Using 3M Structural Adhesives

3M™ Structural Adhesives can replace or complement traditional mechanical joining methods.

Besides strong bonds, 3M™ Structural Adhesives may help streamline processes or reduce labor costs.

Examining the full process and end-use environment can help you make an appropriate adhesive choice.

Other structural adhesive chemistries are also strong but provide different benefits.

You’re as expert at your products as we are at ours, so let’s pool that expertise.

A selection of customer testimonials about working with 3M to select and test structural adhesives.

Discusses questions to consider, adhesive chemistries, stress types, bonding applications and more.

Innovent talks about why they use a 3M™ Structural Adhesive for their custom air-handling units.

PDG Mobility used a 3M™ Structural Adhesive to improve their design and scale up production.

LIM Innovations worked with 3M engineers to retain adjustability while replacing some fasteners.

VINS Motors creates motorbikes with only co-laminated components and adhesive-bonded joints.

AquaCal used 3M™ Structural Adhesives to reduce a high failure rate and increase total output.

MG McGrath uses 3M™ Structural Adhesives and 3M™ VHB™ Tape for attaching architectural panels.

Dawson Doors used a 3M™ Structural Adhesive to eliminate three production steps.

Video demonstrates the power of structural adhesives by dropping a weight on bonded metal panels.

White paper discusses performance criteria by chemistry and handling/processing considerations.

Learn how 3M can help you find Design Solutions, Process Efficiencies and Performance Optimization.

Discussion of joints and alternate designs that may improve structural adhesive performance.

See the overlap shear and T-peel strengths of various 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Structural Adhesives.

Provides typical cure times for various 3M™ Structural Adhesives at different temperatures.

A list of recommended products for different substrates and bonding needs.

Next-generation power supplies need advanced bonding solutions – explore the options.

Describes different plastics and their applications along with adhesive options.

Learn more about masking and bonding solutions for parts that go through a powder coat operation.

White paper about the challenges of LSE bonding and some products that perform well.

Structural adhesives can help overcome the challenges of composite and multiple material assembly.

White paper about the challenges of and options for bonding composite parts.

3M urethane adhesives can help meet the challenges of bonding multiple or composite substrates.

See how 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Epoxy Adhesive DP420 helps a golf club head handle impact stresses.

See how a 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ adhesive kept 14,550 pounds suspended through a Minnesota winter night.

Learn about advances in cure times, impact resistance, shelf life and more.

White paper discusses advances in the chemistry and performance of 3M acrylic structural adhesives.

See how quick and easy horizontal concrete repairs can be.

Demonstration of an impact strength test involving 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Acrylic Adhesive DP8405NS.

This video demonstrates how well 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Tough Stuff survives an impact test.

White paper provides background and considerations when replacing mechanical fasteners.

Benefits include fast time to handling strength, precision dispensing and a variety of open times.

Tips for dispensing 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ PUR Adhesives along with when and why they’re a good solution.

Demonstrations of wood-to-wood, glass-to-plastic, plastic-to-metal and wood-to-metal applications.

Bonding challenges of composite materials include different coefficients of thermal expansion.

Technical Bulletin provides an overview of several surface preparation and pretreatment options.

Technical Bulletin discusses highly off-ratio dispensing when using 3M™ EPX™ Applicators.

Table of applicator and nozzle sizes and part numbers.

Learn more about factors to consider when bonding metal parts to metals and to other substrates.

Learn more about the advantages of the acrylic family of structural adhesives.

Learn more about the advantages of using structural adhesives to form strong bonds to plastic parts.

Learn more about how FEA can model adhesive behavior to help optimize your design.

Learn about the development and validation of Cohesive Zone Models for 3M Structural Adhesives.