Structural Adhesives - Part 1

According to McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary structural adhesives are capable of bearing loads of considerable magnitude. A structural adhesive will not fail when a bonded joint prepared from the thickness of metal, stone or other material typical for that industry is stressed to its yield point.Structural adhesives are adhesives that are used in high strength-permanent applications. Most often these adhesives are the primary means of attachment in structural applications.

There are many different types of structural adhesives, but, the three main types are Epoxies, Polyesters and Polyurethanes.

In our next few posts, we try to explain the chemical make up, uses, and benefits of these three types of structural adhesives.