Helpful new information for the
Metal Fabrication sector from tesa®
According to the Office of National Statistics the metal fabrication sector in the UK accounts
for around 10% of all manufacturing jobs and roughly the same percentage of gross added
value.
Many of the participants in this industry are small or medium sized businesses which need
constantly to look for process improvements and cost efficiencies to sustain margins and
guarantee future development. As part of its tesacohesion policy of customer service,
leading adhesive tape supplier tesa has produced a useful range overview listing its most
popular products, which can contribute towards these goals.
Analysis on the use of double-sided tapes throughout many of the major industrial sectors
– Automotive, Aerospace, Construction, Paint and Manufacturing, for example – shows
why they are now the solution of first choice. Apart from their ease of storage and use, tesa
tapes often improve the speed and efficiency of the manufacturing process. In terms of
end results, the use of double-sided tapes offers distinct aesthetic benefits, with no weld
marks and heat spots or unsightly mechanical fixings such as screws or rivets. So far as
performance is concerned, tapes are dependable and offer excellent stress distribution
across the surface of bonded parts with no weak points.
The tesa Metal Fabrication Assortment Overview is available to download online at tesa.
co.uk/metalfabrication.
www.tesa.co.uk
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tesa’s new overview of its tapes for the metal fabrication market includes their filmic, high
density and general purpose foam tapes, together with a range of masking tapes and
other general purpose grades. The most recent additions are from its ACXplus offering, a
high resistance product, tesa ACXplus 707x which has been developed with demanding
outdoor applications in mind, able to resist temperatures up to 220˚C and cold shock down
to -40˚C. Also tesa ACXplus 706x, designed for use on hard-to-bond materials such as
powder coated or plastic parts, and able to compensate for the varying thermal expansion
of different substrates.