Characteristics and Applications of the Top 10 Common Tapes

Tape has seen rapid development and its applications have become increasingly widespread. The help it provides goes far beyond our imagination. From small-scale use by students to fix spelling mistakes, to large-scale use in the production, manufacturing, protection, and transportation processes in various industries, tape plays a crucial role in protection. Nowadays, there are various types of tapes available. Let's introduce the characteristics and applications of the top 10 common tapes.

1. Transparent Tape:

Made from transparent PET or BOPP film, coated with modified acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive, and backed with white release paper treated with organic silicone. It has a thin and uniform thickness, is transparent and non-absorbent, has strong adhesion, and is resistant to water, steam, UV rays, and aging.

Characteristics: Strong adhesion, double-sided stickiness, high tensile strength.

Applications: Used in shoe and leather industry, thin film switches, electronics, circuit boards, etc.

2. BOPP Packing Tape:

Made with BOPP film as the base material and coated with water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. It is cost-effective and widely used.

Characteristics: Strong adhesion, high tensile strength, good water resistance, and weather resistance, suitable for a wide temperature range.

Applications: Suitable for packaging various export cartons, providing reliable protection.

3. Cloth Tape:

Made with woven fabric treated with PE resin and coated with oil-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. It has excellent initial tack, water resistance, and moisture resistance, making it suitable for bonding heavy items. It is also easy to tear.

Characteristics: Strong adhesion, easy to tear, high fatigue resistance, moisture-resistant, and doesn't deform during cutting.

Applications: Suitable for packaging heavy items, dust and moisture protection with machinery, protection of carpets and telephone lines, widely used in industrial applications, as well as strengthening, anti-slip, printing, screen printing, and hardware appliances in books, folders, etc.

4. Foam Tape:

Similar to cloth tape, it is made with woven fabric treated with PE resin and coated with oil-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. It has the same characteristics and applications as cloth tape.

Characteristics: Strong adhesion, easy to tear, high fatigue resistance, moisture-resistant, and doesn't deform during cutting.

Applications: Suitable for packaging heavy items, dust and moisture protection with machinery, protection of carpets and telephone lines, widely used in industrial applications, as well as strengthening, anti-slip, printing, screen printing, and hardware appliances in books, folders, etc.

5. Kraft Paper Tape:

Made with kraft paper as the base material, coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive or single-sided adhesive, it has strong adhesion, good weather resistance, water resistance, freeze resistance, and is easy to tear. It is an ideal green product.

Characteristics: Strong adhesion, high tensile strength, can be torn by hand, no deformation, low pollution, and recyclable.

Applications: Joining paper and sealing boxes.

6. Masking Tape:

A high-quality masking tape made with crepe paper as the base material, coated with rubber-based or hot melt adhesive. It has strong adhesion, easy removal, solvent resistance, water resistance, and is widely used in surface masking during spray painting.

Characteristics: Natural color, excellent consistency, strong adhesion, no residue when removed, recyclable, and smooth cutting of tape edges. The paper does not produce fluff or break when unwinding.

Applications: Used for bonding, sealing, color separation, and pattern spray painting. Suitable for drying operations in spray painting.

7. PVC Protective Film Tape:

Made with PVC film as the base material, single-sided coated with acrylic adhesive or vinyl adhesive. It has excellent adhesion, strong tensile strength, good cold resistance, and strong resistance to aging. It is single-sided adhesive, leaving no residue and offers good masking performance, as well as resistance to abrasion and solvents.

Applications: Suitable for surface protection of various metals, such as aluminum alloy, stainless steel, glass sandblasting process.

8. Electrical Tape:

Made with soft PVC film coated with rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. It has good insulation performance, high voltage resistance, high temperature resistance, high flame retardancy, and is commonly used for insulation and protection of electrical components and wires in the electronics and electrical industries.

Characteristics: Strong shrinkage elasticity, easy to tear and roll up, high voltage resistance, high flame retardancy, good weather resistance.

Applications: Can be used to wrap wires and air conditioning pipes, widely used in insulation protection in the electronics and electrical industry.

9. Copper Foil Tape:

Coated with acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive on the surface of aluminum foil, single-sided adhesive, with organic silicone-treated release paper as backing. has good resistance to UV rays, some chemicals, moisture, and fire, and it is mainly used in refrigeration and electronics-related industries.

Characteristics: Bright silver appearance, UV resistance, fire resistance, corrosion resistance against various chemicals, suitable for outdoor applications, good weather resistance.

Applications: Used for thermal and cold reflection, insulation, wrapping, pipe and engine support, cable wrapping for heat and water resistance and dust protection, also suitable for outdoor work.

10. PET Double-sided Tape:

Made with PET film coated with acrylic adhesive, available in transparent and black colors. The common thickness range is 0.03-0.25mm. It has good dimensional stability, heat resistance, chemical stability, good initial tack, good adhesion to plastics, rubber, and nameplates. It can be used in a wider temperature range and harsh environments. It has long-term temperature resistance of 100-120℃.

Characteristics: Excellent adhesion to the substrate, high bonding strength to high surface energy plastics and metal foils, excellent temperature resistance, water resistance, chemical resistance.

Applications: Suitable for isolation and bonding of thin film switch circuit lines, high-performance adhesive for long-term button usage.

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