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Adhesives for Service Work Truck & Delivery Truck Manufacturing

Our LORD and Maxlok adhesives are proven to bond to a variety of service truck bodies, including box trucks, boom trucks, delivery trucks and more, during manufacturing, eliminating the need for welding or fasteners.

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Structural Adhesives for Service Truck Applications

LORD structural adhesives eliminate the need for mechanical fasteners, welding and rivets on service work trucks. Our adhesives are used on various vehicles like, ambulances, fire trucks, boom trucks, box trucks, utility trucks and final mile delivery trucks. Watch the video to see where some of our adhesives are used today.

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Service Truck Adhesive Applications

Sidewall Bonding

Smooth sidewalls are quickly becoming the standard expected by all customers in the work truck industry. Whether you are offering a smooth-sided wall for the first time or looking to reduce production costs required by other bonding methods, we have the perfect structural bonding solutions for you.

Panel Bonding

Since the first development of composite panels for sidewalls, we have been here developing structural bonding solutions for the transportation industry and gaining application expertise. Our truck and trailer adhesives can join the panels without unsightly mechanical fasteners and rivets.

Door Closures

Door closures can be one of the most challenging features for manufacturing quality and aesthetics. Luckily, we have the proficiency to help reduce or replace welding frames thus creating a more cost effective and aesthetically pleasing final product.

Roof Bonding

Improper bonding and sealing of a roof can be one of the most costly warranty items for any manufacturer. Whether you are looking for a solution to replace mechanical fasteners or a faster adhesive to drop into your existing production process, we provide proven structural bonding adhesives designed to seal it right the first time.

Bonded HVAC Units

Designing high-efficiency HVAC units and attaching them to your service vehicle can be a challenge. We offer a unique line of adhesives designed to transfer heat through the bonded joints.

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You know your application. Now you need an adhesive. Check out our full rundown of adhesives we offer for service truck, box truck and delivery truck applications. 

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Metal Bonding

Good welders are hard to find and even harder to keep – a challenge faced by manufacturers. Eliminate welds and rivets in your vehicle designs with LORD truck and trailer adhesives created to bond metals commonly used in the transportation industry. Our adhesives provide protection against galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals.

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Plastic Bonding

We provide a unique set of metal bonding adhesives for service trucks which can cross bond to plastics. Our structural bonding adhesives feature high elongation to accommodate the thermal expansion challenges of incorporating plastics into your designs. We have a full line of plastic bonding adhesives to accommodate you.

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Rivet & Weld Reduction

Adhesives designed for the service work truck industry to bond metal can reduce uneven stress distribution caused by mechanical fasteners and eliminate the scarring from welding with no loss of temper. Let us help you reduce or eliminate rivets, mechanical fasteners, or replace welding. 

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Seam Sealing

You get what you pay for. Many companies offer seam sealing options but trust us to provide you a unique solution to your manufacturing needs. The value of low cost product does not exist if the warranty costs of leaks eat away at your profit. Allow us to show you solutions for your seam sealing needs with our long-lasting product. 

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Are you Electrifying your Service Work Truck?

For electrification solutions to meet the needs of your service work truck design, check out our thermal management materials and coatings. Contributing to a lighter weight and high-performing electric truck, these highly engineered materials have applications in batteries, e-motors and on-board chargers.

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Service Truck Manufacturing

Service Trucks and Specialty Vehicles are unique in that they are made based on the job(s) they’re going to carry out, and that often requires high-skilled labor, ever-changing designs and drawings, plus lots of flexibility to meet end-user requirements.  In this webinar you’ll learn how structural adhesives hold up to various service truck applications, as well as how they can be used to increase design flexibility, product strength and long-term durability while decreasing overall manufacturing time and costs.

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Compare several structural adhesives to find the one that best fits your service truck application. If you're not sure which adhesive would work for you, talk to one of our adhesive experts and they can help you select the right adhesive. 

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Transportation Case Studies

For trucks with a dump-bed, the situation is extreme. Panels must endure almost constant impact and deformation. Learn how one truck manufacturer used next-generation acrylic adhesives to replace welding on his truck beds.

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Composites in Transporation

Let’s look at some common composites used by automotive and building product manufacturers. Based on the various properties of the composites, how should adhesives be selected? When talking about composites, two questions immediately arise: What are the elements that make up the composite material?

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Selector Guide: LORD Structural Adhesives for Service Work Trucks

Our Structural Adhesives offer a myriad of benefits for Service Work Trucks, including improved strength and durability, enhanced exterior aesthetics and reduced cost compared to mechanical fastening methods. Check out our selector guide for more info.

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Selector Guide: LORD Structural Adhesives

Finding the perfect adhesives for your manufacturing needs can be a hassle. Determine the perfect bead length and diameter, choose a product by chemistry or application and review the different packaging sizes available and other accessories needed.

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How To Videos

Want to know how to use structural adhesives? Traditional welding and rivets are a time of the past. Our structural adhesives hold up against welding and other mechanical fasteners. Watch how our adhesives stand up to welding and how to use them.

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