The history of redux(r) and the Redux bonding process

摘要

As I drove back the heavens opened wide to reveal a chorus and trumpets making Handel-like noises (de Bruyne, N.A. 'My Life', Midummer Books 1996). These were Norman de Bruyne's feelings when he returned from the de Havilland works in Hatfield, on 9th April 1936, with a cheque for 100 and a consultancy to research into reinforced phenol- formaldehyde resins for use in propeller manufacture. This decision by de Havilland turned out to be one of considerable importance as it led directly to the Acceptance and use of structural adhesive bonding in many, if not all, aircraft from the mid-1940s to the Present day.