5. Characteristics of wood glues and adhesives

5.1 Application features

The characteristics of glues and adhesives are linked to the application systems: application and drying or curing;

• All gluing chains have six or seven steps (see [BM 7 616, fig. 1] ):

  • surface preparation (parts cleaning, mechanical, physical or chemical preparation, etc.) ;

  • glue preparation, e.g. dissolving a powder, mixing the two components, adjusting viscosity, adding a filler for urea-formaldehyde glues;

  • gluing with various systems (rollers, spray guns, extrusion, nozzles, etc.). (We'll look at the various...