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Ship & Boat Building

Fusion Forges Boatbuild Bond

Plexus, a division of Northants UK based ITW Performance Polymers Europe, has been promoting the benefits and savings that major transportation, marine, automotive and engineered construction manufacturers are achieving by using the company’s latest high performance range of methacrylate adhesives to bond many dissimilar materials.

The new adhesives chemically fuse FRP and composites, producing extremely durable bonds.
The new adhesives chemically fuse FRP and composites, producing extremely durable bonds.

These new adhesives are said to be facilitating faster and easier assembly and producing durable high strength bonds to virtually all resins and gel coats, as well as most thermoplastics and metals.

Unlike marine putties, Plexus Adhesives chemically fuse FRP and composites. They produce bonds so strong that the substrates will delaminate before the bond fails.

Because they eliminate surface preparation and cure rapidly at room temperature, Plexus Adhesives dramatically simplify and shorten assembly times, taking cost out of the finished product. The adhesives are also being used to speed up production, reduce component weight and increase durability. As an example in boat building applications, the problems caused by having wood beneath the water line have been eliminated by the introduction of composite stringer and liner assemblies.

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