Potting Guide
For Automotive Electronics
Maximum protection for highly sensitive automotive electronics
Our free potting guide supports you in achieving the best potting results for maximum protection of your automotive electronics.
Self-driving cars with electric drivetrains demand the highest safety standards and ultra-robust electronic components. However, in-car electronics face extreme challenges: contamination from oils and coolants, elevated temperatures near engines, and corrosive road salts. Simple enclosures often can't provide adequate protection—especially with increasingly complex geometries and limited installation spaces.
Advanced potting compounds offer the solution: direct bonding to electronic components of any geometry while providing comprehensive surface protection.
What will you find in the potting guide?
- Material selection criteria: Comprehensive comparison of epoxy resins, polyurethanes, silicones, and acrylates for automotive potting
- Critical performance factors: Deep dive into CTE matching, glass transition temperature, and Young's modulus considerations
- Process optimization: Best practices for dispensing, flow behavior, and avoiding air pockets in complex geometries
- Temperature and media resistance: Test methodologies and performance data for gear oils, coolants, and temperature shocks (-40°C to 160°C)
Why potting solutions from DELO?
Our technology makes the difference
Our high-performance adhesives deliver reliable protection even in the harshest automotive environments.
- 60+ years of expertise in high-tech adhesives for automotive applications
- Innovative dual-curing systems combining light activation with humidity curing for shadowed areas
- Breakthrough "Activation on the Flow" technology enabling dispensing and pre-activation in one step
Proven reliability with industry leaders like Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, and Siemens
Your advantages at a glance
- Maximum protection: Superior resistance to aggressive media and temperature extremes up to 160°C
- Process efficiency: Energy-saving curing processes with reduced CO₂ emissions and faster cycle times
- Design flexibility: Optimal solutions for sensors, connectors, and complex automotive geometries
- Long-term reliability: Prevents component failures and cracks through thermomechanical properties
- Sustainable production: Low-energy processes supporting environmental goals
Let us inspire you!
Download our Potting Guide
Discover how cutting-edge potting compounds solve the contradiction between flexibility and high resistance—enabling both reliable electronics protection and more sustainable production processes in automotive manufacturing. Learn how to achieve the best potting results.
