STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES UNDERSTOOD
STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES UNDERSTOOD WHY MECHANICAL FASTENERS CAN’T ALWAYS COMPETE Structural adhesives allow vehicle designers a level of flexibility that cannot be achieved with mechanical fasteners like rivets. For one thing, adhesives are simply more physically flexible. The bonds they create are, by their nature, able to accommodate more stresses without causing lasting damage to the […]
THE NITTY-GRITTY
THE NITTY-GRITTY AS VEHICLE MATERIALS GO HIGH-TECH, ABRASIVES HAVE GONE THROUGH A MAJOR OVERHAUL To those outside the collision repair industry, it may seem strange to imagine scientists in research laboratories around the globe working on the next game-changing abrasive materials. After a century of making vehicles in, more or less, the same way, auto […]
Roughed up
ROUGHED UP IS YOUR BUSINESS READY FOR HIGH-TECH SUPERABRASIVES? As manufacturers use more complicated materials and rely more and more on mixedmaterial combinations formed using structural adhesives in their vehicle designs, traditional abrasives are no longer appropriate for use in all repairs. Automotive manufacturers are expected to increase their spending on synthetic superabrasives over the next […]
ALL THE RAGE
New and Hot Products for 2021 Despite its upheavals, 2020 did bring the industry good fortune—especially in the form of brand-new products. As we prepare to wade deeper into the unknown, ensuring your equipment is fit for the future will be of the utmost importance. With cars becoming ever more complex with new technologies and […]
Publishers Page
YOUR GUIDE TO THE FUTURE WELCOME TO THE 2021 COLLISION REPAIR BUYER’S GUIDE BY DARRYL SIMMONS Welcome to the 2021 edition of Collision Repair magazine’s annual Buyer’s Guide. Keeping up with the latest products and tools can be a tricky business, but we’ve pulled out a great selection that is bang on trend for 2021. […]
