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General Industries Assembly Solutions

Performance, strength, and flexibility for manufacturing designs.

Held back by traditional fastening methods like screws, rivets, and welding?

Don’t be. With 3M General Industrial Assembly Solutions, you can bring modern, cutting-edge product designs to life, without compromising strength, durability, build quality and speed.
    • Bond difficult or dissimilar materials with high strength and reliability
    • Lightweight materials for even the heaviest jobs
    • Eliminate the need for screws, rivets, welding, surface preparation, and finishing steps
General Industry Applications
  • Golf clubs assembled with glue for manufacturing
    Sporting Goods – Metal Gears and Golf Clubs

    3M solutions effectively and conveniently bond low surface energy materials while withstanding stress.

    Relevant Application Group:
    Small joint assembly

  • Rows of solar panels lined up under the hot sun.
    Solar Panel Mounting

    3M solutions' reliable bonding negates displacement and absorbs vibrations while eliminating the need for screws and rivets.

    Relevant Application Group:
    Sealing/Potting and Encapsulating

  • Clinical looking dining furniture such as tables and chairs placed in a high-rise home.
    Furniture

    3M Solutions provide industrial-strength bonds with aggressive tack for high initial grab and minimal drips/bleeds on dissimilar materials.

    Relevant Application Group:
    Panel-to-Frame/Stiffener-to-Panel

  • Metal gears with grooves and holes lined up on a metalworking table.
    Metal Fabrication

    3M solutions enhance aesthetic appearances while providing high holding power against heavy loads.

    Relevant Application Group:
    Panel-to-Frame/Stiffener-to-Panel


Why choose 3M?

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    40+ Years and 75+ Global Adhesive Specialists

    Having developed adhesive products for over 40 years, we’re here to help you find the perfect adhesive solutions to match your requirements. From tapes to sprays and structural adhesives, our expert engineers work with multiple bonding options regularly. This enables our customers to bring concepts to life while keeping costs in line.

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    35+ Global Application Engineers

    In addition to adhesive specialists, 3M has over 35 global application engineers who offer testing and reporting for customers of all sizes, industries and locations. They can test the strength performance of multiple adhesives on specific substrates under different heat, humidity and force levels.

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    3 Global Adhesive Solutions Labs

    Our Global Adhesive Solutions Laboratories in China, Germany and the United States were built to help our customers even further. Here, customers and 3M engineers come together to test adhesive options. Our engineers also work with customers requiring assistance with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and data modeling.


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Need help finding the right product for your project? Contact us if you need product, technical, or application advice, or want to collaborate with a 3M technical specialist. Give us a call at 1-800-425-3030 (Toll Free #).