Case Study: Foam Tape Helps Specialty Appliances Provider Seal the Deal
tesa tape helps an appliance manufacturer improve door seals for freezer units.
As products for industrial, medical, and personal use continue to become more sophisticated, there is a growing need for enhanced research, testing, and storage techniques to support these evolutionary and revolutionary products. Recognizing this trend, a well-known global provider of specialty appliances recently fine-tuned its production process to meet the changing needs of its marketplace.
Among its products, the U.S.-based manufacturer produces a specialty freezer designed for research and storage applications. As part of the normal freezer production process, production workers were attaching a urethane foam strip lined with an adhesive tape to the fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) door of the freezer unit; the strip is intended to act as a gasket seal. Throughout the manufacturing and testing processes, assemblers noticed that the adhesive on the foam strip was not securely bonding to the FRP. As an attempt to reinforce the bond, toxic glue was applied to the foam strip, which ultimately released odors and fumes throughout the manufacturing area—and into the environment.