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Testing for Adhesive Bonding: The Problem, the Solution, and the Nationwide Fix
Figure 1
A Ford LTL-9000 heavy truck with a molded sheet molding compound (SMC) hood. The adhesive bonding problem occurred in the L-9000 series. The solution to the problem permitted the illustrated truck and many other models to be built with SMC.
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