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Adhesive Bonding

Joins parts, including dissimilar materials, using industrial adhesives for a clean, sealed bond.

What is Adhesive Bonding?

Joins two or more parts, including dissimilar materials that can't be welded together, using an industrial adhesive for a clean, sealed bond.

How it works

A structural or specialty adhesive is applied to the mating surfaces, the parts are aligned and held under light pressure or clamping, and the adhesive cures, chemically, with heat, or with UV light depending on the system, into a permanent bond.

Benefits

  • Works across dissimilar materials that ultrasonic welding can't join
  • Distributes load across the full bonded area rather than a single fastening point
  • Can seal a joint against moisture or air at the same time it bonds it

Applications

Joining dissimilar plastics, or plastic to metal or glass, and sealing enclosure seams.

Adhesive Bonding example

Applicable Materials

Most thermoplastics and dissimilar-material combinations, matched to a compatible adhesive. Full applicable-materials list and options are confirmed per order — see the Injection Molding page →

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