Whether you’re bonding similar or completely different substrates, our double-sided tapes provide the strength, conformability, adhesion and aesthetic requirements you need to make your project successful.
What is a Double Sided Tape?
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A double sided tape has pressure-sensitive adhesive exposed on both sides, allowing two parts to be bonded together by the tape between them.A carrier that holds adhesive has different ranges:
- From a film as thin as a fraction of a millimeter up to a thick foam that helps damp vibrations. Similarly, adhesives can meet specific needs:
- From low-tack that allows for repositioning all the way up to a permanent bonding solutions.
- A double sided tape that has a carrier can be produced with the same adhesive on both sides, or with different adhesives to meet the bonding requirements of different substrates.
Our adhesive experts are happy to work with you to determine which of our thousands of tapes best meets your needs. -
- Double sided tapes can be customized by a converter to provide the precise shape you need for your final design. Learn more about 3M™ VHB™ Tapes and 3M™ Thin Bonding Tapes using the links below, or view specific products using the Products links.
- Note: This page is about double sided tapes for industrial and manufacturing applications. Double sided tapes for consumer use can be found here.
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Double Sided Tapes can solve your challenges!
While the characteristics of tape families and individual tapes vary, double sided tapes generally offer these benefits to your production:
Double Sided Tapes can solve your challenges!
While the characteristics of tape families and individual tapes vary, double sided tapes generally offer these benefits to your production:
Tape is easy to apply either by hand or with automation, and there’s no waiting for an adhesive to cure or a mechanical fastening to be completed. Pre-taping units and then adding the second part in batches may also speed production in some instances.
Tape is easy to apply either by hand or with automation, and there’s no waiting for an adhesive to cure or a mechanical fastening to be completed. Pre-taping units and then adding the second part in batches may also speed production in some instances.
Conformability, gap filling, invisible bond lines – double sided tapes give you the flexible design options you need. It also provides flexibility to your production by allowing parts to be pre-taped, then set aside to await next steps.
Conformability, gap filling, invisible bond lines – double sided tapes give you the flexible design options you need. It also provides flexibility to your production by allowing parts to be pre-taped, then set aside to await next steps.
Double sided tapes provide immediate handling strength with no cure time, allowing assembled parts to move immediately to the next phase of production.
Double sided tapes provide immediate handling strength with no cure time, allowing assembled parts to move immediately to the next phase of production.
Lightweight designs often require bonding different substrates using a different adhesive on each side of the tape. We also have adhesives that bond well to Low Surface Energy (LSE) materials such as certain plastics and paints.
Lightweight designs often require bonding different substrates using a different adhesive on each side of the tape. We also have adhesives that bond well to Low Surface Energy (LSE) materials such as certain plastics and paints.
Double sided tapes offer virtually invisible bond lines without protruding fasteners. Tapes also reduce product bulk both by removing mechanical fasteners and allowing the use of thinner, lighter materials by evenly distributing stress across the bond.
Double sided tapes offer virtually invisible bond lines without protruding fasteners. Tapes also reduce product bulk both by removing mechanical fasteners and allowing the use of thinner, lighter materials by evenly distributing stress across the bond.
Because even the thinnest tape provides adhesion to both substrates across the entire bond area, double sided tapes can help prevent moisture from crossing the bond line.
Because even the thinnest tape provides adhesion to both substrates across the entire bond area, double sided tapes can help prevent moisture from crossing the bond line.
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3M™ VHB™ Tape demonstrates high strength and long-lasting bonds. It is composed of a special acrylic foam that provides viscoelasticity and greater cohesive strength for demanding applications.
Specific benefits of 3M™ VHB™ Tapes include:
- Fatigue resistance
- Gap filling between substrates
- Accommodation of different thermal expansion rates
- Vibration damping
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Thin bonding enables the attachment of different substrates or composites using a strong but very thin tape to keep the overall profile as thin as possible.
Specific benefits of 3M™ Double Sided Tapes for Thin Bonding include:
- Low profile in the finished product
- Attach foam or fabric
- Conformable to irregular surfaces
- Clear tapes for display panels and graphics
Watch how Double Sided Tapes will solve your challenges
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Thin Tapes for High Surface Energy Substrates
What do you want to bond? See some of the situations and substrates we designed 3M™ High Performance Acrylic Adhesive 200MP to handle.
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Thin Tapes for Hard-to-Bond Textures
More materials. More design possibilities – Use a tape with 3M™ Acrylic Adhesive 300MP adhesive for foam, fabric, vinyl, leather and many more hard-to-bond surfaces.
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Thin Tapes for Low Surface Energy Substrates
Plastics? Curved surfaces? Foam? Rubber? Powder-coated metal? Tapes with 3M™ High-Strength Acrylic Adhesive 300LSE make the unstickable… stickable.
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3M™ VHB™ Tape LSE Series
These high-strength, double-sided acrylic foam tapes let you quickly and easily create a long-lasting bond that actually builds strength over time. Even on low surface energy materials.
Need help finding the right tape?
Contact us if you need product, technical or application advice or want to collaborate with a 3M technical specialist - Please give us a call at 0870 608 0050.
