The Field Trials: Testing the Strength of Modern Glues

Johnny and I are going to do our own field trials to find out just how strong these modern glues can be. We're going to take a small amount of this super strong industrial adhesive and use it to glue these two pieces of aluminum together, then we're going to test the bond to destruction.

The glue we're using for this experiment is an industrial reactive glue which bonds through chemical reaction. It's the type of specialist glue they use to stick modern car chassis together, and even a small drop can be incredibly potent. We've been advised that at this point, the aluminum itself will bear over a thousand kilograms Force - now that's over a ton. To ensure that either of these points doesn't give before the glue joint, we're going to clamp it into one of these steel brackets and hopefully that'll do the trick.

Now believe it or not, Johnny and I haven't got the strength to break this bond but I think I've got the answer come on let's see. We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef. Wow, it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two. The bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else, something with more muscle.

We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two. The bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else, something with more muscle.

We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two. The bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else, something with more muscle.

We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two. The bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else, something with more muscle.

We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two. The bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else, something with more muscle.

We're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone - because we've added more weight, we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong. Okay, we've seen what a bit of manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do. Let's joint a huge tug and see what gives.

Right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here - so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enJohnny and I are going to do our own field trials to find out just how strong these modern glues can be we're going to take a small amount of this super strong industrial adhesive and use it to glue these two pieces of aluminum together and then we're going to test the bond to destruction the glue we're using for this experiment is an industrial reactive glue which bonds through chemical reaction it's the type of specialist glue they use to stick modern car chassis together and even a small drop can be incredibly potent how potent well we're about to find out now to speed up the bonding process we're going to place the sample in an oven at 65 degrees for an hour Okay so we've glued our joint and we've drilled a hole in each of the aluminum plates to attach to the ropes for the strength tests now we've been advised that at this point the aluminum itself will bear over a thousand kilograms Force now that's over a ton but to ensure that either of these points doesn't give before the glue joint we're going to clamp it into one of these steel brackets and hopefully that'll do the trick now believe it or not Johnny and I haven't got the strength to break this Bond but I think I've got the answer come on let's see the lake this is the Sandhurst World Championship tug of war team and this is how they train come on at 600 kilos they're hoisting up there and they're making it look easy fantastic boys come on so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two the bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else something with more muscle we're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone and because we've added more weight we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong okay we've seen what a bit of Manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do joint a huge tug and see what gives right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here's what's going to happen Richard in the green card will keep his vehicle stationary by applying the brakes while Johnny in the red car will boot the gas pedal and try to accelerate away thus Breaking the Bond right let's give it a go see what happens increase the refs gently lift the clutch okay we've taken the straight now I'm increasing the revs lifting the clutch yeah the clutch is up she's moving I can feel it is moving I've got the handbrake on I've got the foot brake on it's in gear and I'm still moving backwards I just can't stop it really got it superb I think I've burned out the engine but that is definitely a success wow smell that spell clock that is burning clutch that's the first thing you've ever pulled in your life in it Johnny that is that hell is held completely isn't it look look there's been some slip here on these joints yep but the glue joint is absolutely as good as new so just what will it take to break this joint open we've come back to the lab to find out this tensometer will measure the force required to break the joint this unit will be pulling the joints apart in exactly the same way as the tug of war team and the cars but hopefully it can exert even more Force okay here we go it's flying up that's over a thousand kilograms force is strong in this one certainly is it's a lot more than I thought it would take actually time and a half well that's a lot stronger surely surely no more that metal will break went in slowing down what do you reckon yeah it's bending can you see it's starting to deform 1700. oh the glue joint eventually gave way a massive force of 1.7 metric tons that's the same amount of stress it would take to snap a 17 millimeter diameter bar of solid aluminum oh it does it every timeJohnny and I are going to do our own field trials to find out just how strong these modern glues can be we're going to take a small amount of this super strong industrial adhesive and use it to glue these two pieces of aluminum together and then we're going to test the bond to destruction the glue we're using for this experiment is an industrial reactive glue which bonds through chemical reaction it's the type of specialist glue they use to stick modern car chassis together and even a small drop can be incredibly potent how potent well we're about to find out now to speed up the bonding process we're going to place the sample in an oven at 65 degrees for an hour Okay so we've glued our joint and we've drilled a hole in each of the aluminum plates to attach to the ropes for the strength tests now we've been advised that at this point the aluminum itself will bear over a thousand kilograms Force now that's over a ton but to ensure that either of these points doesn't give before the glue joint we're going to clamp it into one of these steel brackets and hopefully that'll do the trick now believe it or not Johnny and I haven't got the strength to break this Bond but I think I've got the answer come on let's see the lake this is the Sandhurst World Championship tug of war team and this is how they train come on at 600 kilos they're hoisting up there and they're making it look easy fantastic boys come on so here's the setup on one side there's a counterweight of 600 kilograms and on the other eight men weighing a total of 720 kilograms between the two the bond which is held together just by Glue it's not going to break Johnny we've got to try something else something with more muscle we're going to add another 100 kilograms to the stone and because we've added more weight we need to add some prime British beef and wow it survived that glue is seriously strong okay we've seen what a bit of Manpower can do now let's see what a bit of horsepower can do joint a huge tug and see what gives right I'm gonna anchor this car right down here's what's going to happen Richard in the green card will keep his vehicle stationary by applying the brakes while Johnny in the red car will boot the gas pedal and try to accelerate away thus Breaking the Bond right let's give it a go see what happens increase the refs gently lift the clutch okay we've taken the straight now I'm increasing the revs lifting the clutch yeah the clutch is up she's moving I can feel it is moving I've got the handbrake on I've got the foot brake on it's in gear and I'm still moving backwards I just can't stop it really got it superb I think I've burned out the engine but that is definitely a success wow smell that spell clock that is burning clutch that's the first thing you've ever pulled in your life in it Johnny that is that hell is held completely isn't it look look there's been some slip here on these joints yep but the glue joint is absolutely as good as new so just what will it take to break this joint open we've come back to the lab to find out this tensometer will measure the force required to break the joint this unit will be pulling the joints apart in exactly the same way as the tug of war team and the cars but hopefully it can exert even more Force okay here we go it's flying up that's over a thousand kilograms force is strong in this one certainly is it's a lot more than I thought it would take actually time and a half well that's a lot stronger surely surely no more that metal will break went in slowing down what do you reckon yeah it's bending can you see it's starting to deform 1700. oh the glue joint eventually gave way a massive force of 1.7 metric tons that's the same amount of stress it would take to snap a 17 millimeter diameter bar of solid aluminum oh it does it every time\n"