Apple is known for its clean product designs, but there is a lot more to it than just coming up with an idea. You sometimes have to make new progress in the actual manufacturing of the product. In other words, there’s more to it than just etch n’ sketch. AppleInsider has come across some very interesting information about how Apple is trying to make laptops, but also other products, even thinner. The MacBooks of today are about an inch tall, but that’s too much for Apple. Some of the reasons that today’s laptops are so thick are that they require mechanical parts to keep the together, while the radiation protections steal a lot of space. Apple hopes to solve this by killing two birds with glue, or one stone, whatever suits you.
“In the liquid state, the glue exhibits a readiness to flow and a relatively high incompressibility that allows it to fill the gap (whether small or large) /…/ In the solid state, the glue exhibits rigidity and a relatively high resistance to movement that allows it to maintain the width of gap chosen during the liquid state, and to form a singular composite structure.
Generally speaking, the adhesive offers a dynamic way to place multiple parts in desired positions relative to one another and a static way to fix the multiple parts together /…/ In one implementation, the glue is a two-part catalytic epoxy that forms a strong structural bond between the plastic top frame and the metal top plate [and can be] used to structurally attach the carbon fiber top frame to the titanium top plate.”
