Sika panel bonding adhesive solutions enable increased freedom to design new commercial vehicles. Bonded structures increase the durability of vehicles and join various materials like metals with composites. They allow different process orders and higher efficiency in body assembly. Sika has supported the transportation industry by providing innovative fast, and reliable bonding technologies for more than 40 years.
Sika’s global expertise, combined with the local technical service, provides commercial vehicle manufacturers optimal solutions for individual challenges in the industrial production of vehicles.
Sika's innovative bonding solutions and local support help the transportation industry worldwide to increase vehicle performance and production.
"Sikaflex® polyurethane bonding technology enables us to structurally assemble front and rear masks or hoods on our trains. In combination with SikaBooster®, the moisture-curing adhesive cures quickly, whatever the thickness of the joint."
Sika As Your Strategic Partner for Vehicle Assembly
Sika’s global team provides expertise for standardizing processes to cope with a high variation of materials and components. Sika’s network of experts supports you in assessing design challenges. In the conception phase, as well as by providing customized solutions for optimizing the industrialization. Fast setting and accelerated adhesives reduce handling time and reach a complete cure quickly. Combined with all-in-one sealing & bonding solutions, or by selecting adhesives that require no or little surface preparation, production output can be increased.
Rely on Sika from concept through production, anywhere in the world.
Freedom of vehicle design
Sika's bonding solutions enable substrates of all kinds to be joined together without restriction. Overcoming the limitations of mechanical fastening or welding is one of the main reasons why bonding technologies are used in industrial manufacturing.
Durability of Vehicles
Fully bonded structures with Sikaflex® adhesives reduce stresses in the design. Unlike screws, they avoid damaging the corrosion protection coating, thus increasing durability. Connections with SikaPower® SmartCore adhesives can be more durable than welded joints or mechanical fasteners, thanks to unique fatigue resistance performance.
Sika Panel Bonding Adhesives Lines for Industrial Assembly Processes
Sika’s adhesive sealants and structural panel bonding adhesives for use in the
production of commercial vehicles allow fully bonded load-bearing structures. Such a design avoids damaging the corrosion protection layer, e.g., by drilling holes or mechanical fixtures. It enables the integration of lightweight composite components and the assembly of parts at any stage.
