Adhesive materials include tapes and adhesives. Tapes are composed of two parts: a substrate and an adhesive. With paper, cloth, film, etc. as the substrate, the adhesive (mainly pressure-sensitive adhesive) is evenly coated on various substrates to form a tape and is made into a reel. Generally speaking, tapes are composed of three parts: a substrate, an adhesive, and a release paper (film). Adhesive tapes are mainly divided into paper-based adhesive tapes, cloth-based adhesive tapes, film adhesive tapes, foam adhesive tapes, metal foil adhesive tapes, substrate-free adhesive tapes, fiber tapes, etc. according to the substrate.
Adhesive tapes have the characteristics of long-lasting high viscosity, reliable adhesion, sufficient cohesion and elasticity, and are widely used as industrial materials. Common adhesive tapes are divided into civil tapes and industrial tapes.
The production and sales of adhesive tapes in my country have maintained a steady growth trend. The sales of masking tapes, cotton paper tapes, BOPP tapes, double-sided tapes, PET tapes, etc. have a good growth rate. From the perspective of industry applications, there are many types of tape products, and the application fields are widely distributed in various industrial and civil fields.
At present, with the continuous development of the economy and the improvement of science and technology, my country has become a major manufacturer and consumer of adhesive industry in the world. For many years, it has been growing at a relatively high rate every year. In particular, adhesive tapes, protective films and self-adhesives are widely used in electronics, communications, packaging, construction, papermaking, woodworking, aerospace, automobiles, textiles, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, medical industries, etc. The adhesive industry has become an important and dynamic industry in my country's chemical industry.
① Application of tapes in the automotive manufacturing field
The types of adhesive tapes used in the automotive field are increasing with the development of the adhesive tape technology level. At present, various types of tapes have been widely used in the fields of assembly and painting in the automotive industry, including permanent fixing tapes for exterior parts, mirror assembly tapes, wiring harness fixing tapes, shock-absorbing and noise-reducing tapes, interior bonding tapes, safety logo tapes, body plugging tapes, permanent protection tapes, surface protection tapes, fine color separation tapes, paint masking tapes, wiring harness bundling tapes, etc.
In the future, my country's rigid demand for automobiles will still exist, especially the growth of new energy vehicles, so the market demand for tapes for automobile manufacturing will also increase accordingly.
② Application of tapes in the field of electronic and electrical product manufacturing
The scale of my country's future consumer electronics market will continue to expand. According to the output data of major consumer electronic products released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of tablets, notebooks and mobile phones in digital products accounts for a large proportion and the growth rate is relatively fast. In the future, with the development of emerging markets such as 5G, wearable devices, and drones, electronic component companies will face a broader market. As one of the manufacturing auxiliary materials for electronic components, adhesive tape can be used in the production of electronic braiding, the connection of electronic components, and the fixation of electronic components, and the market demand will continue to grow.
The rapid development of information consumption has driven the in-depth application of smart terminal products, and the upgrading speed of the consumer electronics industry has significantly accelerated. With the continuous development of personal smart terminals (including laptops, tablets, smart phones, etc.), product thinness has become a major trend, and the application rate of adhesive tape in the assembly of electronic products has continued to increase. There are mainly ultra-thin substrate-free adhesive tapes, double-sided cotton paper adhesive tapes used for bonding mobile phone windows and display insulation films, double-sided PET adhesive tapes used for punching of mobile phone insulation film back glue, conductive adhesive tapes, and ultra-thin foam adhesive tapes for waterproof and dustproof.
③ Application of tapes in the field of architectural decoration
Fiber tapes are made of PET as the base material, reinforced polyester fiber lines, and coated with special pressure-sensitive adhesives. Fiber tape has excellent wear resistance and moisture resistance, strong breaking strength, and the unique pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has excellent long-lasting adhesion and special properties, making it widely used. Fiber tape can also be used in the field of building decoration. Common door and window sealing strips use glass fiber double-sided mesh tape.
Masking tape is a roll-shaped adhesive tape made of masking paper and adhesive as the main raw materials. The adhesive is coated on the masking paper and the other side is coated with anti-sticking material. It has the characteristics of high adhesion, soft and compliant, no residual adhesive left after tearing, clear color separation, easy to tear by hand, high temperature resistance, solvent resistance, UV resistance, waterproof, etc., and is widely used in the construction and decoration industry.
④ Application of tape in packaging field
The packaging industry is the traditional application field of tape, mainly including BOPP tape, cloth-based tape, fiber tape, etc. In recent years, with the rapid development of the logistics industry, the market scale of the packaging industry has increased, and the market demand for packaging tape will continue to expand.
Taking single-sided fiber tape as an example, its branch striped fiber tape and grid fiber tape are widely used in the packaging field, such as home appliance packaging: such as washing machines, refrigerators, freezers, etc.; packaging and bundling of metal and wooden furniture: pallet/carton transportation; in addition, there are carton packaging, packaging of zero-load items, etc.
