tesa HAF^® 8473

Product description

tesa HAF^® 8473 is a reactive heat activated film based on phenolic resin and nitrile rubber. This amber double sided tape has no backing. It is protected by a strong paper liner.

tesa HAF^® 8473 is free of halogen and compliant with current ROHS standards.

At room temperature tesa HAF^® 8473 is not tacky. It is activated by heat and pressure applied during the assembly process.

Special Features:

• Reliable and ageing-resistant bonds
• Extremely high performance, even on small bonding areas and thin design gaps
• Very low oozing ratio
• Suitable for long-term applications that are exposed to heavy stress
• Bonds remain elastic

Main applications

tesa HAF^® 8473 is especially recommended for bonding of metal components to various plastic or metal surfaces, e.g. SUS or AL to PMMA, PC or ABS:

• Constructive bonding inside electronic devices
• Button fixation
• Camera lens and bezel mounting
• Bonding of decorative metal components

Additional Info

Technical recommendations:
tesa HAF^® 8473 is not self adhesive. It is activated by heat and pressure over a certain interval. The following values are recommendations for bond line parameters to start with.

1. Pre-lamination:
During pre-lamination, the adhesive tape is laminated onto the metal substrate. This step does not affect the shelf life time of the adhesive tape. Pre-laminated components can be stored over the same period of time as the adhesive tape.

setting:

• Temperature¹ 95-120 °C
• Pressure² 2-6 bar
• Time 3-10 s

2. Bonding:
Remove the liner from tape after pre-lamination step. Place the plastic part onto the metal component. Apply sufficient temperature while applying pressure for the bonding time to reach sufficient bonding strength.

setting:

• Temperature¹ 120-250 °C
• Pressure² 5-30 bar
• Time 5-180 s

To achieve optimum performance a cooling step (while applying pressure) directly after the bonding step is recommended.

¹ ‘Pre-lamination’ and ‘Bonding’ temperature refer to the data that is measured in the bond line.
² ‘Pre-lamination’ and ‘Bonding’ pressure refer to the force that is transformed from jig surface directly to the bonding area.
Bonding strength values were obtained under standard laboratory conditions. (Material: etched aluminum test specimen / bonding conditions: temperature = 180 °C; pressure = 10 bar; time = 7 sec).
To reach maximum bonding strength surfaces should be clean and dry. Storage conditions according to tesa^® HAF shelf life concept.