From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 13:28:50 MDT
"Michael M. Butler" wrote:
>
> Eugen Leitl wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Dossy wrote:
> >
> > > Wasn't Crazy Glue invented for exactly this reason? Stitchless
> > > stitching in the operating theatre?\
>
> Nope. It was developed for industrial purposes, early fielded somewhat
> successfully for bonding e.g. wing panel segments in the F-111 (correct me on
> this, Mike Lorrey or other ground crew types, please?).
Having actually worked on the F-111D, I would imagine that it was used
in assembling the honeycomb structure of the horizontal stabs. Other
than that, airframe guys would use epoxy on other areas, and we'd use
RTV silicon for sealing/bonding in applications that required
flexibility.
I know that early electroluminescent formation lights used crazy glue to
bond the front and back fiberglass sheets with the EL lamp inside, but
this technique was prone to delamination, especially for lights mounted
in high vibration areas (pretty much everywhere on a fighter jet) and
they eventually went to an autoclave method to impregnate the whole
assembly with fiberglass epoxy under pressure.
>
> Supposedly, it first got used as a field expedient for meatball surgery in
> Viet Nam, however. IIRC, some surgeon stuck what was left of some poor torn up
> sod's pancreas back together, sewed him up and he retained pancreatic
> function...
>
> That exact story has been around for a while and I haven't checked it to rule
> out the UL factor, but I do believe it's still used in emergency/trauma
> situations, and possibly elsewhere.
crazy glue/superglue, specifically that made by Loctite(R) Corporation
is being more widely used in place of stitches in dermal and subdermal
applications.
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