Category: methyl methacrylates
Understanding adhesive fixture time – JoinedUpMinute video
How long should you wait before handling your bonded parts? In this JoinedUpMinute, Darren explains why fixture time matters and how it differs from full cure time. In this video, you’ll learn:🔸 What fixture time really means🔸 Why it’s different from full cure time🔸 How handling parts too soon can affect bond strength🔸 How understanding […]
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MMA structural adhesives in vehicle manufacture
Methyl methacrylate adhesives (MMAs) have found many successful applications in the manufacture of vehicles like cars, trucks, caravans and trailers. They can be used for bonding sun visors, sealing windows, cabins and dashboards, front grilles, bumper end caps, headlight surrounds, door extensions, brackets, panel bonding, trailer load lockers, trailer capping, trailer roofs and roof spoilers. […]
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Tesla: it is not the adhesive’s fault
A high profile adhesive failure has hit the news in the last few days. The story has been widely reported – for example: Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue. Reports suggest that Tesla will recall 46,000 Cybertrucks to repair a stainless steel trim panel that could come off the […]
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Case study: bonding and sealing polyethylene tanks using MMA adhesive
Our partner, IPS Adhesives, worked with a rotational moulding company to repair blow holes frequently occurring in their low density polyethylene (LDPE) tanks using our methyl methacrylate adhesive (MMA), SCIGRIP SG400LSE. The manufacturer of tanks used for things such as water and wastewater collection was frequently discovering blow holes in their tanks, sometimes up to […]
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What is a structural adhesive? – JoinedUpMinute video
What makes an adhesive “structural”? Here’s Kevin to explain in this week’s JoinedUpMinute video. You’ll learn: What a structural adhesive is What adhesive chemistries are typically structural What each of those chemistries are particularly good at How to select a structural adhesive for your application Have a look! Download our Structural Adhesive Selector Guide here […]
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