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A tight bond: Automated industrial tape dispensing systems

Posted on: A proprietary remote adhesive tape feed unit mounted on a robot or cobot is designed to handle repetitive, demanding and strenuous tape applications.

Generating electricity from human movements with adhesive tape

Posted on: When walking or running, a triboelectric nanogenerator generates electricity to power biosensors. The most important element of the generator is adhesive tape.

Automating the ‘tape method’ for graphene production

Posted on: Tabletop device quickly and cheaply creates high-quality graphene flakes for research use.

Unlocking sustainable design for repair and recycling with debonding on demand adhesive tapes

Posted on: Adhesive tapes, synonymous with permanence, are undergoing a transformative shift with the advent of debonding-on-demand technologies

European Tape Week 2025 to unite adhesive tape industry, offering platform for innovation, collaboration and strategic development

Posted on: European Tape Week programme boasts 35+ field expert and CEO speakers. Early-bird registration until 15 May, Afera-appointed hotel booking until 1 July.

Could stagnant rigid polyolefin recycling threaten the PPWR’s targets?

Posted on: Plastics Recyclers Europe raises concerns that the EU might miss the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s recycled content targets for 2030 by two million tonnes, pointing to a plateau in rigid HDPE and PP recycling in 2023.

“We built this for pennies”: Insanely cheap duct tape robot gripper shocks scientists by screwing in lightbulbs with ease

Posted on: In a groundbreaking development, students at UC San Diego have engineered a low-cost robot gripper from everyday materials like measuring tape and duct tape, capable of performing intricate tasks such as screwing in light bulbs and picking fruit, challenging conventional notions of high-tech innovation.

Avery Dennison debuts new UV-resistant pressure-sensitive tapes for PV modules

Posted on: The new products support applications such as frame mounting, cell fixation, busbar bonding, and junction box installation.

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