tesa® 4446

Repulpable single-sided tape


Product Features
  • Very high tack properties
  • High shear strength
  • Strong flat paper backing for reliable performance on even higher paper grammages
All product features
Product description

tesa® 4446 is a single-sided repulpable tape without a liner consisting of a flat-back paper and a modified water soluble acrylic adhesive.

Color: White


Product details and specifications

Product Features

  • Very high tack properties
  • High shear strength
  • Strong flat paper backing for reliable performance on even higher paper grammages
  • Full repulpability over full pH-range (pH3 – pH9) for unrestricted use in paper-, board- and fluff-pulp production
  • Paper from well-managed certified forests and other controlled sources

Application Fields

tesa® 4446 is particularly suitable for:
  • End tabbing of fluff-pulp
  • End tabbing, splicing and web feeding of paper-based substrates
Adhesive Type repulpable tackified acrylic
Backing material flat paper
Liner Type none
Total thickness 165 µm
Elongation at break 3 %
Tensile strength 110 N/cm
Tack very good
Tensile strength (crosswise) 70 N/cm
Shelf life time (packed) < 25°C 12 months
Static shear resistance good
tesa® products prove their impressive quality day in, day out in demanding conditions and are regularly subjected to strict controls. All technical information and data above mentioned are provided to the best of our knowledge on the basis of our practical experience. They shall be considered as average values and are not appropriate for a specification. Therefore tesa SE can make no warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The user is responsible for determining whether the tesa® product is fit for a particular purpose and suitable for the user’s method of application. If you are in any doubt, our technical staff will be glad to support you.
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Product comparison

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Total thickness
165 µm
190 µm
80 µm
130 µm
80 µm
80 µm
75 µm
120
50 µm
140 µm
80 µm
Adhesive Type
repulpable tackified acrylic
repulpable tackified acrylic
repulpable tackified acrylic
modified acrylic
repulpable tackified acrylic
modified acrylic
repulpable tackified acrylic
repulpable tackified acrylic
Backing material
flat paper
flat paper
flat paper
Splittable paper
flat paper
non-woven
flat paper
slightly-creped paper
Liner Type
none
none
repulpable siliconised paper
PET film
repulpable siliconised paper
bi-siliconised paper
repulpable siliconised paper
none
Type of liner
type: none
type: none
type: repulpable siliconised paper
type: PET film
type: repulpable siliconised paper
type: bi-siliconised paper
type: repulpable siliconised paper
type: none
Color
blue
blue
blue
blue
blue
Thickness of tape
75 µm
140 µm
Last updated on Aug 17, 2026