The Value of Retaining Compounds

 With our expert Robert Dunkel

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In this episode, we talk to our expert about the crucial role of retaining compounds in both machinery repair and manufacturing processes. While these adhesives are well-established in the machinery repair market, their potential in standard assembly materials for manufacturing is often overlooked. We explore how retaining compounds enhance the assembly of cylindrical parts, such as bearings, bushings, gears, and rotors, onto housings or shafts. We also discuss their ability to address surface irregularities, prevent issues like fretting corrosion and oxidation, and distribute stress more uniformly, ultimately increasing reliability and revenue in both maintenance and initial product assembly processes.

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About the Guest Speaker

Robert Dunkel is a Licensed Professional Engineer and currently serves as the Senior Principal Application Engineer within the Industrials business unit of Henkel Adhesive Technologies. More than 30 years of experience with multiple product lines and technologies, exposed him to incredibly wide amount of adhesives system types and applications. In his previous role as global lead for customer technical call centers operating in Americas and China, he was the main decision maker for the most challenging applications our customers could encounter. This valuable experience helped him to become one of the leading drivers of company’s knowledge management systems to ensure sustainability of organization over time. In his free time, Robert is passionate about challenging himself with fixing things to see what adhesive solutions can bring and where the natural boundaries of technology exist. Based in Canada, Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). 

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