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Tapes for appliances

Avery Dennison offers pressure-sensitive adhesive tape products engineered for appliances. Tape applications include bonding and mounting needs for refrigerators, freezers, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, portable heaters, air conditioners and more.

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Adhesive tape solutions for appliance manufacturing

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes delivers pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape solutions engineered for appliance manufacturing. From refrigerators and ovens to washing machines and smart home devices, our PSA tape portfolio supports bonding, mounting, sealing, NVH damping and thermal management applications across major and small appliances, replacing traditional fasteners and liquid adhesives with cleaner, faster and more reliable processes.

Appliance applications where our tapes are used

Our adhesive tape solutions are used across a wide range of large  and small appliances manufactured for North America.

Large appliances


Refrigerators and freezers, ovens and ranges, washing machines and dryers, dishwashers, HVAC systems and air conditioners.

Small appliances


Microwaves, portable heaters, air purifiers, coffee machines and small kitchen appliances.

Exterior bonding applications

Avery Dennison adhesive tapes are used to bond and mount components on the exterior surfaces of appliances, including:

  • Mounting brand emblems, nameplates and decorative items on powder-coated and low surface energy (LSE) plastic surfaces

  • Bonding display screens, touchscreen panels and control interfaces to appliance housings

  • Attaching decorative trim, door handles and design elements that require a clean, screw-free finish

  • Conformable tape constructions for contoured or irregular surface geometries

Interior bonding applications

Inside the appliance, our tapes support structural bonding, thermal management and noise reduction:

  • Bonding gaskets, seals and internal structural components

  • Attaching evaporator plates in refrigerators and freezers, improving energy efficiency by preventing foam intrusion during manufacturing

  • Mounting condenser tubes, with superior surface contact versus metal clamps, improving heat transfer and energy performance

  • Bonding vacuum insulation panels (VIPs), enabling thinner walls and improved thermal efficiency without changing standard appliance dimensions

  • Adhering felt, foam and high-loft materials for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) damping

  • Securing membrane switches for control panels and smart interfaces

  • Routing and protecting wiring and cable assemblies

 


Why PSA tape outperforms screws and liquid adhesives

Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are a preferred bonding method in appliance manufacturing because they combine performance with process efficiency:

  • No cure time, bonds immediately on contact and gains strength over time, keeping production lines moving

  • Consistent bond thickness, eliminates the uneven application associated with liquid adhesives

  • No drilling required, preserves substrate integrity and prevents damage to plastic and metal components

  • Cleaner process, no solvents, odours, or cleanup associated with liquid adhesives

  • Weight reduction, replaces metal fasteners to support lighter designs

  • Multi-substrate bonding, engineered for high surface energy (HSE) and low surface energy (LSE) substrates, including powder-coated metals, ABS, PP and polystyrene

  • Galvanic isolation, prevents electrochemical reactions when bonding dissimilar metals

Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape advantages for appliances

The Avery Dennison portfolio of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes helps appliance manufacturers address the trends, opportunities and challenges facing their evolving industry. Thermal and energy efficiency

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Ease of use and assembly

Excellent quick stick, shear and foam bonding qualities. Available easy-release liners facilitate assembly, including constructions with a finger-lift edge. Constructions are available with felt, flock, foam, high-loft PET and many batting materials. Ideal for nameplate and emblem bonding.
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Durability

Temperature, moisture and chemical resistance across the full appliance lifecycle. Adhesives are engineered for multi-substrate bonding, including high and low surface energy (HSE/LSE) substrates. Constructions designed to maintain performance from freezer interiors to oven-adjacent components.
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Noise/ vibration/ harshness (NVH) damping

Constructions with materials designed to absorb sound and vibration waves, addressing one of the most important consumer performance criteria in appliance design. Our NVH tape solutions are proven across automotive, aerospace and transportation applications and are equally suited to appliance environments.

Featured products

FBA 8960

FBA 8960

FBA 8960 is a 4.0 mil double-coated polyester with a modified acrylic adhesive. It bonds well to low surface energy materials and has good foam bonding properties.

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Key benefits
  • Dimensional stability and good die cutting characteristics
  • Strong bond to low surface energy materials and good foam bonding performance
  • Good heat resistance
FL 1002

FL 1002

FL 1002 is a 1.9 mil single-coated foil with general-purpose rubber adhesive. It bonds well to low, medium, and high surface energy plastics and metals.

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Key benefits
  • Conformable foil bonds to flat or contoured surfaces
  • Strong bond to a variety of low, medium and high surface energy materials
  • Two-year warranty
FM 2316

FM 2316

FM 2316 is a 68 mil double-coated white polyethylene foam with a modified acrylic adhesive. It bonds well to low surface energy (LSE) materials and has the ability to fill gaps.

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Key benefits
  • Dimensional stability and good die cutting characteristics
  • Strong bond to low surface energy materials
  • Good heat resistance
  • Gap filling properties and good conformability

Going beyond bonding to develop solutions that address your needs

The Avery Dennison product portfolio includes a wide variety of constructions, chemistries, and functional additives. These products are backed by our superior customer service and technical support staff. You can be confident in your Avery Dennison solution. 

We also have the ability to collaborate with you on custom solutions. Avery Dennison goes beyond bonding, offering you access to our research and development facilities and subject matter experts who can work with your team to produce the unique product you're seeking for your application. 

Custom solutions:

  • Global footprint
  • New product development for custom solutions for applications
  • Business development and specification support for emerging applications
  • Application engineering and technical support

Testing capabilities:

  • ISO 17025-certified laboratory
  • Traditional pressure-sensitive adhesive bulk property testing (peel, tack and shear)
  • Environmental conditioning (temperature, humidity, UV, chemical and more)
  • Flame performance and dielectric strength testing at the tape and composite level
Research and development capabilities

Frequently asked questions about adhesive tapes for appliances


  • What types of adhesive tape are used in appliance manufacturing?

    Appliance manufacturers most commonly use double-coated polyester tapes, polyethylene foam tapes and transfer tapes with acrylic or rubber-based adhesives. The right tape depends on the substrate, operating environment and application, for example, a high-temperature acrylic adhesive is needed near oven or range components, while a modified acrylic foam tape is preferred for NVH damping and gap-filling applications. Avery Dennison offers a range of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape constructions engineered specifically for major and small appliance assembly.

  • Can adhesive tape replace screws and mechanical fasteners in appliances?

    Yes, in many applications. Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are widely used to replace screws, nuts and bolts in appliance assembly, particularly for mounting nameplates and emblems, bonding control panels and display screens and attaching interior components such as evaporators and foam insulation. Tape provides a cleaner finish, eliminates the need to drill into plastic or metal substrates, reduces weight and speeds up production. It also creates a continuous bond across the entire bonding surface, which is stronger and more consistent than spot fastening.

  • How do adhesive tapes help reduce noise and vibration in appliances?

    Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes formulated with viscoelastic materials, such as PE foam, felt, flock, or high-loft PET constructions, absorb and dissipate sound and vibration energy. In washing machines and dryers, NVH tapes are used to damp drum vibrations and reduce structural noise transfer. In dishwashers and refrigerators, they are applied to internal components to prevent rattling and reduce operating noise. This is an area of growing importance as consumers increasingly rate quiet operation as a key purchase criterion for major appliances.


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In the news: Pressure-sensitive adhesives key to whisper quiet

Engineers in the appliance industry face many challenges in meeting consumer demand for feature-laden, attractive designs and quiet operation, and many designers are using pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes to find solutions, particularly in reducing noise, vibration and harshness. In this recent article from Appliance & HVAC magazine, Senior Technical Engineer Ricardo Soto shares information about a variety of solutions we offer to assist engineers.

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