Drones play a crucial role across multiple industries, including agriculture, defence, and medical sectors. Given their complex and highly digitised assemblies, drones are susceptible to numerous potential failures. Antala Ltd, as a proud distributor of MG Chemicals, offers a comprehensive range of material solutions designed to enhance the longevity and dependability of drone technology. Our offerings include specialised adhesives and conformal/conductive coatings, all tailored to protect drones from common threats such as moisture, overheating, and electromagnetic interference.
PCB Protection
Protecting the intricate electronic systems within drones is crucial. MG Chemicals provides an extensive portfolio of solutions aimed at safeguarding PCBs. These solutions cater to various components, including sensors (LiDAR, radar, laser, ultrasonic, thermal, chemical, and hyperspectral) GPS units, communications modules, and video/image processing units. MG Chemicals’ solutions for PCB protection, includes:
- Conformal Coatings: These products provide a protective chemical barrier that shields PCBs from environmental factors.
- Potting Resins: These encase electronic components, providing mechanical support and environmental protection.
- Greases: Specialised greases ensure reliable electrical connections and prevent corrosion.
Enhancing Battery Pack Reliability and Performance
The demand for high-performance drones is driving the need for more efficient battery packs across drone manufacturing. Design engineers and manufacturers are focused on creating lightweight, thermally efficient, and high-performing battery packs. MG Chemicals offers specialised adhesives and thermal interface materials that play a critical role in achieving these goals. These products help in manufacturing battery packs that are not only lightweight but also thermally efficient, ensuring superior performance and longevity.
Ensuring EMC Compatibility and Corrosion Protection
For drones to operate at their full potential, their electronic systems must maintain consistent and uninterrupted connections. This reliability is vital in preventing issues of communication and safety. MG Chemicals’ conductive paints are designed to ensure Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), which is essential for preventing electromagnetic interference. Additionally, these conductive paints offer corrosion resistance and surface protection for drone body frames, further enhancing their durability.
Enhancing Body Panel Durability
Reducing the weight and manufacturing costs of drones without compromising strength and reliability is a significant challenge. MG Chemicals’ innovative line of structural adhesives address this. These adhesives provide the necessary strength and reliability for the drone’s outer frame. The specialty adhesives come with a wide range of properties, including:
- Flame Retardancy: Ensuring safety in various operational environments.
- Flexibility: Allowing for some degree of movement without compromising the bond.
- High Bonding Strength: providing robust connection that can withstand operational stresses.
MG Chemicals: Products for Drone Manufacturing
Conformal Coating for PCB Protection
Shielding PCBs in flight and speed controllers, sensors, GPS modules, and camera systems from moisture, water, splashes, dust, chemical vapours, and high voltage arcing.
- 419D – Premium Acrylic Lacquer Conformal Coating: This fast-drying, easy to apply solution provides a robust moisture barrier, safeguarding your boards against humidity, corrosion and static discharges.
- 419E – Premium Acrylic Lacquer Conformal Coating: With its fast-curing, smooth finish, 419E offers top-notch moisture protection, shielding your circuits against humidity, corrosion, and static discharges.
- 422B – Silicone Modified Conformal Coating: This 1-part, acrylic-silicone blend conforms and cures to a durable, flexible, and smooth finish, providing exceptional protection against moisture, corrosion, and high-voltage arcing, amongst other elements.
Potting and Encapsulation for PCB Protection
For more demanding and heavy-duty environmental protection of PCBs, cameras, or light fixtures, potting and encapsulating compounds are utilised.
- 832WC – Water Clear Epoxy, Potting and Encapsulating Compound: This water-clear encapsulating and potting compound is specially designed for applications requiring high transparency. With its UV light stability, it never yellows, maintaining its pristine clarity even under extreme conditions.
- 834HTC – High Thermal Conductivity Epoxy Encapsulating and Potting Compound: This 2-part, black, rigid epoxy offers unrivalled thermal management and flame retardance, ensuring your circuits and electronic assemblies remain secure against extreme environmental and physical threats.
- 834FX – Black Flexible Epoxy Encapsulating and Potting Compound: This 2-part, flame-retardant epoxy is not only thermally conductive but also flexible, offering robust environmental, mechanical, and physical protection for your electronic assemblies and PCBs.
Bonding and Durability Protection
MG Chemicals’ specialty adhesives provide solutions ranging from replacing traditional methods of securing body panels to dissipating heat from battery packs and heat-generating components.
- 9200 – Structural Epoxy Adhesive: This high-performance adhesive offers superior adhesion to a wide range of hard-to-bond materials, including metals, glass, and ceramics. With excellent resistance to vibration, thermal cycling, and harsh chemicals, it guarantees long-lasting, load-bearing joints.
- 8332 – Fast Set Epoxy: This fast-set epoxy is a rapid setting adhesive that’s perfect for bonding numerous substrates and materials. With an impressive tensile strength and excellent electrical insulation, 8332 is resistant to shock, humidity, and more.
- 9410 – One-Part Epoxy Electrically Conductive Adhesive: This innovative adhesive ensures strong, permanent electrical connections whilst providing excellent EMI/RFI shielding. Its unique silver-filled composition allows it to bond well to a multitude of substrates, making it a versatile choice for various drone components.
EMI Shielding for Performance and Protection
Electromagnetic shielding from nearby radio signals is crucial for ensuring high signal fidelity with ground communication systems and maintaining the drone’s uninterrupted operation.
- 841AR – Super Shield Nickel Conductive Paint: This nickel conductive paint is uniquely designed with a ferromagnetic property, providing comprehensive protection by shielding both the electric and magnetic components of electromagnetic waves.
- 842ARL – Silver Conductive Paint: This high-performing, 1-part silver acrylic paint cures at room temperature and delivers exceptional shielding across a wide spectrum. Uniquely engineered with a silver flake, the product provides superior conductivity even at low film thicknesses, making it a cost-effective solution for drone manufacturing.
- 841WB – Super Shield Water Based Nickel Conductive Coating: Crafted with highly conductive nickel flake, this easy-to-use, water-based paint not only block the electric component of electromagnetic waves, but also tackles the magnetic component, offering superior protection against harmful electromagnetic radiation.
Conclusion
Antala Ltd. is committed to providing cutting-edge material solutions to ensure the success and reliability of drone technology. Our partnership with MG Chemicals enables us to deliver top-notch products that meet the rigorous demands of the drone industry. For more information on how Antala Ltd. can support your drone manufacturing needs, please contact us: call +44 161 494 1345 to speak to the technical expert in your area.