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About Plexus

We are proud to distribute ITW's Plexus brand of structural adhesives. Plexus provides a range of advanced structural adhesives that improve manufacturing and assembly techniques and processes. The wide ranger of advanced adhesive products are suitable for bonding a vast majority of composites, thermoplastics, metals and dissimilar substrates that result in durable bonds capable of withstanding the harshest climatic conditions with minimal or no surface preparation.

 

 

Markets

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The toughness and durability of Plexus Adhesives help contribute to long lasting assemblies and are trusted and spec’d in for many different markets including trailers, heavy truck, automotive, bus, rail, marine, specialty vehicles, HVAC, armored car, household appliance, service trucks, windows and doors, signs, metal fabrication, thermoformers, and more.

Key Problems Solved

Key Problems

Manufacturers turn to Plexus adhesives to help solve key problems in manufacturing and assembly:

Save Time

Plexus® adhesives are primer-less, which require little to no surface preparation. They can be dispensed quickly and offer fast unclamp times. Often Plexus® is used to eliminate rework from welds heat distortion or eliminate secondary sealing steps.

Improve Durability

Distributing stress across bond lines and not concentrating to point loads is a big design advantage. This combined with Plexus® adhesives excellent fatigue resistance and high toughness often leads to longer lasting assemblies.

Lower Cost to Assemble

Plexus® adhesives is one of the most cost effective joining methods when you look at (strength X surface area) per $. Plexus has been used to drastically reduce labor costs and speed up assembly times in multiple industries.

Reduce Leaks

Join and seal in one step with Plexus adhesives. No holes are required. Stress is distributed and assemblies are less prone to stress cracking. All this leads to a reduction in leak potential.

Design Freedom

Plexus adhesives are primer-less to metal, composites and most thermoplastics.

Clean Aesthetics

no holes or visible welds are required.

Applications

Bonding applications for Plexus in transportation are numerous. 

  • Bonding Rails and E-Track to Walls
  • Bonding Metal Sheets to Posts
  • Bonding Composites to Composites and Metal
  • Bonding Mounting Brackets
  • Bonding Kickplates
  • Door and Interior Vehicle Reinforcement

Plexus Trailers

 

Plexus Military Vehicles

 

Plexus Specialty Vehicles

Key Product Highlights

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Features and Benefits

Elastic and Primerless Adhesion
Bonds composites and metals and allows for joint movement

No Print Through
Ultra low exotherm, shrink and high elongation leads to no print through

Eliminate Dependence on Moisture
1:1 mix ratio that cures without atmospheric moisture

Easy to Incorporate
Paintable, non-flammable and UV resistance

Why Use H4110 vs. Other Technology

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