Sealants and Adhesives are two very different products, therefore it is vital to know the difference. Adhesives are meant to bond, whilst a sealant is meant to provide air / water tightness.
In cladding applications, we widely use sealants to provide a proper air / water tightness between joints. These products are widely used and proper.
Adhesives (VHB tape etc..)are primarily hydrocarbon based products and their intended use in bonding stiffeners to aluminium sheets for cladding applications is dissuaded. Our view is that the cladding system does not fully conform to non-combustibility.
Olamclad does not use adhesives of any kind in its range of cladding suites. Stiffeners are mechanically fastened to cladding panels using welded studs and nuts. This provides a 100% non combustible cladding panel, providing life long service, reliability and high degree of safety.