Rubber to Metal bonding
Rubber to Metal bonding
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Hi Everyone and Anyone,
Need some more advice, currently reviewing the process of rubber to metal bonding. Got the general idea but wondered if anyone knows of a good resource on the subject.
Product needs to be well bonded and samples I have received have been inconsistent (good bond, bad bond on same piece).
Items are compression moulded with an EPDM to various metals.
I believe the issue is primarily with the thickness of the undercoat, as the failures appear to be between the topcoat and the undercoat.
Any advice is welcome
Need some more advice, currently reviewing the process of rubber to metal bonding. Got the general idea but wondered if anyone knows of a good resource on the subject.
Product needs to be well bonded and samples I have received have been inconsistent (good bond, bad bond on same piece).
Items are compression moulded with an EPDM to various metals.
I believe the issue is primarily with the thickness of the undercoat, as the failures appear to be between the topcoat and the undercoat.
Any advice is welcome





RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
It can be quite difficult to distinguish between cured primer layer and adjacent rubber, especially if peel stresses are being applied along the bond line.
In general, picking the right primer for substrate and rubber, good hygiene in primer prep and application, and development of proper mold pressure all play a part in adhesive bond success.
Good luck.
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
I will speak with TEchnical/Purchasing to see if we can get them in.
Thanks again!!
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RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
I will take a look.
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
With aerospace adhesive bonding the primer must be kept below 0.0002" or the bond strength rapidly declines.
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
Did you ever get any resolution of this problem?
We are now experiencing a similar type of bonding failure between a peroxide-cured epdm and a primered brass substrate.
Wondered if you had any success with Lord Chemicals, and did they suggest any changes to the primer type?
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding
We resolved the issue by moving the metal preparation to a sub-contractor. We set out sepcific instructions relating to the primer thickensss and monitoring of. I found that our process was applying inconsitent thickness of primer.
We have worked with Lord who checked some samples for us to help identify the failure type. We found that we had excess and insufficent primer along the strips. Since moving the process our defect rate has fallen to around 1% and bond failure has been eradicated.
Thanks to all for their contributions.
RE: Rubber to Metal bonding