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Plastic Bonding

There are three principal methods of bonding or joining plastics:

Diffusion Bonding

This is a process developed by Carville in the 1960’s for the production of avionics instrumentation panels for the aerospace industry. The process was further developed in the 1980’s for the production of complex plastic fluid handling modules and manifolds for use in the medical diagnostics industry.

Diffusion bonding is a process that joins plastic component parts without the use of solvents or cements. The finished joints are invisible and very strong.

Plastic Cementing

Polymerising cements can be used to produce a strong, optically clear joints that are cosmetically attractive. It is important that plastics joined with polymerising cements are suitably heat treated to remove internal material stress. Failure to heat treat may result in solvent induced stress crazing or cracking of the material.

Solvent Cementing

This is a low cost method with a limited number of applications. Plastic materials may be joined by applying a suitable solvent and then clamping the materials together. It is imperative that the materials to be joined are correctly heat-treated.

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