We provide the best of both worlds: flexibility and strength; sealing and support. Materials are taken beyond their standard capabilities so that the performance of the bonded parts is greater than the sum of the individual parts.

The less likely the pairing, the greater our innovation.

People have been bonding rubber to metal for over 100 years.

However, thanks to more recent innovations and developments by chemists, we are now able to bond rubber to just about any substrate, provided we use suitable preparation processes, primers, bonding agents and tool designs. We provide the best of both worlds: flexibility and strength, sealing and support. Materials are taken beyond their standard capabilities, so that the performance of the bonded parts is greater than the sum of the individual parts. The less likely the pairing, the greater our innovation.

You will find a range of information on bonding around our website. However, every application is slightly different and there are a whole range of factors to consider when designing your product, so the best thing you can do is to get in touch and discuss your requirements now.

If you need any of the following:

• Strength with flexibility
• Sealing without friction
• An unbreakable bond
• Encapsulated fixings and fixtures
• Invisible ballast
• Properties of metal with aesthetics of rubber

Rubber to Metal Bonding

Reduced assembly times and improved performance

In the world of rubber mouldings, a rubber part that has been ‘bonded’ means that a metal component has been chemically prepared and attached or encapsulated as part of the vulcanisation process to become a bonded rubber part.

The basic rule of thumb when it comes to bonding rubber to metal is that if you have a rubber part which needs to adhere to a metal part, or which is part of the same assembly, a vulcanised bond will be far superior than any adhesive. In fact, looking at the destructive tests that we’ve run, the rubber itself is more likely to break apart than the bond between the metal and the rubber. You don’t get much more integral than that and this is what makes us experts at bonding rubber to metal. You can learn more about the technical details around the process of bonding rubber to metal by reading our blog posts,

The other benefits of bonding rubber to metal is that it avoids fitment problems (seals can be fitted the wrong way round in error) and reduces assembly time by combining two components. This makes the bonded rubber part more stable and secure.

Rubber to Plastic Bonding

Combining advanced materials for optimum performance

One of the great things about rubber is that it can be bonded to just about any other material.

A real benefit that we have seen in recent times, with the development of exceptional materials – carbon fibre, PTFE, acetal, acrylic, Peek® – is that rubber can be chemically bonded to them and therefore provide the best of both worlds.

A rubber seal with a PTFE lip; a carbon fibre substrate with a bonded rubber lip; a composite wear pad made of rubber and PTFE. Very often a seal needs to be in contact with a moving surface in order to perform its intended function – but in doing so can create too much friction. A combination of rubber and PTFE can form a compliant but low-friction seal. Alternatively, the PTFE can be used right at the tip of the seal to reduce the likelihood of damage through overheating – but will be energised by the main bulk of the seal which is still manufactured from rubber.

Rubber can be chemically bonded to most polymers, and this dual-material solution is now used across a range of applications, providing a solution that is greater than the sum of its parts and requires fewer stages in the final assembly of the product.