Delo World Record
DELO’s employees celebrate after breaking the record. (Photo: DELO)
A Guinness Book of World Records title has been awarded for the lifting of a 17.5-tonne truck one metre above ground by crane on a bonded aluminium cylinder the size of a soft drink can for one whole hour.
DELO, a Munich-based manufacturer of industrial adhesives for automotive, consumer and industrial electronics applications, has convincingly broken the world record for having the heaviest lift using adhesive. The company lifted a 17.5-tonne truck, compared to the previous record of 16.3 tonnes. The new record was officially recognised by Guinness World Records.
Setting a record
For the world record attempt, a 17.5-tonne truck was lifted by crane to a height of one metre with only 3 grams of adhesive for one hour. The entire weight hung on a bonded aluminium cylinder with a radius of just 3.5 centimetres. This corresponds to the diameter of a standard soft drink can. With the new record, DELO is 7% above the previous official record of 16.3 tonnes.
In order to demonstrate that DELO offers not only the fastest and most versatile adhesives in the world, but also the strongest, the company decided to take on the challenge of setting a new world record. Customers of DELO rightly presuppose that the high-tech adhesives reliably bond parts together. Nevertheless, an extraordinary strength is always a fascinating feat of engineering.
The World’s Strongest Adhesive
Teamwork and persistence pays off
In addition to the about 600 DELO employees, two local politicians accompanied the record attempt. An official adjudicator from Guinness World Records was also present to confirm the record and congratulate the company.
"We made it!" said Sabine Herold, managing partner of DELO, proudly. "The great result is an absolute team success, which also shows how we work every day. We don’t shy away from challenges and we know our adhesives can live up to extremes," she continued.
The strongest adhesive in the world, specially developed for the record attempt, is a high-temperature-resistant DELO MONOPOX. The one-component, heat-curing epoxy resins in this product group are known for their high strength and are used in the automotive industry and mechanical engineering. Electric motors in electric cars, for example, would be inconceivable without these adhesives.
More information: https://www.delo-adhesives.com/en/news/industries/cross-industrial-information/the-worlds-strongest-adhesive/
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