Use of a high-power laser to cut plastics, rubber, wood, card and textiles under computer control as an example of CAD / CAM.

Adhesives mainly used to hold textiles together temporarily or to affect a repair. Other compliant materials are often held together by glues of many different types.

Joining two surfaces together using a variety of adhesives.

These adhesives are used in very small amounts and set by virtue of a moisture-catalysed polymerisation process. They form very strong instant bonds between non-absorbent surfaces, eg, metal, glass, plastics, rubber and hardwoods.