Joint Material Using Adhesives

Bonding agents are used on metals (metal adhesives) to complement or replace riveting, soldering, welding and folding. Outer surfaces of aircraft, bridges, roof and window structures and autoparts are bonded nowdays with adhesives. Other examples of adhesive bonding are; joining pipes, sticking on brake linings and bonding cutting tips to cutting tools.

Advantages and disadvantages of adhesive bonding
Adhesive bonding offers special advantages in joining together of similar materials (aluminium on steel or steel on glass). The positive result are smooth surfaces, gap free seams, uniform when the strength along the entire cross section, insulating effects and weight saving.