Vibra-Bond Uses

Most people want to know what is different about this adhesive versus existing glues:

Shake: Resists de-bonding due to vibration. Most structural adhesives, including most epoxies, are extremely brittle. Many adhesives can only stretch 1-4%, while Vibra-Bond can stretch over 100%. This translates into bond resiliency and increases the overall amount of energy required to break a bond. Many bonds which seem fine when first made fail later due to a lack of toughness. What actually happens in many cases is that typical adhesives remain bonded to both substrates, but crack down the middle due to vibration, causing a failed bond. Vibra-Bond keeps its flexibility over time, so is much more successful in vibrating/shaking-bond environments.

Rattle: Vibra-Bond is very useful in the bonding of joints that are subject to rattling. Because of its soft formulation, Vibra-Bond damps vibration, limiting rattling, squeaks, shrieks, and other offensive acoustics. Most adhesives are brittle and therefore transmit sound. Use Vibra-Bond for speaker cases when you want the speaker (not the case) to create the sound! Vibra-Bond also limits sound in bonds on Appliances, Machinery, and Transportation applications.

Roll: Vibra-Bond offers many solutions for use in transport applications. Its unique toughness, imparted by flexibility and softness, cause the energy required to break a bond to be significantly greater than traditional structural adhesives.

When testing a typical brittle epoxy vs. Vibra-Bond on a tensile lap-shear test machine for toughness, one generates a stress-strain graph. The vertical axis is represented by the load or force, and the horizontal axis represents the stretch or elongation. A typical brittle epoxy has a very vertical curve, since it does not stretch very much, whereas Vibra-Bond displays more of a 45° curve, stretching as it is pulled. The area under the graphed curve represents the amount of energy that is required to break a bond.

The amount of area under the Vibra-Bond curve is usually several times that of the typical brittle epoxy. This means that total energy trying to de-bond the joint can actually be much greater than typical brittle epoxy and not fail. Soft, flexible Vibra-Bond also distributes the load better across the bond surface! Vibra-Bond is an adhesive with significant toughness!

Bonds wood, steel, plastics and more: Vibra-Bond can bond to most substrates including steel, aluminum, stainless, brass, copper, ceramics, rubber, masonry, glass, PVC, ABS, polyurethanes and fiberglass. Note: Most brittle adhesives cannot effectively bond to plastics.

Strong, Gap-Filled Bonds: Vibra-Bond has properties that promote gap-filling while retaining bond strength. Its softer, flexible formulation allows distribution of force across a gap fill, so your parts don’t need to fit perfectly. Vibra-Bond works best with gaps of .005-.020” Note: Many adhesives have little or no tensile strength, so can’t gap-fill. Compare technical data on our website with other glue websites. Most provide little data, relying on testimonials.

Exterior Waterproof Vibra-Bond is Waterproof and Exterior rated. It can also be applied to wet or dry substrates. Note: many adhesives are “water resistant’ not “waterproof”, cannot be applied or maintain bonds in wet or exterior environments.

Non-Sag formula Vibra-bond is made “to stay where you put it”. This highly thixotropic (non-sag) formula resists sagging during application and curing. A 1/4” diameter bead of glue, applied horizontally on a vertical surface, will not run, but will cure in place. This means that it will also stay in place when applied to your project.

APPLICATIONS: Appliance repair, Machinery Repair, Automotive Repair, Marine Repair, Farm equipment Repair, HVAC Repair, Refrigeration Repair, RV Repair.