White goods and appliances are vitally important components of our daily lives, ensuring we have fresh food to eat and clean clothes to wear. Yet such appliances require several distinct innovations in order to work effectively and appropriately.
Our appliance tapes and appliance adhesives help to address the multiple challenges facing white goods. Be it the use of foams and felts, installation of membrane switches, or implementation of critical noise and vibration damping capabilities, an adhesive tape is vital to achieving the end goal. That’s why we’ve developed a comprehensive, growing, marketing leading suite of solutions designed to cater to a variety of bespoke needs. Whatever your application requirement, we will work with you to find, tailor and deliver the right appliance tape to ensure leading performance in your products.
There is a broad range of miscellaneous white goods applications beyond branding and graphics, membrane switches and other key components that require seamless, reliable attachment. Be it the fixing of displays or vacuum insulation panels (VIPs), our tapes and adhesives will ensure your bespoke manufacturing needs are catered to.
The application of pressure sensitive adhesive tapes in the construction of cooling and chilling appliances contributes to the energy efficiency of these appliances. Refrigerators, ice machines and freezers have evaporator plates. Traditional methods with mechanical fasteners create an imperfect seal between the plate and the fridge housing, leaving gaps into which insulating foam can penetrate and interfere with the cooling system function.
Using Avery Dennison double coated film tapes to attach the full surface of the evaporator plate prevents any polyurethane from escaping during the foaming process and ensures the most efficient operation of the appliance. Attaching the heat exchanging condenser tubes with adhesive tapes provides several advantages over the older practice of attachment via metal clamps. In the production process, tape can be deployed from long rolls and applied with consistent pressure through a continuous, automated process.
This translates to a process with increased speed, along with maximum surface contact between the components. This improved surface contact enforced by the close adhesion improves energy efficiency, as it increases the heat transfer and improves energy efficiency. Tapes involved in both applications require a high initial tack, a durable bond, and an excellent adhesion to Polystyrene and painted steel.
The energy efficiency of household appliances such as refrigerators largely depends on the properties of the thermal insulation solution used. The challenge lies in how to reach top performance levels without restricting internal dimensions or changing standard sizes and production methods. Since the thermal conductivity of VIPs is 6 to 8 times smaller than bulky PU foam insulation, VIPs deliver an exceptionally efficient solution to upgrade the efficiency rating of the appliance or increase the usable internal volume. VIPs reduce energy consumption, increase internal volume and deliver effective engineering.
A holistic suite of tapes and adhesives capable of catering to a wide variety of attachments
Easy to remove liners and seamless application
Specially formulated adhesive and tape construction provides a strong, lasting bond
Excellent resistance to UV light, temperature changes, chemicals, stress and high loads
Aesthetic assembly for a clean and smooth appearance
Avoidance of drilling and damages to the substrates
No cure time required with the ability to handle immediately following tape application
High resistances and durability for extensive length of life and reliability
Our appliance tapes and adhesives provide reliable bonding on low, medium and high surface energy substrates thanks to variable, innovative adhesive technologies with a high initial tack.
Specific formulation provides excellent resistance to UV-light, temperature changes, chemicals, stress and high loads, delivering long-term durability and reliability that will provide you with peace of mind.
Sound absorbing properties will simultaneously help to meet any bespoke application and acoustic challenges, with viscoelastic properties and technical innovation allowing for both vibration and noise damping.
Tapes and appliance adhesives ensure easy, clean, smooth application with no cure time, removing the need for time consuming drilling with mechanical fasteners that may otherwise cause damage to the substrate.
Avery Dennison provides a variety of adhesive solutions, beyond just foam bonding, ideal for use in the white goods and appliances industry. Our offerings include noise and vibration damping solutions and adhesives to assemble and mount membrane switches, a necessity for appliance control panels, all designed for superior performance and durability.
Trust Avery Dennison to enhance your manufacturing process and ensure product longevity for an improved user experience.
We have been a longstanding partner for many systems in the white goods and appliances industry. Partner with Avery Dennison to stay ahead in this challenging market. Our innovative adhesive solutions are tailored to meet your specific needs, ensuring safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Contact us today to learn more about how we can support your white goods and appliances projects.
Market Segment Manager Building & Construction / General Industrial
Quin is passionate about technical building applications since he designed and built his family home back in 2012.
Professionally, Quin held several positions as Product Manager responsible for the product life cycle of many technical applications related to the building environment, namely in adhesives, lighting and plastics.
He joined Performance Tapes Europe as a Market Segment Manager for tape applications in the construction and industrial markets where he teams up with customers and R&D to achieve tape solutions that improve the installation of buildings and related products and processes.
quin.dams@eu.averydennison.com
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