- Overview
- Areas of application
- Adjustable Paint Masking Applicator
- Body-in-White
- Chassis and Wheels
- Exteriors and Glass
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Interiors
- Manufacturing and Assembly
- Propulsion
- Sensors and Cameras
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- Product Solutions
- Auto Masking
- Boron Nitride Cooling Fillers
- Design & Functional Films Solutions
- Engineered Solutions
- Friction Shims
- Glass Bubbles
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- Design challenges
- Support
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Bringing Body-in-White to Life
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The designs you’re thinking of often depend on subtle curves and contours. They must also be functional. Achieving both at once presents real challenges. Especially when your body-in-white designs could incorporate dozens of sensors and cameras, and sit on electrified powertrains. At 3M, we deliver technologically advanced abrasives, structural adhesives, engineered damping materials and flexible sealants, to name a few, to help move your design out of your head and onto the production line. That’s what we’re doing today. Tell us what you’re thinking about tomorrow. We’re happy to help.
Solutions for the Entire BIW Process
As 3M actively works to develop new technologies and combine existing ones, we are continually discovering solutions that solve more than one challenge at a time. That’s why we can meet the needs of automotive OEM professionals and Tier suppliers wherever they are in the automotive body-in-white process, from design to simulation to assembly.
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3M delivers solutions to make your designs truly viable through application and assembly. High-strength hollow glass microspheres make the components themselves easier to manage. Structural liquids and tapes help streamline automation and can eliminate process steps. -
3M solves and redefines material joining solutions with a full range of adhesive technologies for bonding similar and dissimilar materials. Solutions include tapes, liquids and structural modified epoxy films that can be pre-applied by Tier 1 and heat-cured in as little as 15 minutes. -
As EV and other trends continue to drive automotive design, 3M responds with melt seal and structural adhesives that help ensure BIW isolation materials will stay exactly where they need to be over the long term – even in load-bearing applications between dissimilar substrates. -
Reducing weight is a core challenge in automotive design and a focal point for multiple 3M technologies. 3M™ Glass Bubbles enable density reduction in plastic and composites. Structural adhesives can replace mechanical fasteners, and thermoset tapes seal joined panels right in the paint shop. -
Major OEMs already rely on 3M foams, damping materials and structural adhesives for successful body-in-white NVH simulation and validation. Through our own OEM-grade facilities, we continue to develop what the future of automobiles sounds like. -
3M abrasives allow for the true expression of automotive design. Electrostatically oriented, Precision-Shaped Grains and 3M microreplication technology ensure consistency and precision whether used by hand, on a machine or configured for a range of robotic equipment.
Need help finding the right solution?
Start by answering a couple questions about your design challenge, and we’ll point you toward some initial solutions for your consideration.
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This structural adhesive does far more than just help bond substrates. 3M™ Structural Adhesive Tape SAT1010 allows technicians to apply adhesive in precise locations with consistent thicknesses, ideal as an alternative to clinch flange adhesion and for preventing galvanic corrosion. Learn more about how this solution can save time and increase efficiency in OEM manufacturing processes.
Resources
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This 8-page brochure makes it easy to choose the right abrasive disc for the right job. It highlights the best options by substrate and application and includes a detailed selection guide chart. -
Explore 3M sanders, buffers, grinders, cut off wheel tools and much more to help you get the most from your abrasive performance. This 44-page catalog includes ordering information. -
This convenient sheet presents an overview of a top 3M film-backed abrasive disc for use on aluminum and other metals. This disc is low-loading without stearate-based coatings. -
Here are the details about our Precision-Shaped Grain, and how the 775L can help reduce material costs and improve throughputs. Includes complete ordering information.
Need Help Finding the Right Solution?
3M is constantly working to meet the evolving challenges of automotive OEM and Tier suppliers worldwide. If you need help finding an existing solution or would like to talk about specific ideas you’re working on, get in touch with us.
