Sports Equipment

Engineered to withstand the rigorous conditions of professional and recreational sports, our range of adhesives are designed to meet the unique challenges of this dynamic field.

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Sports Adhesives

Artificial turf for sports fields

Hot melt adhesives offer a strong and enduring bond that ensures artificial turf remains uniformly laid out. Our sprayable hot melt adhesives offer fast, even coverage without compromising overall bond strength, ensuring that the turf remains securely and uniformly attached to the ground. This in turn, contributes to safer and more consistent playing conditions.

Artificial Turf

Foam Cushioning Inside Helmets

Prioritising athletes safety is critical in all forms of sport, so you need to ensure any protective equipment stands up to legislation. Our range of adhesives offer fast, safe, and secure bonds, ensuring that cushioning inside of helmets and pads adheres firmly to the inner shell. Even under temperature fluctuations and constant movement, our adhesive remove the worry of cushioned material dislodging.

Helmet Cushioning

Cleats/Sport shoes

Traditional methods of attaching soles and other components in sports shoes often involve stitching, which can add extra weight and reduce flexibility. Using hot melt adhesives as an alternative brings down the overall weight of the shoe and speeds up the manufacturing process. The result is a new generation of sports shoes that contribute to better speed, agility, and performance for athletes.

Sports Shoes

Visor attachments

Often used in conjunction with mechanical fasteners like bolts or rivets, hot melt adhesives offer a level of security that’s crucial for athletes. They ensure that visors and other protective face shields stay firmly attached, even during intense physical activity, providing a stable, clear field of view and additional facial protection.

Visor Attachments

Sports-grade
quality adhesives

Tecbond hot melts have been used for over 10 years in the sports industry, delivering lighter, more reliable fixings, able to withstand the rigors of constant use. Our sports adhesives offer shock resistant bonds, good high and low temperature resistance, and long open times to both aid in the manufacturing process and guarantee safe, secure results.

Tecbond 248 – High Strength Construction Adhesive

Suitable for wood, brick, tile, glass, and most plastics
Moderate working time, up to 48 seconds
Very high grab, instant set when compressed

Tecbond 248 is a high-performance construction and repair adhesive that takes hot melt glue sticks to a new level in performance bonding.

Tecbond 268 – Specialist Plastic Adhesive

Designed to bond difficult plastics including polypropylene and polyethylene
Good heat resistance
High final bond strength

Tecbond 268 is a white hot melt adhesive designed to bond polyolefin plastics.

Tecbond 7786 – High Temperature Resistant Adhesive

Bonds PVC and ABS plastics
Excellent high temperature resistance up to 145°C
UL 94 V0 fire retardancy rating

Tecbond 7786 is a polyamide hot melt adhesive specifically designed with class-leading high and low temperature resistances.

Tecbond 345 – Low Temperature Resistant Adhesive

Versatile adhesion to difficult substrates
Withstand temperatures as low as -40°C
Fast-setting formulation

Tecbond 345 is a fast-setting, white packaging adhesive, providing versatile adhesion to difficult substrates.

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