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By Shrikant Athavale Prathith Consultants Pune India 30 Jan 2013

PSA Tapes The Applications

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Convenient & fast means of bond/ joining. Ease of removability without damaging the substrate. Wide choice. Suitable for a number of applications. Easy printability. Easy lamination / bonding Easy die- cutting Dimensional stability and Shape retention. Product Durability and Reliability Improved Product Performance Increased Design Flexibility Increased Product Quality Enhanced Product Aesthetics Improved Process Productivity and Reduced Manufacturing Costs

The Advantages of PSA tapes are

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There are a variety of applications for adhesive tapes and films They are used mainly in the below mentioned fields

Adhesive Tape Applications

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• Automobile Industry

• Other Industry

• Construction

• Packaging

• Labeling

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The Application in

in Automobile

Interior Fastening

Mounting

Exterior Protecting

Masking

Surface Protection

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in Automobile

Interior Fastening Mounting

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Under the bonnet

interior

Automobile Tapes.

For mounting , holding

For various damping applications, like

Sound Damping

Vibration Damping

Dust prevention

For sealing gaps ,joints , cladding.

Aircraft Corrosion Inhibitor

PSA Tape offers a full series of vinyl and polyurethane corrosion

inhibiting moisture seal tapes.These products are designed to function

as a floor seal. They are recommended for use over sealant & floor

joints in aircraft wet areas (galleys, doorways, and lavatories).

Aircraft Fine line Masking

PSA Tapes are available for aircraft fine line masking tape provides a

fine mask-off line on straight and curved compound surfaces with no

tearing or buckling. The conformable polyolefin tape backing combines

exceptional conformability with solvent and chemical resistance.

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Automobile Tapes.

Automotive Fine line Masking

PSA Tapes are available for line of vinyl fine line masking tapes provide

a fine mask-off on curved, compound surfaces with no tearing or

buckling. Custom blended rubber based P.S.A.'s offer clean removability

from virgin, primed or painted metal and fascia (TPO & RIM). They are

designed to eliminate most transfer of adhesive or ghosting after

exposure to standard O.E.M. bake cycles.

Bond Breaker

PSA tape provides a simple inexpensive solution to sealant failure due to 3-

way adhesion. The polyethylene film backed tape is suitable for sealing new,

shallow, and metal butt-joints. It is easy and compatible with most cold

sealants.

Sound Dampening

PSA's based on polyurethane film tapes combine excellent sound dampening

insulation with exceptional abrasion protection and conformability. Both

products are heat-sealable, thermoformable and die-cuttable for ease of

fabrication.

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Automobile Tapes.

Weather Stripping / Repair

Low and medium density polyethylene with acrylic adhesives are tough

general purpose patch and seal tapes for household and commercial

applications. They are available in a variety of attractive retail size and put-

ups.

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INTERIOR

AutomotiveCable Mounting

tesa® Automotive Cable Mounting solutions for maximum reliability and

efficiency.

Ultimate reliability on demand

The main requirement for Cable Mounting is to ensure a secure bond of the

cables to the surface immediately upon attachment, as well as during

transport, assembly, and finally during the entire vehicle lifetime. The cables

must not become unattached or loose. Based on a vast amount of experience

with Cable Mounting in the automotive industry, tesa Automotive has

developed different solutions that fulfill the requirements and can be used for

every individual application method seen in the market.

The product assortment is designed to perform on several components and

various surfaces. Whether classic round cables or less used flat cables – tesa

Automotive can offer a reliable tape from its comprehensive product

assortment.

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High performance against noise

disturbances

Noise, Vibration and Harshness - either way,

unwanted noises while driving are highly

annoying and unpleasant.

tesa Automotive offers a variety of damping

and anti-squeak products to eliminate

noises right from the start. The products

combine high-performance adhesives with

different backing materials and are available

in customer-specific sizes and formats,

including rolls and die cuts to optimize

process efficiency in combination with

dispensers.

Hole Covering

The tesa® Automotive Hole Covering

assortment offers perfect sealing solutions for

all different levels of the automotive

manufacturing process.

The tape die cuts are designed to fulfil all

requirements of high quality Hole Covering in a

very economical way and are also offered in

customer-specific dimensions upon request.

They can be applied both in invisible areas of

the car during final assembly.

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in Automobile

Exterior Protecting Masking Surface Protection

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Mirror Assembling

tesa® Automotive Mirror Assembling – safe driving

for the complete transportation industry.

Exterior and interior mirrors are essential

components of a vehicle to ensure safe driving.

For heated and non-heated exterior mirrors, as well

as interior mirrors, tesa Automotive offers a

comprehensive assortment for the individual

applications required, such as heating element

mounting, mirror glass mounting, splintering

protection and surface protection.

in other Industry applications

Protecting Masking

Surface Protection

Sealing Packaging

Containers

Ducts

Electrical insulation

Thermal , Vibration, and Noise Insulation

Bonding Splicing

Bundling

Reinforcing

Fastening

Mounting

Communicating

Security

Signage

Marking

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in other Industry Such as

Electronics

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lens and touch panel mounting tapes offer

a wide range of backings and have

excellent converting properties.

Product features:

Excellent push out performance

High drop shock resistance

Long term reliability under changing

environmental conditions

LCD Cushioning & Gasket Mounting

Mounting of LCD cushioning or gasket requires

precise die cuts positioning during assembly.

tesa assortment offers standard PET tapes as

well as differential and removable tapes which

help to decrease fallout during production and

to enable easy recycling.

Product features:

Reliable adhesion to foams

High humidity resistance

• Re-workability or Removability

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LCD Cushioning & Gasket Mounting

Mounting of LCD cushioning or gasket requires

precise die cuts positioning during assembly. tesa

assortment offers standard PET tapes as well as

differential and removable tapes which help to

decrease fallout during production and to enable

easy recycling.

Product features:

Reliable adhesion to foams

High humidity resistance

Re-workability or Removability

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Component Mounting

Mounting of different components poses

different requirements to tapes. Those are

covered by extensive tesa product families.

Besides balanced adhesion, wetting properties,

gap filling and aging stability, tesa also offers

removable and reworkable tapes as well as

anti-repulsion tapes for secure “around the

edge” fixation.

Product features:

Excellent push out performance

High drop shock resistance

Reliability under changing environmental

conditions

Excellent final adhesion

Conformability (around the edge)

Re-workability or Removability

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Heat Management

In tightly constructed devices, heat

management plays and important roll. tesa

offers thin, conformable tapes with good heat

transfer properties and excellent lamination

behavior for graphite sheets.

Product features:

Good heat resistance

Low thickness to allow the heat pass through

Reliable bonding over time

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Light Management & Masking

tesa has created full assortment of light

management tapes to eliminate light

leakage or to encapsulate graphite sheets

to prevent dust contamination. tesa

assortment offers different levels of light

blockage and comes with matte und

shining carriers to fit exactly customers

requirements. At the same time those tesa

products can be used as protection against

short circuits.

Product features:

Reliable protection against short circuits

Full coverage to avoid dust contamination

Great light blocking properties

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Shielding & Grounding

More compact devices increase the chance

of short circuits; therefore tesa has

developed a comprehensive range of

grounding and electro conductive tapes.

tesa assortment covers single and double

sided tapes in combination with a variety of

backings and thicknesses. Find out more

about our anisotropic and isotropic tapes.

Product features:

Good electroconditivity in XY and Z

direction

Reliable bonding over time

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Optically Clear Lamination of

Touch Panels

Lamination of Touch Panels requires

highly transparent, low haze, UV

resistant Products. tesa offers an

extensive range of Optically Clear

Products with excellent lamination

properties and die cut ability.

Product features:

High Transparency

Low Haze

UV Resistance

Excellent workability

Produced under clean room

conditions

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Component Mounting

Mounting of different components poses

different requirements to tapes. Those are

covered by extensive tesa product families.

Besides balanced adhesion, wetting

properties, gap filling and aging stability,

tesa also offers removable and reworkable

tapes as well as anti-repulsion tapes for

secure “around the edge” fixation.

Applicable for: Decorative & Constructive

Parts, Logos, Touchpad's, Components,

Meshes, and Rubber Foots

Product features:

Good adhesion to foam and mesh

Good wetting properties

Humidity and temperature resistance

High shear resistance

Reliable bonding over time

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Covering

Within a display a lot of components need

to covered for protection. tesa offers a wide

range of tapes for Edge covering, PCB

covering, IC covering and LED light bar

covering.

Product features:

Humidity and temperature resistance

Reliable bonding over time

in other Industry Such as

IT and Communication

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The technical tape requirements for the Electronics sector are increasingly

demanding, driven by the innovation cycles of the market and global

requirements of the customers. Scapa’s product portfolio and global footprint

make us an ideal partner to the Electronics industry. Our current engagement

with global leaders in mobile technology and electronic consumer equipment

will enable us to keep pace with the fast changing market requirements.

Electronics

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Home entertainment TVs, laptops, mobiles and smart phones are becoming

thinner and lighter. Scapa’s range of acrylic foam film and PU foam tapes

provide precise bonding, sealing and cushioning properties to ensure a

lightweight, thin adhesive solution. This enables you to create products as sleek

and stylish as possible.

Manufacturers need to be able to bond together any frame materials. Scapa’s

range of AFFT products enables OEM manufacturers to utilise these materials

to create more stylish product designs, without compromising on build quality

and longevity.

Scapa also offers products for sealing electronic displays, which will efficiently

seal the frame to virtually eliminate the loss of light and improve the overall

image quality. Scapa tapes bond in seconds and enable fast turnaround.

Consumer Electronics

Key Applications & Products

TV frame mounting / decorative panel fixing / cushioning and impact

dampening - our range of Acrylic Foam Tapes (AFT) and PU Foam Tapes offers

excellent adhesion to a wide variety of substrates. The tapes are resistant to UV

light, abrasion, corrosion and moisture, and can withstand high temperatures.

They are easy applied and do not leave any residue.

TV set corner protection - Scapa’s range of Acrylic Foam Tapes (AFT), PVC

foam and PU foam tapes protect TV corners from getting scratched or

damaged. They increase production efficiency as they are easy and quick to

apply and do not leave any residue when removed.

Nameplate mounting - Acrylic Foam Film Tapes (AFFT) and Double-sided

tapes offer extra-strong adhesion to secure the nameplates in place. With the

superior bonding strength they prevent any slippage or lifting on the edges.

Cable fixing - Wire harness tapes have superior insulating properties and allow

you to achieve outstanding adhesion and high conformability. Acrylic Foam

Tapes are known for their bonding qualities and are customised for specific

clients’ requirements.

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Key Applications & Products

Speaker mesh mounting - Heat Activated Film offers high-performance

bonding, and is specifically applied when a strong bond to difficult materials or a

narrow bond line are needed.

Housing paint masking - Masking tape lets you create a superior finish, while

providing an efficient barrier between the coated and masked surface. It

assures a long-lasting hold and leaves no residue when removed.

Thermal management - Scapa Thermal film pad, with a thermal conductive

adhesive base, is specially designed to transfer heat from compact and ultra

slim devices. The lightweight Scapa Heat Sink reduces temperature and

improves the performance of LED/LCD displays, DVD-players, mobile and

smart phones, laptops, and other consumer electronics.

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Telecommunications Over the past 30 years telecommunication technology has grown into a

highly competitive, multi-billion pound industry that has transformed the way

we communicate. Globally, over 1 billion mobile phones will be sold this year

to satisfy demanding customers with new designs, sophisticated

applications, and state of the art features. Scapa’s range of tapes is specially

designed for the mobile market, helping to save time, costs and improve your

production efficiency.

Scapa acrylic and PU foam tapes bond sections together. Our range of foil,

mesh and film solutions provide EMI Shielding, and our heat activated films

are used on flexible printed circuits. Each tape component can be

customised for your specific application requirements thanks to our global

converting capabilities, which will assist you from prototype to the finished

precision cut product.

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IT & Computing

Key Applications & Products

Window lens mounting / speaker mesh mounting / mobile camera and

speaker cushioning & dampening - Scapa Acrylic Foam Film Tapes offer a

cushioning effect and thin bonding design, while dampening vibration and

absorbing impacts.

Name plate mounting - Double-sided tape with PET carrier offers extra-

strong adhesion for secure holding of nameplates, without any slippage or

any lifting on the edges.

Electromagnetic interference shielding - EMI Tapes provide excellent

adhesion and high shear strength to be used on a variety of surfaces.

Providing surface electrical conductivity, they strengthen inherent shielding

effectiveness and add dimensional stability.

Thermal management - Scapa Thermal film pad, with a thermal conductive

adhesive base, is specially designed to transfer heat from compact and ultra

slim devices.

Mobile phone cover mounting - Heat Activated Films offer manufacturers a

strong bond for difficult to adhere materials, and where a small bond space is

required.

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Key Applications & Products

Key pad lamination - with excellent chemical and environmental resistance

and a wide operating temperature range, Scapa PET/PI double coated tapes

assure excellent bonding to a variety of plastic, glass and metals. They do

not leave any residue when removed, even after high temperature exposure.

Housing painting masking - Masking tape lets you create a superior finish,

while providing an efficient barrier between the coated and masked surface.

It assures the long-lasting hold and leaves no residue when removed.

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Smart Cards

The smart card industry is moving very fast, with manufacturers introducing an

ever more advanced array of new products with new types of functionality to the

market. Technologies such as contactless, dual and multi-components cards

are the smart cards manufacturers’ answer to the market needs for functionality,

ease of use and security. The layer lamination which this new generation of

smart cards requires brings its particular set of challenges to manufacturers.

Adhesive tape technology is seen as the most flexible, clean and easy solution

for the smart card market’s manufacturing process. Adhesive use for module

embedding guarantees both card quality and long term resistance, which in turn

reinforce the Smart Card security.

Scapa have built up strong expertise in module embedding and its Thermofilm®

range already offers consumers an approved choice of films for various types of

cards: SIM, dual interface, contactless and multifunctional cards as well as

for passport assembly and inlay insertion in E-passports.

in other Industry Such as

Printing & Graphics

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Scapa Foam Plate Mounting Tapes

Scapa plate mounting tapes are designed by printing technology specialists

operating from a single centre of excellence, dedicated to providing

solutions for high-speed flexography, lithography, general printing and

reprographics. Scapa's range is composed of Exafit® double-sided,

compressible foam tapes to meet the most stringent demands of the

flexographic industry and Hardmount filmic plate mounting tapes to bring

optimum results on all print jobs.

Unrivalled attention to detail and outstanding quality are the hallmarks of

Scapa. A range of tapes with different levels of adhesion and thicknesses

are available.

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Scapa Complementary tape are precision engineered

using the latest advances in materials and adhesive

technology.

At every stage in plate mounting, from proofing to final

edge sealing applications, Scapa offers a suitable

product for the application.

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Flexographic Tape System An effective tape has to perform at three key stages in the plate mounting

process

Positioning Allows the plate to be precisely set and repositioned if necessary.

Removal Removal of the plate from the tape without damage, then the tape from the

cylinder. This means faster mounting and removal, without the use of

solvents, faster running speeds and a closer control of solids, line and dots.

We offer a full range of PVC, Soft PVC, Cloth and Cushion tape from 2 thou.

to 80 thou.

Bonding Holding the plate precisely in position however long the print run

Plate Mounting Tapes

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Application Tape

Natural paper saturated with a natural

rubber, low tack adhesive.

This tape is specifically designed for

vinyl letter transfer sign making.

Excellent for hard to lift vinyl, rough or

embossed vinyl and wet application

vinyl.

It also works well as a low tack

protective paper for polished metal

and plastics.

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Graphic Arts Tape

Protective

Paper Tape

Natural paper

saturated with a

natural rubber, low

tack adhesive.

Designed for

protecting sheet metal

from damage and dirt.

Also used as a

premask on graphic

transfer applications.

Not for exterior use.

in other Industry Such as

Energy

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Solar , Wind Power

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Solutions for the solar industry As the focus on alternative energy sources grows, so does the

commitment by tesa tape to innovate products for the highly specific

requirements of solar powered and solar energy devices.

The typical applications are bonding, securing, protecting, and coding

application, as well as other needs.

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Renewable Energy

Tape products are used to manufacture and

install batteries, solar, wind, geothermal and

nuclear energy.

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Tapes for Wind Energy

There are many applications for

tesa® tapes during the manufacturing of

wind blades

single-sided PTFE laminated glass cloth

tape with silicone adhesive

Application: Self-adhesive film for large

area surface masking for permanent anti-

stick surface inside the mould.

Benefit: Once applied speeds up time-

consuming mould preparation with release

waxes or liquids.

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Tapes for Wind Energy

There are many applications for tesa® tapes during the

manufacturing of wind blades

single-sided multipurpose

PE laminated cloth

backing with natural

rubber

Application: Bundling of

tubes, short term holding of

films where temperature and

residues are not crucial.

Benefit: Aggressive high

tack even on rough

surfaces, easy to tear.

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Tapes for Wind Energy

There are many applications for tesa® tapes during the

manufacturing of wind blades

Transparent.

Strong in adhesion. Durable.

tesa® ACXplus provides highest

bonding security in three

application areas: invisible

bonding of transparent

components, bonding of

components where an excellent

adhesion is needed and bonding

under especially demanding

conditions

in other Industry Such as

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White Goods

Electronics Consumer Electronics Telecommunications Smart Cards

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in other Industry Such as

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Insulation Heat and

Cold

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Aluminum

Foil Tape Alu Glass Tape

FSK Tape

Foam Tape

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on door panels to weatherproof the switchgear enclosed.

to provide acoustic damping . Thermal Insulation in Air Conditioning ,

Pollution Control and Mechanical applications

Ideal for thermal insulation, acoustic damping and weather stripping and

almost all applications requiring heat or acoustic insulation.

Common application are in the Air conditioning industry to prevent heat

loss from open gaps, crevices etc.

Glassware Industry to provide a soft base for the glass panel to rest on or

against to make safe for children.

Useful where larger gaps need to be filled. It also has a lower mass and

higher air content improving its thermal insulation properties. Ideal for

door panel gasketing and for packaging expensive equipment.

Foam Tapes

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