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The Pure Expression of Performance

When automotive design meets the road itself, it’s critical that everything holds together, works together and performs flawlessly. That means more than just the suspension joints, wheel drums, brake systems and stamped metal parts that make up your designs. It means the solutions you choose need to perform their best. For decades, 3M has developed solutions for the areas where high performance is crucial during automotive chassis design and manufacturing – bonding, power density, heat transfer, acoustics, wheel weight distribution and many others. 3M solutions help your designs express themselves best where it matters the most – on the road.

A Smooth Ride Begins at Design

See how 3M solutions can help smooth out the bumps of critical challenges in the design and manufacture of chassis and wheels.

Assembly

3M helps bring automotive designs to life by making the assembly process smoother and more efficient. That means customizable 3M™ Friction Shims that enable ease of design and assembly solutions, die-cuttable protection films that can be used for isolation and more.
Automation

For every automotive OEM and Tier solution we develop – 3M™ Wheel Weights, for example – we thoroughly examine how it fits into the latest automotive operations. Solutions such as structural adhesives can be packaged and delivered for immediate use to suit your specific processes and automation equipment.
Control & Handling

The ultimate test in OEM design: incorporating performance improvement. 3M™ Friction Shims can enable strong chassis connection points for secure grip, protection from shear force slippage and can help reduce unwanted noise and vibrations. 3M™ Wheel Weights can enhance balance and precision without extra process steps.
Lightweighting

3M™ Structural Adhesives can be substituted for metal fasteners in many applications, reducing weight by eliminating heavy mechanical parts. 3M™ Friction Shims help downsize components by enabling small bolts to withstand the same or greater force loads as larger, heavier bolts. 3M™ Glass Bubbles can reduce the density of adhesives used in automotive chassis assembly.
Noise, Vibration, and Harshness

3M continues to develop specialized solutions for NVH management, such as our well-known 3M™ Thinsulate™ Acoustic Insulation. Other solutions include 3M™ Friction Shims as well as advanced vibration control materials.

Featured solutions

Maximize design freedom with automotive structural adhesives

For automotive OEM engineers looking to boost production efficiency in chassis assembly without compromising quality, 3M™ Structural Adhesives offer a versatile solution that are easily implemented into existing processes. By bonding effectively to a variety of different surfaces, they expand the range of chassis materials to help you meet – or exceed – impact resistance, lightweighting, bond strength and emission reduction goals. They can replace welding, riveting, nuts and bolts and other mechanical fasteners for reduced weight and streamlined processing, all while providing fast handling strength.

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Secure critical chassis joints with 3M™ Friction Shims

Strengthen and stabilize bolted connections with up to a 5× increase in the coefficient of static friction – even between dissimilar substrates. 3M™ Friction Shims work on multiple mating surfaces such as aluminum, e-coated (cathodic-dip-coated), painted and composite-material surfaces. The added friction allows joints to support heavier components and higher force loads without changing part or bolt sizes, helping standardize model designs where relevant. Friction shims from 3M can even enable new and unique chassis designs such as skateboard platforms.

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3M™ Wheel Weights for Automotive Manufacturers

Attain precision tire and wheel balancing in your assembly with 3M™ Wheel Weights using our OEM-approved, PACE Award-winning process.

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Level-wound rolls of 3M™ Wheel Weights along with the automated equipment offer:
Lead-free 3M wheel weights, combined with Esys Automation's AutoW8t System, represent a leap forward in tire assembly and wheel balancing, dramatically improving the speed, quality and cost of OEM high-speed tire balancing processes.

Reduced inventory and overall systems cost.

Potential for reduced residual imbalance in the wheel assembly, reducing the number of balance rejects.

Elimination of the chance of picking the incorrect weight from the bin.
Wheel Weights Product Overview (PDF, 3.89 MB)

This quick-reference, four-page brochure provides features and benefits of 3M™ Wheel Weight material. It includes ordering info for the material and for a related accessories and equipment.

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