Permabond’s TA46XX adhesive range is well-known and very popular for its ability to bond low surface energy plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene, and PTFE, but Permabond adhesives for polyolefins are also great on rubber, PET, PEEK, and even acetal (POM).
Rubber is often a tricky material to bond. Typically we would only recommend Permabond cyanoacrylates for this task, but limitations include gap fill ability, underwater durability, and also difficulty in spreading over a large surface area. Now all these problems can be solved by bonding rubbers with the TA46XX range instead.
Permabond says this range has excellent environmental durability – good resistance to water, gap filling capability and can be spread over large areas (low-odour TA4631 can be considered for better worker comfort). There’s also no need to prime or pre-treat surfaces before bonding, and they can be used to bond rubbers such as neoprene, EPDM, nitrile and butyl rubbers (but not silicone).
Permabond’s TA46XX range was originally designed for hard to bond plastics, like polypropylene, polyethylene, and PTFE. However, we’ve found that they have excellent adhesion to acetal, PET-G, PET-P, and PEEK. TA4631 is ideal for bonding PET, as it is clear in a thin bond line.
Permabond’s TA46XX products are the most versatile adhesives in the Permabond range. In addition to bonding rubbers and the difficult plastics mentioned above, these adhesives are also suitable for bonding metals, composites, wood, other plastics, concrete, and even tarmac. The strong bonds have excellent water resistance.
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