About Araldite 2000+ Structural Adhesives for Engineering

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Araldite® 2000 PLUS is a portfolio of structural adhesives, optimised to help industrial engineers bring complex plastic and metal-based design projects to life.

The Araldite 2000 PLUS structural adhesives are based on key chemistries — epoxy, methacrylate and polyurethane. They are developed to suit the joining of a wide variety of substrates including plastics, metals and composite materials. The range is split into two main areas, dividing products for metal bonding and plastic bonding, which makes it much easier to assess specific performance demands.

The Araldite 2000 PLUS structural adhesives offer high performance and durable long term bonding. The range includes a broad variety of handling and cure times, and the ability to bond a wide range of substrates including metals, composites and plastics. These structural adhesives also cater for particular requirements including heat and chemical resistance and provide a wide range of viscosities to address diverse manufacturing processes.

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Features & Benefits

  • Proven adhesive technology
  • The ability to satisfy the majority of bonding needs of industrial manufacturing and assembly in a single range
  • Convenient, easy-to-use small packs and cartridges
  • Industry leading technical support

Selector Guide

araldite2000 selector guide For a comprehensive guide to performance and processing data download:
Araldite 2000+ Adhesive Selector Guide

 

Key Questions – Answered with the Araldite 2000+ Range

Epoxy Methacrylate Polyurethane
Load bearing adhesives good for metals and composites Fast setting and resilient for composites, thermoplastics and metals Flexible adhesive for composites and certain thermoplastics
Do you require a multi-purpose adhesive with a rapid cure? Araldite 2012 Araldite 2047-1
Do you require a multi-purpose adhesives with a long working life? Araldite 2011
Do you require a fast cure adhesive? Araldite 2012 Araldite 2021-1
Araldite 2047-1
Araldite 2048-1
Araldite 2026
Araldite 2028-1
Do you have large areas for bonding and/or require a long working life? Araldite 2014-2
Do you require high toughness and the ability to bond to different substrates? Araldite 2015-1 Araldite 2022-1
Araldite 2047-1
Araldite 2048-1
Do you require chemical resistance or performance at high temperatures? Araldite 2014-2 Araldite 2052-1
Do you require an adhesive for gap filling or vertical applications? Araldite 2014-2
Araldite 2015-1
Araldite 2021-1
Araldite 2022-1
Araldite 2047-1
Do you require a flexible adhesive? Araldite 2026
Araldite 2028-1
Do you require a transparent adhesive? Araldite 2026
Araldite 2028-1
Adhesive Chemical type Fast curing Gap filling Description
Araldite 2011 Epoxy · Multi purpose
· Long working life
· Low shrinkage
Araldite 2012 Epoxy Excellent · Fast curing
· General purpose
· Low shrinkage
Araldite 2014-2
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Epoxy Excellent · Grey paste
· High temperature and chemical resistance
· Low shrinkage
Araldite 2015-1 Epoxy Excellent · Toughened paste
· Ideal for GRP / SMC and dissimilar substrates
· Low shrinkage
Araldite 2021-1 Methyl methacrylate Excellent Excellent · Rapid curing
· Toughened
· Suitable for service at temperatures up to 100 °C
Araldite 2022-1 Methyl methacrylate Excellent Excellent · Excellent ratio working time / cure time
· Toughened
· Gap filling to 4mm
Araldite 2028-1
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Polyurethane Excellent · Transparent
· Fast curing
· UV stable
Araldite 2047-1
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Methyl methacrylate Excellent Excellent · Gap filling
· Requires minimal surface treatment
Araldite 2052-1 Methyl methacrylate Excellent Excellent · Very high temperature and chemical resistance
· Tolerant to “less than ideal” pretreatment
· Thixotropic and non sagging

Plastic Bonding

Araldite 2000 PLUS adhesives for plastics can be used under a broad spectrum of processing and curing conditions and can meet the most demanding performance requirements. The range includes leading-edge epoxy, polyurethane and toughened acrylic technologies providing a complete solution to structural bonding.

Selector Guide
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FGRP
(UP)
GRP
(EP)
CFRP SMC PVC PA ABS
ASA
SAN
PC PMMA Ceramic Glass Rubber Wood
Araldite 2011 Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Moderate Good Excellent Excellent Moderate Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Araldite 2012 Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Moderate Good Good Moderate Excellent Excellent Moderate Excellent
Araldite 2014-2
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Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Good Moderate Good Moderate Moderate Good Excellent Good Excellent
Araldite 2015-1 Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Good Good Good Excellent Excellent Good Excellent
Araldite 2021-1 Excellent Good Good Good Excellent Good Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Moderate
Araldite 2022-1 Good Excellent Excellent Moderate Excellent Moderate Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Moderate
Araldite 2028-1
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Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Good Good
Araldite 2047-1
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Good Moderate Moderate Good Excellent Moderate Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Moderate
Araldite 2052-1 Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Good Moderate Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Moderate Moderate

Excellent = Excellent  Good = Good  Moderate = Moderate

FGRP(UP): Fibre glass reinforced plastic (urethane base)
GRP (EP): Glass reinforced plastic (epoxy base)
CFRP: Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
SMC: Sheet moulded composite
PVC: Polyvinyl chloride
PA: Polyamide – Nylon, Kevlar, Nomex
ABS, ASA, SAN: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, Styrene acrylonitrile
PC: Polycarbonate – Lexan, Makrolon
PMMA: Acrylic plastic, polymethyl methacrylate – Perspex, Plexiglass

 

Safety Data Sheets
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Metal Bonding

Araldite 2000 PLUS adhesives for metals can be used under a broad spectrum of processing and curing conditions and can meet the most demanding performance requirements. The range includes leading-edge epoxy, polyurethane and toughened acrylic technologies providing a complete solution to structural bonding.

Selector Guide
Please contact us for assistance in choosing an Araldite 2000+ adhesive for your application.

Excellent = Excellent  Good = Good  Moderate = Moderate

 

Safety Data Sheets
For the latest SDS for this product, please e-mail msds@intertronics.co.uk

Other Information

Technical Guide - Adhesive Problem? What's the Cure? Adhesive Problem? What’s the Cure?

A guide to adhesive bonding, considering structural bonding and the criteria involved for successful assembly.

How to use Araldite 2000+ adhesives How to Use Araldite 2000+ Adhesives

A how-to guide for the correct application of Araldite adhesives

All Downloads

Filename Size Download
Araldite 2000+ Adhesive Selector Guide 0.95MB
How to Use Araldite 2000+ Adhesives 0.28MB
Adhesive Problem? Whats the Cure? 0.38MB

Ordering Information

Packaging
Product performance is complemented by innovative packaging designed to assist the user. The Araldite 2000 PLUS range is available in cartridge or working pack format to suit the individual application. Also available are manual, electric and pneumatic guns designed for use with all the Araldite twin cartridges, and replacement mixer nozzles.

Araldite 50ml dispensing gun
50ml cartridge and manual dispensing gun

Araldite 200ml dispensing gun
200ml cartridge and pneumatic dispensing gun
Part number Description
IDM SMTS4-20 Static mixing nozzle for 50ml 1:1/2:1 cartridges
IDM SMTS9-24 Static mixing nozzle for 200/400ml 1:1/2:1 cartridges
IDM MNSB05-24S Static mixing nozzle for ARA2021-1-50ML and ARA2022-1-50ML cartridges
IDM SMMS5-16 Static mixing nozzle for 50ml 10:1 cartridges
IDM SMMF8-18 Static mixing nozzle for 500ml 10:1 cartridges

 


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