tesa® ACXplus opens up new opportunities for the technical trade

High-strength, permanent adhesive bonds are growing in importance in a large number of industries. With the innovative ACXplus product line, tesa now offers its sales partners in the industrial engineering trade some particularly high-performance products. The innovative, double-sided tesa® ACXplus acrylate adhesive tapes are based on a globally unique, particularly eco-friendly technology, and have properties that withstand even the most adverse conditions. Thanks to their balanced material behavior, tailored layer thicknesses and extreme resilience, they open up virtually limitless opportunities in promising future markets.

Versatile applications

Their special resistance to weather and environmental influences makes tesa® ACXplus adhesive tapes of particular interest for permanent adhesive bonds for facades, structural or glass elements in the construction industry. Thanks to their extreme weather- and temperature-resistance – from minus 40 to plus 130 degrees Celsius, depending on the product, in long-term applications – the bonding power of the tesa® ACXplus products is maintained even in heavy rain and strong winds or under the influence of ultraviolet radiation. There is also a wide range of applications for tesa® ACXplus inside a building. Secure bonding between very different materials such as glass, plastic, wood or metal opens up new options in such areas as interior fixtures and fittings and the furniture industry. The attachment of glass elements in bathroom areas, of decorative or functional panels, wall paneling or LED light fixtures, kick strips or bumpers are just a few examples.

Rapid processes, secure adhesion

The new tesa® ACXplus adhesive tapes also demonstrate their strengths in the production of illuminated and display signs for use outside. In that case the high-strength, weather-resistant adhesives, with which even heavy components can be securely attached, improve not only the quality of the products. The processes also become more efficient. Thanks to tesa® ACXplus, manufacturers can dispense with additional seals or mechanical attachments and even design load-bearing structural elements. Components are currently often welded together and can warp when heated. The new tesa adhesive bonds protect the materials used and even join together critical combinations such as plastic and powder-coated metal for decades.

Global advice

Compared with conventional jointing techniques, the ultra-powerful tesa® ACXplus adhesive tape solutions optimize the production processes in many industries. In addition to which, the product designs can be made slimmer and more flexible with sophisticated adhesive tape technology. For the virtually limitless potential of tesa® ACXplus, the international adhesive tape manufacturer offers application-related support to the industrial engineering trade and its customers. There is a global advisory service available for that purpose. Depending on the industrial process in question, tailor-made dispensers have been developed, as well as a range of matched pressure-sensitive adhesives and applicators.