The U.S. Air Force wanted an adhesive for temporarily attaching small test packages to the exterior of a jet without fasteners. EIC Laboratories Inc. came up with a solution: a high-strength adhesive that disbonds from a metal surface when an electrical current passes through it.
Working with a grant from the Air Force's Small Business Innovative Research program, EIC Laboratories Inc. (Norwood, MA) came up with a solution: a high-strength adhesive that disbonds from a metal surface when an electrical current passes across the epoxy-metal interface. Called ElectRelease, the new adhesive is a two-part, amine-cured epoxy.