Drone Bonding Applications

Designing and repair of drones comes with a unique set of challenges requiring thought to be put into structural rigidity, impact performance, environmental exposure and ease of assembly. Many components of drones are made from materials that have a balance of light weight and structural rigidity, including composite materials, such as fiberglass and fiber carbon, high performance plastics, and foam/core materials.

Early iterations of drones typically used mechanical fasteners to hold components together. These fasteners allowed easy assembly and repairability, but also came at the expense of weight. As material developments progressed and designs (including guidance systems and automatic avoidance) improved, repairability became less of an issue in drone manufacturing. This change allowed for optimization of weight with the result of significantly increase performance and range.

Adhesives are well suited for weight reduction focus, as they provide high strength as minimal weight vs mechanical fasteners. Not only do adhesives reduce weight, but due to the stress distribution advantages, they can also increase both structural rigidity and impact resistance by spreading loads.

Axion’s 3rd Gen MethylMethacrylate Adhesives from Aderis have been extensively tested on aerospace and automotive applications and provide superior flexibility and impact performance, whilst also maintaining high tensile strength and aggressive bonding of a variety of substrates.

Contact Axion for more information to see how we can help increase the performance of your drone application.