Adhesives — Guidelines for the fabrication of adhesively bonded structures and reporting procedures suitable for the risk evaluation of such structures

This document provides guidelines describing the adhesive bonding quality requirements suitable for use by adhesive user-companies utilizing adhesive bonding as a means of fabrication. In particular, the guidelines define various approaches to meeting quality requirements for fabrication and reporting procedures, both in workshops and on site. These guidelines aim to convey the importance of maintaining quality standards in fabrication and reporting procedures, keeping records and thus enabling documentation to provide the basis for risk evaluation of adhesively bonded structures in service and in use.

These guidelines have been prepared such that:

a) they are independent of the type of adhesively bonded structure;

b) they are independent of adhesive user-companies’ and suppliers’ product recommendations;

c) they define the quality requirements for adhesive bonding in terms of fabrication and reporting procedures, both in workshops and on site;

d) they can be used as the basis for risk evaluation of adhesively bonded structures in service and in use;

e) they can be used as a basis for assessing a fabricator's capability to produce adhesively bonded structures fulfilling speci