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Structural adhesives
Technical articles built from harnessing the power of chemistry for over 40 years in manufacturing market leading structural adhesives.
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How does a structural adhesive work?
A structural adhesive not only bonds substrates to one another, but a structure made from two or more parts bonded together gains structural strength from an adhesive.
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Your guide to MMA structural adhesives
Scott Bader’s range of Crestabond MMA primerless structural adhesives are specifically designed to bond various substrates with minimal preparation needed and no requirement for primer, dramatically...
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The advantages of structural adhesives
Structural adhesives negate the need to use mechanical fixings such as screws or bolts. These joining methods often require an additional production step of drilling a hole that creates a weakness in...
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Applying structural adhesives
Although some adhesives are single component and can cure by other mechanisms such as heat or UV, Scott Bader’s Crestabond and Crestomer structural adhesives are two-component and cure by a process...
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How structural adhesives are revolutionising solar PV installation
We recently caught up with Scott Bader’s solar PV expert, Andrew Harvey, on the improvements structural adhesives bring to solar installation, and how they should be used for optimum installation.
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Storing and handling adhesives
Storage and handling recommendations for Scott Bader’s adhesives range.
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