Foreword to Chapter 5 Aerospace, Pioneer in Structural Bonding

Foreword to Chapter 5 Aerospace, Pioneer in Structural Bonding  

I am sure this chapter will be of great importance for many of our readers. 

Aircraft construction was the first high tech industry to use adhesives bonding as soon as the first airplanes left the ground, some 100 years ago, and now modem aircraft use large quantities of bonded metal and composite parts. If aircraft, which are subjected to high stresses and require 100% infallibility can be bonded, then everything else can also  

For readers who are involved in metal stmctural bonding, for automotives, metal working, mechanics, composites, etc. this chapter will provide a great deal of very valuable information about adhesives for metals and composites. It also shows how aircraft bonding developed step by step over the last 50 years from a historical perspective. 

The reader should also refer to the chapter Surface pretreatment for stmctural bonding where the author, John Bishopp, provides detailed explanations on the various techniques. Good surface treatment before bonding is very important and makes the difference between a robust bond or a weak one. 

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