Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Double-Sided Tapes for Custom Die-Cutting
JBC Technologies is a 3M™ Preferred Converter with extensive manufacturing capabilities that range from hot roll laminating and slitting to high-speed precision rotary die-cutting. We are a premier converter of double-coated tapes for OEMs and Tier suppliers in a wide variety of industries. Double-sided tape is suitable for many applications, including gasketing, mounting, sealing, spacing, cushioning, absorption, insulating, vibration mitigation, and more.
Do you have a project that requires die-cut double-sided tape? Contact us today for a quote!
What are Double-Sided Adhesive Tapes?
Double-sided adhesive tapes (also known as double-coated or double-faced tapes) consist of a carrier that has a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) on each side. The carrier in between the two PSA layers stabilizes the adhesive, which improves handling and enables bonding of dissimilar materials. Double-coated tapes are lower in strength compared to acrylic foam tapes, but are less expensive and are suitable for a variety of non-structural applications.
What are the benefits of double-sided tapes?
These thinner, lighter-weight adhesives bond and create a perfect seal on contact, making them ideal for:
- Gap filling
- Vibration damping
- Shock absorption
- Temporary and permanent bonding
- Thermal Sealing
- Mounting
- Replacing mechanical fasteners
Manufacturers typically carry these adhesives in master rolls, which can then be slit to width and/or die-cut to specific shapes by converters like JBC Technologies.
How Does Adhesive Transfer Tape Differ from Double-Coated Tape?
| Compared to transfer tapes, double-coated tapes are typically thicker, less conformable, and have slightly lower temperature resistance thanks to the presence of a carrier. This carrier layer has two main impacts on the performance and handling of the tape: |  |
Temperature Resistance -
Double-coated tapes are bound by the temperature resistance of their carrier. In contrast, transfer tapes are not limited by a carrier, meaning they rely on the temperature resistance of the adhesive itself.
Handling -
The presence of a carrier on double-coated tapes improves the dimensional stability, making it less conformable but easier to handle. With no carrier, transfer tapes are more comfortable but must remain on a liner for proper handling.
Need double-coated tape die-cut for your next project? Click the link below explore a wide variety of double-coated tape offerings that we convert from our many vendor partners.
Double-Sided Adhesive Tape Manufacturers
Working with some of the best tape and adhesive manufacturers in the industry, including 3M, Avery Dennison Performance Tapes, Nitto Denko, Seikisui, and Berry Global, we provide double-coated tapes in several die-cut formats designed to ease our customers’ assembly process.
Examples include:
- Slit to custom widths
- Kiss cut to a liner
- Island placed on a liner
- Pull tab for ease of assembly
- Individually cut
- Adhered to customer supplied plastic injected parts
Learn more about double-coated adhesive tapes & our manufacturer partners
For more information about Pressure Sensitive Adhesives and the double-sided tape suppliers we partner with, check out the resources below.
- Take advantage of our Pressure Sensitive Tapes and Adhesives Data Sheets to learn more about double-sided adhesive foam tape, VHB double-coated tape, and all the other different types of PSA’s available from our vendors.
- Read this high-level blog which breaks down the performance properties to consider: Understanding Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) Performance Properties.
- Peruse some of our vendors’ sites for additional information: 3M Thin Bonding Tape ; 3M Double Coated Tapes; Avery Dennison Core Series Portfolio; Berry Global Double Coated Tapes; Nitto Double-Sided Foam Tape, PET Carrier Tape, and More.
Contact JBC for Tape and Adhesive Converting Expertise
JBC Technologies has over 30 years of flexible materials converting experience, state-of-the-art, high-speed, precision die-cutting expertise, and world-class industry partners. One of the advantages of working with a vertically integrated converter such as JBC is that in addition to die-cutting the double-sided foam tapes offered by well-known material partners, we can also construct the tape itself – laminating the adhesive you need to the foam you want.
When you need the best, look no further than JBC. Let’s get started.