Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 18:56:00 EST 2002 | nifhail
Thanx for your valuable input guys...I agreed, it would be good if someone from Loctite can get themself involve in this thread...anyway, I will send the same question to Loctite HQ and advise you guys on the status if you guys interested. Have a go
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 04 17:53:22 EST 2002 | dave edwards
You wanted someone from Loctite to add their opinion on the matter. Our official statement on expired material is that after the expiration date we can not certify the performance and/or quality of the material. Although most likely the material is g
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 03 09:11:14 EST 2002 | russ
I would be interested in what Loctite has to say. (Maybe I could get 6years out of a bottle hahhah)
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 12:33:45 EST 2002 | blnorman
Shelf life dates are normally conservative. Years ago we would "requalify" adhesives by running lapshear tests. Don't know if Loctite has a "requalification" test or not. I do know that we have used Loctite chipbonders that were over a year out of
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 16:55:49 EST 2002 | steve
On a lot of Loctite products there is a shelf life stated via a lot number on the bottle. It has been my experience as a distributor that Loctite will in most instances re-certify a product for an extended period of time, sometimes up to a year based
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 01 00:28:41 EST 2002 | yngwie
What is the danger of using the expired glue or Loctite ? I'm using Loctite 383 and the expiry date was Oct 20th. I refused to use them, and my refusal has caused the downtime incured for 8 hours. Felt guilty, as I knew this glue can still be functio
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 00:42:13 EST 2002 | mjabure
It probably would have been fine, but nobody can find fault with your following the manufacturers recommendation. It would have been worse if you hadn't and a problem occurred.
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 15:56:40 EST 2002 | russ
For CYA reasons you made the right choice (I agree with Mark). But, for whatever it is worth I have used Loctite 383 up to 4 years past it's shelf life It worked fine for my application (wire tacking, FR4 bonding etc...). Have you ever seen a shelf
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 09 08:43:22 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I am glad Dave replied, I think I might have even met him at some presentation. The problem I have seen and I am sure Dave, is that some users have some shoddy practices, storage etc and then look to the adhesive supplier to cover their mistake
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 13:55:49 EST 2002 | stepheno
Where I worked we used a different chip bonder. When we had trouble with flux entrapment in the epoxy from the wave solder, we checked the date of the epoxy. The tube didn't have one but the manufacturer gave a shelf life of 6 months and then the s
