Bonding and joining materials can be a breeze

If you are looking for unconventional products for reliable bonding or industrial joining of materials, we have one perfect tip for you. You can choose adhesives and tapes from 3M.

Adhesives and adhesive tapes from 3M's portfolio are among the very best that the current market has to offer. It is therefore no wonder that we come into contact with these products practically every day, without realizing it in any way. 3M adhesives can be found in cars, phones, and many other devices or instruments, but in all likelihood your dentist uses them too.

Adhesives from 3M can truly be used on a wide range of materials, applications, and substrates in industrial sectors as well as in ordinary household conditions, which, incidentally, was also one of the reasons why we decided to include these products in our offer. But so that we do not remain only with words, let us briefly look at specific joining methods that industrial adhesives and adhesive tapes can replace, and at the materials they can help us with.

Welding and other mechanical joining methods are no longer a necessity

Industrial adhesives and tapes provide strong competition not only to traditional welding, but also to other frequently used mechanical methods of joining materials.

Including riveting, screwing, or soldering. Of course, we’ll tell you why right away as well. Welding is a reliable and mechanically resistant method of joining materials, but it cannot always be applied when joining products made of different metals. A clear example is joining steel and aluminum products. Industrial adhesives, such as 3M double-sided adhesive tapes, however, will not have problems with these diverse metallic materials and will provide a perfect bond with adequate mechanical strength of the joints.

Adhesives and adhesive tapes can naturally have the upper hand even when joining materials with screws or rivets. Screws are commonly used in practice, but for products to be fastened together, they must have drilled holes. In the case of riveting, the mutual joining of two products or components can be complicated by difficult access. 3M adhesives and double-sided adhesive tapes eliminate the need to drill holes and offer easy application even in hard-to-reach areas.

The added value of liquid adhesives is their ability to flow into joints and fill unwanted gaps. Double-sided adhesive tapes are also pleasing in that, hand in hand with bonding, they can also fulfill a sealing function. By combining products, you kill two birds with one stone. However, it is also necessary to mention the fact that adhesive tapes can be used not only for sticking. Colored electrical insulating tapes are an excellent example, as they can be used not only for standard functions but also for marking cables. The options for straps certainly do not end here. Various reflective contour tapes suitable for vehicle marking are available, as well as many other interesting 3M adhesives and tapes.

3M adhesives and adhesive tapes can handle any material

We have already mentioned bonding metals, but with 3M adhesives and adhesive tapes, we certainly do not stop at this material alone. They will serve you excellently with traditional materials such as wood, textiles, leather, and stone, but you also won’t go wrong if you use them for bonding conventional hard engineering plastics or for joining products made from low surface energy plastics (LSE). With the adhesives and tapes from our range, you can also handle products made of polypropylene, polyethylene, or polystyrene.