ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer) is today an everyday plastic which is widely used because of its surface hardness, high impact resistance and good resistance to weathering, ageing and chemicals: For example, for sanitary pipes or housings of household and electrical appliances as well as for toys, plates and foils. In view of the wide range of variants, it can therefore be useful to always test how the adhesive behaves on small samples of the material beforehand. For example, PMMA can be used for polymer concrete, glazing, lenses, optical fibres, bathtubs, light covers and adhesives.In automotive production, a light-curing adhesive is applied to a flexible connecting element, an adhesive bolt, which is then joined to the workpiece.

Today, adapted photoinitiators and suitable radiation sources even permit curing through UV-blocked plastics.The double-sided Acrylic Plus Tape also offers good adhesion to modern, difficult-to-adhesive automotive paints. This makes components made of composite materials more stable and resilient than those made of monocomponent materials, while maintaining the same weight. This Plastic Welder forms a tough, durable bond to most plastics, composites, ceramics, wood in any combination.

Especially fast UV- or LED-curing adhesives based on acrylates are suitable for short process times and thus for high production quantities. We recently launched an adhesive tape on the market that allows the attachment of add-on parts such as parking sensors without the need for surface pretreatment on medium energy plastic surfaces. SAN (styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer) is a transparent copolymer of two transparent plastics: Formed by the copolymerisation of styrene (about 70%) and SAN acrylonitrile monomers (about 30%). POM - Polyoxymethylene is one of the most frequently used engineering plastics due to its excellent sliding and wear behaviour. Two-component high-performance construction adhesives based on epoxy resin are used, for example, in automotive and aircraft construction, where they achieve high structural strength at room temperature, even on low-energy surfaces such as plastics.

However, ABS with ABS can also be bonded with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) / butanone and dichloromethane (methylene chloride). Gluing plastics means using a liquid adhesive derived from animal bones which cures by drying over time. Foams are quite common in everyday life: They are used in everything from upholstery and mattresses to insulation materials. Fibre-reinforced composites are mixed or multi-phase materials consisting mainly of reinforcing fibres (e.