Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
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Anyone have any experience with any of the available adhesives for bonding acrylic (PMMA) to ABS? I know Dymax and some others make adhesives.
This is for a low cost consumer product. Both parts are in a a cosmetically sensitive area (visible to user of end product) so I don't want to be able to see adhesive residue....especially on the acrylic.
Thanks
apdesign.
This is for a low cost consumer product. Both parts are in a a cosmetically sensitive area (visible to user of end product) so I don't want to be able to see adhesive residue....especially on the acrylic.
Thanks
apdesign.





RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
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RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
I have some ABS motorcycle fairings that require some small crack repair, and need to know if I have to teach myself plastic welding, or if some basic adhesive will provide a bond with some flexibility.
Sorry to threadjack here.
RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
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Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'
RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
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RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
Thanks. Does ultrasonic welding abrade a really polished visible surface like clear acrylic? I'm trying to bond a clear acrylic window to a base made of ABS (imagine a square box that youre trying to bond a clear window to the open side os.. The base is about 1.5 inches deep. Im not sure where the Ultrasonic horn would have to go in order to bond from that far away or if the result would be ugly after the ultrasonic bonding.
Ultrasonic horns cost ~$10-$20K, right?
RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'
RE: Gluing clear acrylic to ABS
Triplez:
I repaired my motorcycle fairing (broken off fixing lug) about 4 years ago with Loctite 406 - still ok.
Fairing is ABS.
Cheers
Harry