Product Type for Industrial Adhesives

Structural adhesives

Learn about the range of structural adhesives and all the solutions to which they can be applied.

Epoxy adhesives

Epoxy adhesives

Methacrylic adhesives

Methacrylic adhesives

Polyurethane adhesives

Polyurethane adhesives

Acrylic adhesive

Acrylic adhesive

Introduction

Structural adhesives are characterized by a great hold that allows them excellent mechanical performance on dissimilar substrates, which is why these adhesives can replace traditional assembly methods such as rivets, screws, bolts, and welds.

Structural adhesives are so called because when they are applied and begin the curing process they create an extremely strong and tenacious bond with the substrate giving a structural contribution to the bonded parts.

Structural adhesives manage to have forces evenly distributed over the entire bonded area; in contrast imagine the strain of a screw in holding two components together where all stress is concentrated at the point of attachment.

Pairing dissimilar substrates

  • Structural adhesives can couple dissimilar substrates: for example, aluminum alloy and thermoplastics, metals, and carbon composites; materials that cannot be welded in any way and would yield inferior results if assembled mechanically.

Structural adhesive quality

  • The ‘structural adhesive offers designers the possibility of making, by adopting different materials (composites, light alloys, and plastic polymers), lightweight and strong artifacts. Structural adhesives facilitate the integrity and performance of materials because there are no rivet holes and fasteners that can weaken the structure.
  • Remember that even though structural adhesives can join extremely dissimilar materials, it is always a good idea to properly prepare the surfaces.

Structural adhesive properties

  • They offer mechanical tensile shear performance between 5 and 40 MPa.
  • Distribute the applied load over the entire joint area
  • They withstand dynamic and fatigue stresses.
  • They offer excellent thermal and chemical resistance

Types of structural adhesives

  • Epoxy adhesives-Resist high temperatures, weathering and organic substances, offer mechanical performance that can withstand high loads. They are tough and reinforced able to resist dynamic stress, fatigue giving durability of the joint.
  • Methacrylic adhesives–They are the ideal solution for bonding thermoplastics, advanced composites and industrial materials, have inherent ability to pre-treat materials at low surface energy, often no surface treatment is required.
  • Polyurethane adhesives-They are very versatile, ranging from flexible to semi-rigid capable of meeting broader technical requirements. They are tough and reinforced able to withstand dynamic stress, fatigue giving durability of the joint.
  • Acrylic adhesives-These are a class of thermoplastic adhesives distinguished by their excellent resistance to light, moisture and weathering.

Products

    • Unfilled two-component epoxy system
    • Solvent-free
    • Easy to process
    • High mechanical strength
    • Flame retardant
    • Long pot life
    • Syntactic structural epoxy adhesive
    • Single-component supplied frozen
    • Paste consistency after thawing
    • Extrudable with standard equipment
    • Designed for structural applications on honeycomb
    • Two-component structural epoxy adhesive
    • Low-density syntactic formulation
    • Non-sag after application
    • Suitable for structural reinforcement operations
    • Sandable after curing
    • Two-component structural epoxy adhesive
    • Low-density syntactic formulation
    • Designed for structural applications on sandwich panels
    • Ultra-low density syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Easily pumpable
    • Non-sag after application
    • Good resistance to vibrational fatigue
    • Designed to reduce cracking tendency in high-stress applications
    • Two-component low-viscosity epoxy system
    • Long pot life
    • Good reinforcement impregnation
    • Room temperature curing with post-cure capability
    • Two-component epoxy system
    • Medium-viscosity toughened resin
    • Good toughness and mechanical strength
    • Suitable for lamination and molding processes
    • Heat curing
    • Two-component epoxy system for composites
    • Amine system without reactive diluents
    • High flexibility and high reactivity
    • Suitable for hot processes
    • Good reinforcement impregnation
    • Toughened two-component epoxy system
    • Medium resin viscosity
    • Good toughness combined with low viscosity
    • Suitable for lamination and molding processes
    • Heat curing
    • Two-component high-temperature epoxy system
    • Low viscosity for RTM, SCRIMP, and VARTM processes
    • Long pot life
    • High glass transition temperature (Tg > 180 °C with post-cure)
    • Suitable for the production of composite parts and molds
    • Two-component epoxy adhesive
    • Low-viscosity system
    • Good substrate wetting
    • Room temperature curing
    • Two-component epoxy system for structural repairs
    • Designed for aerospace composite repairs
    • Good hot/wet resistance
    • Resistant to fuels, hydraulic fluids, oils, and moisture
    • Supplied in pre-measured resin + hardener kits
    • Two-component epoxy system
    • Unfilled and solvent-free
    • High mechanical strength
    • Self-extinguishing
    • Short pot life
    • Two-component polyurethane system
    • Suitable for industrial applications
    • Liquid formulation
    • Structural applications
    • Room temperature curing paste
    • High toughness and resilience
    • Two-component epoxy adhesive
    • Halogen-free
    • Compliant with FST (Flame, Smoke, Toxicity) requirements
    • Self-extinguishing
    • Thixotropic paste formulation
    • Room temperature curing
    • High-strength structural epoxy adhesive
    • High shear and peel strength
    • Gap-filling with thixotropic behavior
    • Polymerization at room temperature
    • Fast handling strength
    • Good performance retention after environmental aging and chemical immersion
    • SVHC-free according to REACH
    • High-temperature structural epoxy adhesive
    • Two-component epoxy adhesive
    • Service up to 149°C (300°F)
    • High shear strength on metals and composites
    • Thixotropic gap-filling paste
    • Contains 125-micron spacer beads
    • High Tg
    • Two-component syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Aluminum-filled
    • Designed for repairing misdrilled holes in composite parts
    • High compressive strength
    • High dynamic fatigue resistance under load
    • Usable up to 177 °C
    • High-performance two-component system with high strength and good high-temperature resistance
    • Aluminum-filled, medium viscosity, easy to handle
    • Mechanically workable (easily machined after curing)
    • Self-extinguishing
    • Two-component syntactic epoxy system
    • Medium density and low specific weight
    • High mechanical strength
    • Pourable
    • Designed for honeycomb structure reinforcement and potting
    • Low density syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Dense paste consistency
    • High compressive strength
    • Good high temperature performance after room temperature cure
    • Suitable for core filling, stiffness enhancement and structural reinforcement
    • Low density syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Flame retardant and self-extinguishing
    • Extrudable but non-sagging after application
    • Fast curing at room temperature
    • Suitable for potting inserts in honeycomb structures
    • Low density syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Flame retardant and self-extinguishing
    • Extrudable but non-sagging after application
    • Fast curing at room temperature
    • Suitable for potting inserts in honeycomb structures
    • Two-component structural epoxy adhesive
    • Low-density syntactic formulation
    • Good mechanical strength-to-density ratio
    • Suitable for structural applications
    • Two-component structural epoxy adhesive
    • Low-density syntactic formulation
    • Non-sag after application
    • Suitable for structural reinforcement applications
    • Sandable after complete polymerization
    • Ultra-low density syntactic epoxy adhesive
    • Non-sag
    • Designed for edge sealing and void filling
    • High compressive strength-to-density ratio
    • Manual or extrusion application
    • Ultra-low density epoxy paste
    • Flame retardant
    • Extrudable and non-sagging
    • Sandable and machinable after curing
    • Suitable for edge reinforcement and honeycomb structure filling
    • Ultra-low density epoxy syntactic paste
    • Self-extinguishing
    • Paste/putty consistency with good stability on vertical surfaces
    • Sandable and machinable after curing
    • Applicable for edge reinforcement of honeycomb structures
    • Slump-resistant
    • PBDE-free
    • Ultra-low density structural syntactic paste
    • Flame retardant, compliant with FAR 25.853a requirements
    • Compliant with BMS 5-28 Type 9
    • Self-extinguishing
    • Easily hand-mixable
    • Non-tacky
    • Sandable after curing
    • Suitable for structural reinforcement of sandwich panels
    • Suitable for aerospace use
    • Upper EMI shielding
    • Polymerization at room temperature and high
    • Excellent chemical and corrosion resistance
    • Stable under extreme environmental conditions (100 hours at 150˚C, 100 hours at 85˚C/85% RH)
    • Resists wave soldering
    • Without MEK and HAPS
    • Good conductivity
    • Provides good RFI shielding
    • Extreme durability and grip
    • Strong resistance to solvents
    • Excellent corrosion and salt spray resistance
    • Low outgassing approved by NASA
    • Extreme electrical conductivity
    • Convenient 1-to-1 mixing ratio
    • Working time: 4 hours
    • Cure time: 2 hours at 65 °C (149 °F) or 30 minutes at 100 °C (212 °F)
    • Creates strong permanent electrical connections
    • Excellent adhesion to many substrates
    • Storage at room temperature
    • Long shelf life
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • Low outgassing approved by NASA
    • High electrical conductivity
    • Convenient 1-to-1 mixing ratio
    • Working time: 4 hours
    • Cure time: 2 hours at 65 °C (149 °F) or 30 minutes at 100 °C (212 °F)
    • Creates strong permanent electrical connections
    • Excellent adhesion to many substrates
    • Storage at room temperature
    • Long shelf life
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • Extreme electrical conductivity
    • Convenient 1-to-1 mixing ratio
    • Processing time: 20 minutes
    • Cure time: 6 hours at room temperature or 10 minutes at 65 °C (149 °F)
    • Creates strong permanent electrical connections
    • Polymerization at room temperature
    • Without SVHC
    • Excellent adhesion to many substratesStorage at room temperature
    • Long shelf life
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • High electrical conductivity
    • Convenient 1-to-1 mixing ratio
    • Processing time: 20 minutes
    • Cure time: 6 hours at room temperature or 10 minutes at 65 °C (149 °F)
    • Creates strong permanent electrical connections
    • Polymerization at room temperature
    • Without SVHC
    • Excellent adhesion to many substrates
    • Storage at room temperature
    • Long shelf life
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • High electrical conductivity
    • Creates strong permanent electrical connections
    • No mixing is required
    • Cure time: 1 hour at 90 °C (194 °F) or 7 minutes at 150 °C (302 °F)
    • Storage at room temperature (≤ 22 °C)
    • Suitable for automated distribution
    • Thermal conductivity of 1.4 W/(m-K)
    • Mixing ratio 1:1
    • Processing time: 45 minutes
    • Cure time: 24 hours at room temperature or 1 hour at 65 °C (149 °F)
    • Provides strong electrical insulation
    • High mechanical strength
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • Thermal conductivity of 0.8 W/(m-K)
    • Mixing ratio 1:1
    • Fire retardant - UL 94V-0 registered
    • Processing time: 5 minutes
    • Laying time: 15 minutes
    • Provides strong electrical insulation
    • Low CTE before Tg
    • High tensile and compressive strength
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons"
    • High thermal conductivity
    • No mixing is required before use
    • Provides strong electrical insulation
    • Low curing temperature (<100 °C)
    • Storage at room temperature (≤ 22 °C)
    • Binds well to a wide variety of substances
    • Strong resistance to moisture, salt water, light bases and aliphatic hydrocarbons
    • All materials
    • Waterproof
    • Crack sealant
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Maximum durability and strength
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • It can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Invisible
    • Ultra-strong and durable
    • For jewelry and glassware
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Very rapid curing
    • Extremely durable
    • Transparent
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Excellent permanent bonding
    • Maximum durability and strength
    • Fast curing
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Excellent permanent bonding
    • Maximum durability and strength
    • Fast curing
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Excellent permanent bonding
    • Maximum durability and strength
    • Fast curing
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded, drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Slight odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Top permanent bonding
    • Maximum durability and strength
    • Fast curing
    • For indoor and outdoor use
    • Can be painted, sanded and drilled
    • Water resistant
    • Low odor
    Safety information:
    • It should be stored in a dry place at room temperature in the original syringe.
    • Do not use to repair or glue objects that may come in contact with food or drink.
    • It is not recommended for gluing rearview mirrors to car windshields.
    • Keep out of reach of children and pets
    • Single-component
    • Structural semi-crash
    • Adhesive
    • Auto body epoxy technology
    • Exceptional shear strength
    • Shear resistance
    • Exceptional corrosion and hygrothermal resistance
    • Corrosion and hygrothermal resistance
    • Good resistance to impact peeling
    • High durability
    • Excellent adhesion to pretreated aluminum, with good tolerance to oily and dry lubricants
    • Increased stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Sealing ability that protects metal from corrosion
    • Compatible with electropainting process and resistant to washout
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels, including coated steels and pretreated aluminum, with good tolerance to oil and dry lubricants
    • Increased stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Protection of metal and welding spots from corrosion due to its sealing ability
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Compatible with electropainting process and resistant to washout
    • UV detectable
    • Exceptional resistance to moisture
    • Remarkable temperature stability
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels, including coated steels and aluminum
    • Good resistance to washing
    • High durability
    • Weldable
    • Compatible with the e-coat process
    • Excellent adhesion to pretreated aluminum, with good tolerance to oily and dry lubricants
    • Increased stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Compatible with the electropainting process and resistant to washing
    • Primerless adhesion to many substrates
    • High mechanical strength and high elongation at break
    • Possibility of accelerated adhesion at elevated temperatures
    • Solvent-free
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels
    • Increases the rigidity and impact stability of the vehicle body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Protects metal and welding spots from corrosion
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels, including coated steels and pretreated aluminum, with good tolerance to oil and dry lubricants
    • Increased stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Protection of metal and welding spots from corrosion due to its sealing ability
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Compatible with electropainting process and resistant to washout
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels, including coated steels and pretreated aluminum, with good tolerance to oil and dry lubricants
    • Increased stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body
    • High durability of adhesive and adhesive bonding
    • Protection of metal and welding spots from corrosion due to its sealing ability
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Compatible with electropainting process and resistant to washout
    • Two-component polyurethane structural adhesive
    • Rapid polymerization at room temperature.
    • High elastic modulus.
    • Dow Automotive products are developed in collaboration with automakers
    • Good adhesion to plastics, composites, and painted surfaces
    • Good adhesion to coated metal surfaces
    • Primerless adhesion to many composite mstereals
    • Optimized for accelerated adhesion at high temperatures
    • Very high mechanical strength and high elongation at break
    • Specially developed for bodywork.
    • Used in the car to increase the service life, crash performance And the rigidity of the vehicle body.
    • Good adhesion on plastics
    • Flexible
    • Cures at room temperature
    • Low odor
    • Non-flammable
    • Rapid polymerization
    • High strength
    • High flexibility
    • Low odor
    • Non-flammable
    • 15 minutes open time
    • High strength
    • High flexibility
    • Excellent adhesion to automotive steels
    • It helps to increase or restore the stiffness and impact stability of the entire car body.
    • High durability of the adhesive bond
    • Protects metal and welding spots from corrosion
    • Compatible with other mechanical and thermal joining techniques
    • Fast curing from 0°C to 40°C
    • Suitable for service temperatures up to 120°C
    • Application and curing in wet and underwater environments
    • Excellent resistance to aging and weathering
    • Requires minimal pretreatment
    • Cures at room temperature
    • High strength and toughness
    • Thixotropic
    • Good environmental and chemical resistance
    • Metal bonding
    • Bonding of commonly used materials
    • Cures at room temperature
    • High strength and toughness
    • Thixotropic
    • Good environmental and chemical resistance
    • Metal bonding
    • Bonding of commonly used materials
    • High resistance to cutting and peeling
    • Paste a wide variety of materials (metal, composites, and thermoplastics)
    • Good resistance to moisture
    • Extremely tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • Long service life, ideal for assemblies of large composite parts
    • Contains spacers to ensure a minimum bond line thickness of 0.05 mm
    • Resistant to cutting and peeling
    • Bonding a wide variety of materials
    • Good resistance to moisture
    • Extremely tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • High shear strength
    • Paste a wide variety of materials (metal, composites, and thermoplastics)
    • Resistant to temperatures up to 140°C
    • Extremely tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • Contains spacers to ensure a minimum bond line thickness of 0.05 mm
    • Gel
    • Good bonding characteristics on a variety of plastics and materials
    • Filler up to 8mm
    • Tough flexible adhesive suitable for dynamic stresses
    • Transparent
    • Fast curing
    • UV stable
    • Suitable for bonding plastics and metals
    • Low viscosity, transparent adhesive
    • Especially suitable for joining glass and ceramics
    • Suitable for transparent materials
    • Glass-like refractive index
    • High shear strength
    • Paste a wide variety of materials (metal, composites, and thermoplastics)
    • Resistant to temperatures up to 140°C
    • Extremely tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • Contains spacers to ensure a minimum bond line thickness of 0.05 mm
    • Excellent processing time/cure time ratio
    • Tenacious
    • Multipurpose
    • Tolerant to "suboptimal" pretreatment
    • Filling spaces up to 4 mm
    • Excellent processing time/cure time ratio
    • Tenacious
    • Multipurpose
    • Tolerant to "suboptimal" pretreatment
    • Filling spaces up to 4 mm
    • Thixotropic, non-sagging
    • Tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • Suitable for bonding metals and composites
    • High resistance to weathering
    • Provides an adhesion thickness of 0.05 mm
    • Thixotropic, non-sagging
    • Tenacious and resilient adhesive
    • Suitable for bonding metals and composites
    • High resistance to weathering
    • Provides an adhesion thickness of 0.05 mm
    • Rapid polymerization
    • Tenacious
    • Multipurpose
    • Excellent adhesion to a wide range of plastics, composites, and metals
    • Suitable for temperatures up to 100 °C
    • Rapid polymerization
    • Tenacious
    • Multipurpose
    • Excellent adhesion to a wide range of plastics, composites, and metals
    • Suitable for temperatures up to 100 °C
    • Tenacious
    • Ideal for bonding GRP, SMC and dissimilar substrates
    • Fills in gaps, does not drip up to 10 mm thick
    • Good resistance to weathering
    • Tenacious
    • Ideal for bonding GRP, SMC and dissimilar substrates
    • Fills in gaps, does not drip up to 10 mm thick
    • Good resistance to weathering
    • Resistance to high temperatures
    • Resistant to chemicals
    • Water resistant
    • Resistant to chemicals
    • It fills the games
    • It does not drip down to 5 mm
    • High resistance to cutting and stripping
    • Hard and resilient
    • Good resistance to dynamic load
    • Combines a wide range of commonly used materials
    • High resistance to cutting and stripping
    • Hard and resilient
    • Good resistance to dynamic load
    • Combines a wide range of commonly used materials
    • High resistance to cutting and stripping
    • Hard and resilient
    • Rapid polymerization
    • Combines a wide range of materials
    • High resistance to cutting and stripping
    • Hard and resilient
    • Rapid polymerization
    • Combines a wide range of materials
    • Resistance to high temperatures
    • Resistant to chemicals
    • Water resistant
    • Resistant to chemicals
    • It fills the games
    • It does not drip down to 5 mm

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