Permabond Engineering Adhesives continues to strengthen its position within the composites bonding industry with its range of innovative structural bonding adhesives. Our engineers and chemists love a good challenge and are eager to help customers streamline their manufacturing process whilst maximising the performance of their bonded parts.
Composites such as carbon fibre, GRP, FRP and laminated materials cannot be welded - so high performance adhesives are the logical answer.Not only do they offer a great aesthetic appearance, they also give better stress distribution across the joint (a drilled hole with a fastener tends to concentrate stress into one area). Another benefit is that adhesive does not rattle like a mechanical fastener, and it offers a 100% moisture seal. Toughened structural adhesives offer excellent impact and vibration resistance along with the ability to bond dissimilar materials (such as carbon fibre to metal).
Key products proving popular in the composites industry include Permabond ET5428 – a relatively fast curing two-part epoxy (no heat cure required). This is a toughened adhesive which offers impressive strength performance and it is available in black to match carbon fibre or cream for bonding GRP surfaces.
Permabond PT326 is a two part polyurethane adhesive with high peel strength for applications where joint design is challenging and/or environmental conditions are harsh – this product actually strengthens in water and even strengthens when exposed to gamma irradiation!
Permabond TA4605 and TA4610 are “must haves” when bonding hard-to-bond plastics such as untreated polyethylene, polypropylene and even PTFE. The adhesive can be used to bond these historically difficult to bond plastics, to other materials such as metal. Download further information here or watch a video of the products in action.
For a copy of the Permabond composite bonding brochure, please download here.
