New Dimensions For Secure and Constructive Bonds

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, an office has gone beyond being a workplace to become the embodiment of a corporation's ideals, branding and image. Many companies are willing to invest in a work environment that is not only functional, practical and conducive to productivity, but also one that demonstrates their prestige and sophistication. Comtemporary design concepts usually incorporate spaciousness and minimalist finishes, an essential component of which is aesthetically pleasing yet functional.

Recognising this need, tesa tape has created a new category of products that is technologically refined — tesa® ACX^plus. This is a series of double sided adhesive tapes that consists of a high-performance acrylic system designed to provide better performance and overcome the weaknesses of most conventional fastening methods such as silicone and liquid glue.

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tesa® ACX^plus solutions are available for various applications, including glass-to-glass, glass-in-frame, and glass-to-metal. Glass-to-glass bonding is usually used for office partition walls to prevent panels from drifting apart and to achieve an 'invisible' modern appearance. For this purpose, the ultra-transparent tesa® ACX^plus 7056 and 7058 tapes as well as the 7076 and 7078 dark black tapes are recommended.

Conceived with slim glass-to-glass applications in mind, they provide immediate bonding on glass, with excellent resistance against UV, temperature, humidity and chemical to provide a reliable and durable bond for decades. These viscoelastic properties also compensate well for uneven surfaces while allowing for invisible joints, giving them the ability to provide a tight seal, mitigating noise and odour transfer.

In addition, tesa solutions provide superior edge-to-edge bonding for a seamless, continuous look. They can also be used for corner attachments, where they bond panels with a 45-degree angle for an optically clear corner. Furthermore, they also work well for T-Block attachments, which are primarily used to bond room dividers.

With tesa solutions, users can achieve 'flushed' designs where surfaces of different materials are aligned in a particular direction, leading to more sophisticated, cleaner finishes. Highly versatile acrylic foam tapes such as the tesa® ACX^plus 704 (white/grey) and 707 (black) help provide immediate bonding to glass, aluminium and even powder-coated surfaces.

Designed to keep glass panels in place, this strong bonding effect makes achieving a 'flushed' design easier without the need for optical tape coverage or additional masking processes. This is further enhanced with the availability of a variety of tape colours to help the camouflage and blend in with the frames, while the additional use of proprietary tesa teflon edge taper and corner cut ruler allow for a bubble-free application on glass as well as a clean finish at corners.