New White Paper explores how to streamline your adhesive bonding process
When designing an adhesives process, applying a primer is rarely top of the wishlist. Primers are often used to promote bonding with low surface energy plastics or difficult-to-bond metals—but they add complexity, introduce health and safety considerations, and may create process variability. Our latest White Paper Could you eliminate the need for a primer? by Kevin, Head of Learning and Development, explores a compelling question: can the use of a primer be eliminated altogether?
It discusses:
- When primers are traditionally used in bonding plastics or metals
- The downsides: extra steps, manual application, H&S risks, and limited availability
- Alternatives like plasma surface treatment, blasting, and chemical etching
- Specific use cases where primers are still essential (e.g. silicone potting and platinum-cured materials)
- How to improve bond strength without adding complexity
Whether you’re building a new production process or optimising an existing one, this White Paper provides insights that can help reduce risk, improve repeatability, and support sustainability goals by removing solvent-based chemicals from your process.
Download the White Paper: Could you eliminate the need for a primer?
