Deck to hull assembly
Bonding composites - Shipbuilding sector
Article REF: BM7628 V1
Deck to hull assembly
Bonding composites - Shipbuilding sector

Author : Philippe COGNARD

Publication date: October 10, 2003 | Lire en français

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6. Deck to hull assembly

  • The surfaces of large molded parts, hull and deck, are not very flat. As a rule, this means filling a joint that can be several millimeters thick, or even more for large boats. In this case, a polyester resin-based mastic-glue is used, cured by the addition of a catalyst (benzoyl peroxide or methyl ethyl ketone (see figure 3 ).

    Example

    Freefix 6470 putty from Freeman (UK), for example, has a shear strength of 5 to 6 MPa, and can be used up to a few millimeters thick.

    Urethane-acrylate adhesives are also used.

    Bonding with a flexible polyurethane (PU)...

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