Automotive

Special Adhesives for Automotive Lighting

Durable and versatile solutions for modern exterior and interior lighting

In the dynamic world of the automotive industry, high-quality lighting applications — both inside and out — are crucial. Manufacturers are faced with the challenge of developing vehicle elements that can withstand extreme conditions while remaining aesthetically pleasing.

DELO offers specialized adhesives that are designed to provide high temperature, UV, and weathering resistance. These solutions provide stable bonds that enable design components to be seamlessly integrated, supporting the innovative trends of the automotive industry.

Exterior Lighting

Automotive exterior lighting

DELO high-tech adhesives foster vehicle safety and innovation while enabling truly unique design

Today's car manufacturers are faced with the challenge of offering reliable and innovative lighting solutions that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. LEDs that ensure maximum visibility in road traffic must be able to withstand extreme environmental conditions and at the same time impress as design features.

DELO offers you strong adhesive solutions that are precisely tailored to the requirements of these modern lighting systems. As a long-standing partner with many automotive suppliers, we impress with our expertise in the field of optoelectronics.

Customized adhesive solutions for LED lighting

Our high-tech adhesives are ideal for bonding LEDs and other lighting elements, offering you the following advantages:

  • Durable strength and resistance: Resistant to temperature fluctuations, UV radiation and moisture
  • High optical clarity: Ensures brilliant light quality
  • Versatile applicability: Our portfolio includes transparent, stress-equalizing and electrically conductive adhesives
Most important features
  • Excellent resistance to extreme temperature fluctuations
  • Transparency and low outgassing for the clearest lighting effects
  • Fast curing to increase efficiency in production
  • Reflection and absorption control through specially adapted optical coatings

Application versatility for more safety and design

Our adhesives are used in various areas of automotive exterior lighting:

  • Matrix LEDs in headlights
  • Projection systems for warning signals and road projections
  • Connecting microlens arrays in high-end luminaires

Would you like to take your automotive lighting to the next level? Let our experts advise you and find the perfect adhesive for your requirements.

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Interior Lighting

High-tech adhesives for perfect interior lighting

DELO adhesives help make interior ambient lighting elegant, yet functional

In automotive interior lighting, manufacturers are struggling with integrating LEDs as design elements that both create a pleasant atmosphere and contribute to road safety as warning signals. These LEDs must shine evenly and brilliantly while withstanding extreme conditions and being able to be manufactured efficiently.

DELO offers specialized adhesives that ensure that LEDs illuminate uniformly and brilliantly while supporting fast and efficient production processes. Our solutions are developed for different packaging stages and adapt flexibly to automated environments.

Technical advantages of our adhesives

Functional adhesives play a central role in the manufacture of LED packages. They offer:

  • Homogeneous and brilliant illumination of diodes
  • Production efficiency thanks to fast curing mechanisms
  • Versatility for first-level and second-level packaging
Most important features
  • Transparent and low-outgassing adhesives
  • Voltage equalizing and electrically conductive options
  • Adapted optical coatings for transmission and reflection
  • Different curing mechanisms depending on the application

Wide range of applications in automotive lighting

Our adhesives for automotive interior lighting are used in many areas:

  • Ambient light for an appealing interior
  • Warning signals to increase safety
  • Applications in microlens arrays for precise light control

Are you looking for highly specialized adhesives for your automotive interior lighting projects? Talk to our experts and discover how DELO can optimize your production.

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Display Integration

Automotive display integration

Optimize your vehicle displays with DELO's advanced adhesive solutions

Car manufacturers are faced with the challenge of permanently and reliably connecting various components of infotainment and head-up displays. Important requirements include stress-free connections between different materials such as display glass, frames, and housings. In addition, fast and efficient production processes are required, which can often only be achieved with special adhesives that cure at room temperature or are activated by light.

DELO offers specialized adhesives that are optimized for the versatile and structural bonding of automotive displays and display assemblies. DELO PHOTOBOND UV acrylates demonstrate superior outgassing behavior and reach their full strength within seconds under UV light, which enables fast and reliable processes.

Technical details of our adhesives

Our high-tech adhesives enable the sophisticated bonding of automotive display assemblies:

  • Structural connection of displays to frames and housings
  • Sealing of display housings
  • Connection of operating elements on display protection glass
Most important features
  • Superior outgassing behavior compared to silicones
  • Curing on demand for flexible process design
  • Fast curing due to UV light

Flexibility for a wide range of applications

DELO covers numerous areas of application in automotive display integration:

  • Displays for interior infotainment systems
  • TFT-LCD displays for instrumentation
  • Head-up displays, including AR HUDs

Would you like to optimize your automotive displays? Our experts are ready to advise you and find the ideal solution for your project.

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HUD

Automotive head-up displays

Ensure the performance of your HUDs with our innovative adhesive solutions

The integration of head-up displays in vehicles presents you with the challenge of bonding components such as free-form mirrors and housings stably and precisely. These components must be able to withstand vibration and shock while enabling a clear projection onto the windshield. In addition, fast production processes are immensely important for efficient manufacturing.

DELO has developed special adhesives for this purpose, supporting reliable and precise assembly processes. Our adhesives ensure stable display attachment and protect sensitive electronics from environmental influences and mechanical stress.

Technical advantages of our adhesives

Our high-tech adhesives are characterized by the following features:

  • Different curing methods for flexibility in production
  • Reliable adhesion to materials such as metal and plastic
  • High temperature resistance and flexibility in harsh environments
Most important features
  • Outstanding stability against vibration and shock
  • Resistance to various mechanical loads
  • Fast curing even in shaded areas

Applications in vehicle technology

DELO adhesives are ideal for the following applications in the automotive industry:

  • Bonding of free-form mirrors in head-up displays
  • Mounting display housings
  • Protecting the electronics from external influences

Improve the stability and durability of your head-up displays with our specialized adhesives. Our experts are on-hand to help you find the right solution for your needs.

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Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS)

Adhesive solutions for driver monitoring systems

Reliably protect sensors and increase functionality

Driver monitoring systems require cameras and sensors to be precisely bonded in order to ensure reliable long-term operation. DELO offers special adhesives that enable a robust connection for sensors and camera modules. Our adhesives protect sensitive electronics from moisture and dust, support fast production processes and ensure the long-term functionality of this technology.

Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS)Automotive CamerasAutomotive Sensors

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Switches

Switch mounting

Extend the service life of your switches with DELO's innovative adhesive solutions

Switches that are actuated frequently require permanent mounting and sealing in order to withstand mechanical loads. At the same time, these switches must be reliably protected against dust, moisture, and wear in order to ensure their functionality over long periods of time.

DELO offers special adhesives that ensure reliable switch fastening. These products provide the necessary strength and resistance to mechanical stresses to maximize the service life of the switches in daily use.

Technical advantages of our adhesives

Our adhesive solutions are characterized by the following properties:

  • Exceptional resistance to mechanical loads
  • Effective protection against dust and moisture
  • Durability in demanding environments
Most important features
  • Mechanical resistance for frequently used switches
  • Dust and moisture protection to extend switch service life
  • Reliable sealing against external influences

Wide range of applications

Adhesives from DELO are suitable for numerous applications in electronics:

  • Electronic switches and buttons in heavily used devices
  • Control switches in industrial applications
  • Mechanical fasteners in consumer electronics

Optimize the longevity and reliability of your switches with our tailor-made adhesive solutions. Our experts are at your disposal to find the perfect solution for your challenges.

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