Laptops are one of the most popular and versatile electronic devices for both businesses and individuals. Consumers worldwide value them for their high performance, mobility, and functionality in a compact and sleek design.
With growing consumer demands for more features and functionality, designing and assembling ever more powerful yet lightweight laptops can pose a headache for manufacturers.
Tapes have become an essential component in the assembly of laptops. They are used to bond different parts of the device, provide laptop impact protection, and ensure components can be easily removed for repair or recycling.
Tapes are a popular adhesive choice for laptops, as they not only take up less space within a device but are significantly lighter than alternatives such as liquid glue or mechanical fastenings.
Here at tesa, we have tapes that help laptop manufacturers improve design, reliability, and robustness and meets today’s increasingly complex and demanding production and assembly processes.
Laptop manufacturers must overcome several issues when it comes to bonding and securing different parts of their product. Design and look are important aspects in the consumer’s choice of a laptop. And to achieve a seamless and elegant appearance, laptops require very thin and precise bonding lines.
Unfortunately, conventional mechanical fasteners such as screws or rivets are often too bulky and visible. They can also damage the sensitive components inside the laptop. As a result, manufacturers are turning to more innovative bonding techniques such as adhesive tapes as an all-round, precision solution to bonding and mounting applications.
During their lifetime, laptops are frequently exposed to various external forces and impacts when in use and being transported. Therefore, they need to have a robust and durable structure that can withstand shocks and vibrations without compromising the functionality or aesthetics of the device.
Laptops generate a lot of heat and electromagnetic interference during their operation. This can affect the performance and safety of the device. Manufacturers need to find effective solutions, such as thermal and/or electrically conductive tapes (opens in a new window or tab), for dissipating heat, grounding electrical currents, and shielding electromagnetic waves.
With the worldwide drive toward sustainability and reuse, manufacturers are increasingly facilitating repairs or upgrades of their devices. tesa® tapes help with the clean removal and replacement of certain components, such as batteries, hard drives, or memory cards. Laptops now must be recycled in many jurisdictions at the end of their life, components should be easily separated without leaving any residues or damaging the materials.
From thin bonding lines, sleek design, and laptop impact protection to the ability to easily remove components, we have developed a range of tapes. They cater to different production applications and tackle the challenges faced by laptop manufacturers.
These tapes are ideal for bonding plastic or metal parts, attaching labels or logos, or mounting speakers or cameras. They provide high adhesion strength, good conformability, and excellent temperature and humidity resistance.
Suitable for demanding applications, such as bonding dissimilar materials, creating invisible joints, or enhancing impact protection, acrylic foam tapes feature high bonding power, exceptional stress dissipation, and outstanding weather durability.
tesa® PE foam tapes (opens in a new window or tab) activate their adhesive strength quickly without requiring excessive pressure. Their shear and impact resistance and diversified foam backing are available with or without PET reinforcement.
Attaching laptop metal frames, hinges, or keyboards requires the powerful bonding power that these tapes offer. Manufacturers rely on them due to their very high adhesion strength, high shear and peel resistance, and superior temperature tolerance.
These adhesives for laptop screens can also be used to secure touch panels or cover glass. They are suitable for bonding display components thanks to their high transparency, low haze, and good bubble-free performance.
These tapes are used by laptop manufacturers for grounding and shielding applications, such as connecting metal parts, creating electrical contacts, or reducing electromagnetic interference. Electrically conductive tapes feature high electrical conductivity, low electrical resistance, and good shielding effectiveness.
Dissipating heat from device hot spots, such as processors, chipsets, or batteries, is a major challenge in laptop design. Manufacturers turn to thermal management tapes to take advantage of their high thermal conductivity, low thermal resistance, and efficient heat transfer capabilities.
Bond & Detach® is an extraordinary adhesive technology developed by tesa that allows for easy and residue-free removal of components such as batteries or hard drives. This stretch release tape offers high initial adhesion strength, low detachment force, and high reusability.
Protecting surfaces from scratches, dust, or fingerprints during assembly or transportation poses a further dilemma for manufacturers. However, thanks to their easy application and removal, good adhesion strength, and high abrasion resistance, single-sided covering tapes can meet these challenges.
Using our adhesive solutions, laptop manufacturers achieve high-quality results quickly and efficiently. Utilize our product finder to identify the adhesives solution that fits your needs by adding your individual filters to our product search.
Laptop manufacturers should use removable solutions such as tesa® Bond & Detach, which allows for easy and residue-free removal of components such as batteries or hard drives. tesa® Bond & Detach stretch-release tapes offer high initial adhesion strength, low detachment force when needed, and high reusability of the components involved. They are designed to stretch and release when pulled at at an angle of up to 90°, leaving no adhesive residue on surfaces.
