The Name’s Bond. Bonding Agent.

 

You don’t see it. 
You don’t smell it. 
But without it? Nothing sticks. 

Welcome to the invisible world of bonding agents — the ultra-thin, ultra-critical materials that keep your world held together (literally).

What is a Bonding Agent? 

A bonding agent is a microscopic layer applied to materials — usually rubber to metal or rubber to plastic — that ensures they stay firmly and permanently joined. 

Think of: 

  • The rubber seal in your car door. 
  • The engine mount that keeps your ride smooth. 
  • The landing gear on an aircraft. 
  • The buffers on a train or the base of a wind turbine. 

Without a bonding agent? Everything falls apart (sometimes literally). 

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The Products (AKA the Secret Agents)

  • Megum 538
  • Megum 3290-1
  • THIXON™ P-11-X

Here are the three DuPont stars of the show — high-performance bonding agents built for the toughest missions : 

  • MEGUM™ 538 – Versatile, proven across difficult to bound compounds used in NVH applications. 
  • THIXON™ P-11-X  – The specialist: designed for polar elastomers bonding, where others fail 

Bonding agents are: 

  • Essential for durability – prevent rubber from peeling off metal 
  • Key to comfort – reduce vibration, noise, and shock 
  • Critical to safety – ensure seal integrity in high-pressure hydraulic systems 
  • Everywhere – automotive, aerospace, rail, energy, defense, and beyond 

And all of this… in a film as thin as 10 microns. Small layer, big impact. 

Because when it absolutely has to stick — for decades, in extreme conditions — you don’t leave it to chance. 

Dupont delivers: 

  • Heritage – a legacy of innovation, trusted across industries 
  • Performance – excels even on tricky materials like FKM 
  • SVHC-Free – The most recent reformulations are the new X grades which are now fully compliant with the latest set of updates to the SVHC regulations 
  • Global trust – from automotive giants to offshore engineering, DuPont has been the go-to for decades 
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Efficiency, Quality & Optimisation

In a world where failure isn’t an option, DuPont bonding agents deliver the stealth performance you never see — but always count on. 

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