recommend_adhesive
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Recommends and ranks adhesives for joining two printed plastics, with prep steps and a cure schedule tailored to the materials and service conditions.
Instructions
Which adhesive joins these two printed plastics — ranked, with prep + cure schedule.
Needs Kiln Pro.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
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}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| flexible | No | True if the joint must flex (e.g. bonding TPU) -- limits to elastomeric adhesives. Default: false. | |
| reusable | No | True if the joint must come apart later -- the engine will tell you to use a screw/insert instead of glue. Default: false. | |
| show_math | No | Surface source-free engineering detail -- measurements, public standards, confidence, test substrate, and service conditions. Off by default (plain English). Default: false. | |
| material_a | Yes | First printed material (e.g. "PLA", "PETG", "ABS", "Nylon", "TPU", "PP", "PETG-CF"). | |
| material_b | No | Second material. Omit to bond a material to itself. Default: "". | |
| uv_exposure | No | True if it sees sunlight (penalises UV-weak glues). Default: false. | |
| food_contact | No | True to require a food-contact-certified adhesive. A compliant glue does not make a printed part food-safe on its own. Default: false. | |
| load_bearing | No | True if the bond carries load -- adds an engineer-review flag (adhesive bonds on plastic are not a structural promise). Default: false. | |
| biocompatible | No | True to require an ISO 10993 / USP Class VI biocompatible adhesive (medical-adjacent use). Default: false. | |
| heat_available | No | True if you can warm the part (oven/dryer ~60°C) to heat-accelerate an epoxy's full cure. Default: false. | |
| water_exposure | No | "" (none), "humid", "splash", "submersion", or "constant". Default: "". | |
| vacuum_outgassing | No | True to require an ASTM E595 low-outgassing adhesive (vacuum, cleanroom or aerospace use). Default: false. | |
| cure_time_available | No | How fast you need it -- "any" (default), "instant" (<1 min), "fast" (<5 min), "medium" (<1 h), "slow". Default: "any". | |
| temperature_exposure | No | Where it lives -- "indoor" (default), "outdoor", "outdoor_sun", "hot_car", "dishwasher", "near_heat", "boiling", "engine_bay". Sets the required service temperature. Default: "indoor". |