How Chemlok Adhesives Helped Transform Modern Transportation

Today, a quiet, comfortable ride is often taken for granted. But early automotive engineers faced a stubborn challenge: reducing noise and vibration without sacrificing durability or performance.

Don Alstadt helped change the story. As the inventor of Chemlok^® adhesives, he pioneered a rubber-to-metal bonding technology that enabled more reliable mounts, bushings, isolators, and other critical components. The result was improved performance, longer service life, and a smoother ride for millions of drivers.

What began as an automotive innovation soon expanded into aerospace, agriculture, infrastructure, mining, rail, and many other industries where reliable elastomer bonding remains essential today.

Today, Chemlok^® adhesives are used in a wide range of applications, including:

For more than 60 years, Chemlok^® adhesives have provided high-performance elastomer-to-substrate bonding solutions that help manufacturers improve product performance, increase reliability, and reduce risk in demanding environments.

Chemlok^® adhesives are designed to bond many common elastomers used throughout the rubber industry, including:

Parker Lord offers one-coat, two-coat, water-based, solvent-based, hybrid, and specialty adhesive systems to help meet a variety of performance, processing, and environmental requirements.

As sustainability expectations continue to evolve, Parker Lord has expanded its portfolio with environmentally preferred Chemlok^® adhesive technologies designed to help reduce environmental impact while maintaining the high levels of performance associated with the Chemlok^® brand.

Selecting the proper bonding system often depends on the elastomer being bonded, substrate type, curing conditions, environmental requirements, and application method.

To help simplify the selection process, Parker Lord has a comprehensive Chemlok^® Adhesives Selector Guide that provides recommendations for a wide range of elastomer bonding applications.