deformability to offset the dimensional instability of the adherends.

The adhesion and deformability of cementitious adhesives are currently sensitive, topical subjects in the context of prefabricated substrates and screeds (base-bonded and floating levelling floor screeds), owing to background instability in certain situations as well as to the installation of impervious, sometimes large-sized, tiles. Further topical issues include preparation and application conditions, and the initial adhesive maturing phase, which relates directly to the adhesive degree of specialisation.

This Forum is privileged to be led by Prof. Dr. Josef K. Felixberger, Head of the Applied Technology Department at BASF SE, PCI, in Augsburg (Germany), as Forum Chairman, who will be backing up the contributions of the Forum participants with the best and latest technological information on adhesives. This Expert will be available for Forum participants from 1 October to 31 December 2009.

Prof. Dr. Josef K. Felixberger has also provided a reference document to contextualise possible subjects for debate, without this entailing any constraints as to other possible issues or matters of interest.