Wanted - a guide to adhesives

I need to find an up-to-date book on adhesives in engineering. It needs to explain the various options in current use, and cover some past solvents and materials, explain not only what will stick what, but the effects of plasticisers, weather, etc, and what dissolves what.

Can anyone suggest a useful resource covering this topic sensibly - and from our point of view, not just industry and mass production?

Thanks

Tim

Edited By Tim Stevens on 15/04/2017 15:58:01

No 21 in the workshop practice series may have somnething though I have not looked at it.

I wish someone truly knowledgeable about this subject would write me a short series for MEW.

Neil

The Tee website gives no detail about content or date written - is it really up to date? I ask because many such books do have a rather old-fashioned content. Or do I just have to splash out and hope?

Cheers, Tim

Tim, you could always write one!, Have you tried Loctite, or 3M, although they tend to do tech bulletins on specific products, you may find they (especially 3M) do a book, or can at least recommend one. I think you may have found a gap in the market.

Phil

http://na.henkel-adhesives.com/industrial/adhesive-industrial-14972.htm

I once went to an Institute of motor Industry (IMI) talk by Loctite and came away with several booklets and charts. Maybe a letter or e-mail to Loctite would secure you a similar package which may be of help.

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Tim,

This little book is the best [on the subject] that I know of ... but it dates back to 1984, and therefore is not as 'current' as you might wish: **LINK**

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Adhesives_in_Engineering_Design.html?id=nIvqCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y&hl=en

I got my copy as the 'course notes' when Permabond were doing seminars.

... It even came with 'adhesive selector' software on floppy disk,

MichaelG.

Loctite used to give away - maybe still do - the Worldwide Design Handbook. Mine is 2nd Edition English from 1998.

Dave
The Emerald Isle

No 21 WPS is from 1991.

I think that the author, David Lammas, also wrote an article in MEW.

PS There is some information on the Arc website.

Edited By ega on 16/04/2017 16:52:13

Bob

Have you realised the thread you are replying to was from five months ago?

.

Does that matter, David ?

Tim has never given any 'closure' ... so presumably he has not yet found what he was seeking.

MichaelG.

Indeed, this is the case. Then, I wanted to stick an aluminium sheet to a marine ply panel. Last week it was to stick ABS letters to a plastic-coated plate. Next week it will be some other combination, I'm sure. I am particularly keen to find adhesives which are not affected by plasticiser migration, which is especially common with PVC stuff (including vehicle wiring).

And it does seem that the only serious tomes are intended for serious professionals and cost serious three-figure money.

Thanks, everyone, for trying to help.

Regards, Tim

Bit brief but may be of interest.

**LINK**

And this.

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Sika do some marvellous adhesives. You can forget excrement and blankets if you use something like Sikaflex. There are quite a few products but I think they are mostly polyurethane based. Don't seem too expensive and you can get some of them at builders merchants, Screwfix etc.

Something like Sikaflex 252 would do what Tim wants.

Murray

Michael

Ah, my background being troubleshooting and problem solving assumes a solution would have been found a long time ago.

And, there has been a torrent of ancient threads resurrected of late - although, I grant you, five months is nothing compared to five years or more for some of the others