3M Scotch-Weld Instant Adhesive helps set new Guinness World Records title

3M Scotch-Weld Instant Adhesive was recently responsible for a Guinness World Records-setting feat, lifting an 8.1 metric ton (17,857 pound, 2990 PSI) forklift in the air for one hour. This demonstration set a new world record for the heaviest weight lifted with glue. The vehicle was suspended from a crane by a steel cylinder only 7 cm in diameter, with the two parts of the cylinder secured together with 3M™ Scotch-Weld™ Plastic & Rubber Instant Adhesive PR100. The vehicle lift was conducted by engineers Jens Schoene and Dr. Markus Schleser of RWTH Aachen University, and was featured on the German television program Terra Xpress. Guinness World Records adjudicator Olaf Kuchenbecker was on hand to witness the lift and certify the new record. The German team had to meet several conditions to break the previous record of 8.01 metric tons. The record-breaking 3M Scotch-Weld Plastic & Rubber Instant Adhesive PR100 is part of the full line of 3M Scotch-Weld Instant Adhesives, which are available globally in a number of formulations for bonding various substrates.