Bonding Rubbers to Plastic Substrates

This section is based mainly on first hand personal experience and is not intended to be an overview of bonding. It covers the basic practical principles of bonding rubbers to a variety of plastics materials. 

It is typical to find that those who are skilled in the art of moulding and bonding rubbers have little affinity to plastics materials and vice versa. As for polyurethanes these are something else altogether. 

This chapter will concentrate on those plastics and rubbers which are likely to have uses in the manufacture of composite materials (see Appendix 1.1). 

2 What Form Does the Plastics Material Come In  

Fabric, fibres and filaments are obviously important forms and uses of plastics materials. Although the basic principles of bonding plastics apply to fibres and fabrics, the other factors involved in bonding them are a subject in themselves and will not be discussed further. 

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