The Adhesive Testing of High Strength Laminates for Structural Durability

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNERS ARE presently working with new, high strength plastics, laminates and light-weight metals to utilize the advantages of both for parts which need to meet strict structural durability requirements.

Those of particular interest are special light-weight steels, aluminum, HMC and XMC plastics both solids and foams. The suitability of urethane structural bonding systems for these components has been tested and is the topic of this article.