[TheForge] shuttle - High temp glue

Steve Smith sos at alum.mit.edu
Tue Aug 2 19:32:53 EDT 2005


Ron, this sounds pretty strange. Why are your rollers getting so hot? It 
sounds like you have too much slippage.

Caveat: I don't have a belt grinder. I may not have a clue.

Steve

Ron Childers wrote:

> I'd like to get some of the glue they use on the shuttle's tiles. The
> friction heat melts the glue holding the rubber on the rollers on my belt
> grinder. Anyone know of a high - temp rubber glue that will stand the heat? 
> 3-M just melts and the "tire" just comes off. I think they must vulcanize
> the rubber onto the factory rollers (Bader)but the rubber sometimes comes
> off anyway. 



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