Proven and reliable: our flame retardant and halogen-free tape solutions

To ensure health and asset protection, fire safety regulations are of special importance in a variety of industries, such as aviation, trains, marine, building and construction, elevators, automotive and e-mobility.
Our tesa® flame retardant assortment complies with fire regulation standards and all tapes are halogen-free, which supports smoke reduction and less gas toxicity. The wide variety of the assortment extends from thin double-sided tapes for lamination demands to the PE- and acrylic foam products for the constructive solutions.

Advantages of our flame retardant tapes:

- Compliance and fulfillment acc. to industry standards UL94 and FMVSS 302
- All products are halogen-free
- High performance on a variety of surfaces
- Reliable long-term bonding
- Large assortment for a wide range of applications

New tesa® flameXtinct 45020: Secure carpet mounting in the transportation industries

tesa® flameXtinct 45020 is used in trains, buses and airplanes and wherever increased fire protection requirements apply, because every second can make the difference in an emergency.

PE foam backing - tesa® flameXtinct 45001

tesa® flameXtinct 45001 product is a flame retardant PE-foam tape for permanent mounting in demanding applications. The tape comprises of a flame retardant acrylic adhesive and flame retardant PE-foam with excellent bonding strength.

Product advantages:                                                                                                                                   

- Proven flame retardant characteristics according to UL94 (HBF-HF1)                                          
- Halogen-free (conformable acc. REACH and ROHS)
- Excellent adhesion characteristics on a variety of surfaces
- High conformability and shock absorbing
- Extremely light weight compared to alternative flame retardant bonding opportunities

Main applications:

- Stiffener bar mounting e.g. in elevator walls and landing doors (building industry)
- Fastening of lightweight components (e.g. marine and special vehicles)
- Bonding in the passenger area of trains

Filmic and non-woven backing

The thin double-sided flame retardant adhesive tapes are available with product thicknesses from 50 μm to 200 μm. Flexible PET and non-woven backing makes them suitable for laminating applications with flame retardant requirements. The high-performance acrylic adhesive makes the products optimal for a variety of applications with low carrier thicknesses.

Product advantages:

- Tested acc. to UL94 and FMVSS 302
- Halogen-free products
- High initial performance and bonding strength on polar substrate
- Excellent die-cutting properties in the converting process
- Transparent and translucent backing for invisible bonding

Main applications:

- Various mounting applications in the EV battery system (e-mobility market)
- General mounting, lamination and converting application with flame retardant properties

Acrylic core backing - tesa® flameXtinct 45063 and tesa® flameXtinct 45065

tesa® flameXtinct 45063 ynd tesa® flameXtinct 45065 are flame retardant acrylic core tapes for permanent bonding applications. The acrylic core allows for the compensation of thermal elongation and good adhesion to various substrates such as: metals, powder coated surfaces, glass and plastics.

Product advantages:

- Proven flame retardant characteristics according to UL94 and FMVSS 302
- Premium acrylic core for high demanding applications
- Viscoelastic product properties
- High performance adhesive
- Halogen-free

Main applications:

- Stiffener bar mounting e.g. in elevator walls and landing doors (building industry)
- Bonding of decoration profiles and kick plates e.g. appliance industry
- Long-term bonding of decorative and constructive elements for e.g. train, marine or special vehicle applications