Bonding and Adhesive Assembly
Make a lasting connection without the screws.
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Here’s built-to-last non-metal attaching power that lets you improve performance, speed assembly, enhance appearance and know each bond will stand the test of time. 3M’s bonding and adhesive assembly solutions helps you bring a higher quality, better built vehicle to market.
Common Bonding and Adhesive Assembly Areas
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Exterior Attaching and Bonding3M tapes and adhesives are ideal replacing welds and mechanical fasteners potentially making your process more efficient through elimination of drilling, grinding, refinishing, screwing, welding and clean-up.
Typical Applications:
- Exterior side panel assembly
- Attaching trims, fixtures and accessories
- Roof panel attachment
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Exterior Sealing3M adhesive sealants and extreme sealing tapes are ideal for vertical and horizontal joint sealing resulting in improved process efficiencies without having to compromise on design freedom.
Typical applications:
- Exterior side panel sealing
- Glass and mirror sealing
- Roof assembly
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Interior Assembly3M tapes and adhesives quickly and easily create a long-lasting bond that can actually build strength over time. With the ability to join a variety of materials including aluminum, steel, glass, plastics and painted and powder-coated surfaces, they provide resilient bonding solutions to virtually any surface.
Typical applications:
- Wall and door panel attachment
- Headliners and ceiling systems
- Floor systems
- Insulation attachment
- Wiring and cable harnessing
- Mirrors and fixtures
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Featured Applications
3M tapes and adhesives are ideal replacing welds and mechanical fasteners potentially making your process more efficient through elimination of drilling, grinding, refinishing, screwing, welding and clean-up.
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Floor System and Carpet Installation
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3M™ Nitrile Industrial Adhesive 4491 is a sprayable, fast-drying adhesive that provides strong, flexible bonds with excellent environmental resistance. In addition, our 3M™ Nitrile Industrial Adhesive 4491 has the ability to be heat cured to obtain superior physical properties.
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We designed 3M™ Hi-Strength Postforming Adhesive 94 CA to have an aggressive tack that offers a high initial grab as well as sufficient open time to position materials properly. High-solids content supports its low soak-in property, giving you ample time to align your insulation properly. This attribute also provides higher coverage than competing adhesives, alongside its 15-minute bonding range.
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Sidewall Panel Attachment
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3M™ VHB™ Commercial Vehicle Tapes utilize multi-purpose acrylic adhesive on both sides of a conformable, foam core. They are specifically designed for good adhesion to metals, glass and other medium to high surface energy materials. Applications for this tape include commercial vehicle panel attachment as well as muntin bar and trim attachment and simulated, divided light grill bars.
*Additional thicknesses and variations available.
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Exterior Sealing
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3M™ Extreme Sealing Tape 4411N is a translucent, highly conformable, single-sided, pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive tape with a high performance ionomer backing. It is an ideal solution for creating a water tight seal. It conforms over fasteners, seams, joints, holes and gaps to ensure a long-lasting seal on a variety of substrates.
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3M™ Polyurethane Sealant 540 is a single-component, moisture-curing, polyurethane sealant used to bond a wide variety of materials, including plastics, fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), sheet molding compound (SMC), aluminum, steel, coated metal and wood.
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Offers excellent UV resistance and long term durability when exposed to the elements. This sealant is permanently elastic and is capable of bonding dissimilar materials, offering long-lasting bonds and design flexibility. This single-component sealant is paintable when wet and has a 40-60 minute skin time.
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Key Product Categories and Resources
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Foam Tapes
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Designed for a smooth side and a durable ride, 3M foam tapes like 3M™ VHB™ tapes, withstand the extreme heat and cold, vibration, moisture and UV light commercial and specialty vehicles encounter on the open road. Unlike rivets and screws, they provide a barrier sealed against any kind of weather.
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Sprayable Adhesives
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Choosing the right 3M™ Spray Adhesives starts with you: your processes, your objectives, your bonding challenges. Then the 3M team of adhesive experts go to work to find the best products to help maximize your product performance, increase your efficiency, streamline your assembly productivity and meet your sustainability goals.
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Adhesive Sealants
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An economical choice for high strength, long lasting elastomeric bonding and sealing. 3M adhesive sealants are suitable for bonding and sealing a wide variety of substrates including: glass, wood, composites and plastics.
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