Product descriptiontesa® 62516 is a double-sided PE foam tape designed for lightweight mounting and bonding tasks. The product combines a highly conformable PE foam backing with a tackified acrylic adhesive for reliable adhesion on a variety of substrates.
Product features- Thick foam backing with excellent gap-filling properties
- High ultimate adhesion for reliable bonding performance
- Soft, conformable foam adapting to structured and uneven surfaces
- Suitable for outdoor use: resistant to UV, water and ageing
- Compatible with manual and automatic application processes
Application fields- Mounting of decorative trims and profiles
- Bumper rails on commercial freezers
Product constructionBacking material: PE foam
Colour: black/white
Total thickness: 1,600 µm
Type of adhesive: tackified acrylic
Properties / Performance ValuesElongation at break: 180 %
Tensile strength: 12 N/cm
Tack: good
Temperature resistance (short term): 80 °C
Temperature resistance (long term): 80 °C
Softener resistance: medium
Static shear resistance at 40 °C: good
Static shear resistance at 23 °C: good
Humidity resistance: very good
Ageing resistance (UV): very good
Adhesion to ValuesAdhesion to ABS (initial): 4 N/cm
Adhesion to ABS (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to Aluminium (initial): 7.5 N/cm
Adhesion to Aluminium (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to PC (initial): 7.5 N/cm
Adhesion to PC (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to PE (initial): 0.9 N/cm
Adhesion to PE (after 14 days): 1.2 N/cm
Adhesion to PET (initial): 5 N/cm
Adhesion to PET (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to PP (initial): 0.9 N/cm
Adhesion to PP (after 14 days): 1.2 N/cm
Adhesion to PVC (initial): 5.5 N/cm
Adhesion to PVC (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to Steel (initial): 13.5 N/cm
Adhesion to Steel (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm
Liner variants & Peel adhesion- PV0: brown glassine paper liner (71 µm)
- PV6: red transparent PP film liner (80 µm)
Peel adhesion:
- Immediate: foam splitting on Steel
- After 14 days: foam splitting on Steel, Aluminium, ABS, PC, PET, PVC
Characteristics / Technical specifications- Backing material: PE foam
- Colour: black/white
- Total thickness: 1,600 µm
- Type of adhesive: tackified acrylic
- Elongation at break: 180 %
- Tensile strength: 12 N/cm
- Tack: good
- Temperature resistance (short/long term): 80 °C
- Softener resistance: medium
- Static shear resistance (23/40 °C): good
- Humidity resistance: very good
- Ageing resistance (UV): very good
- Adhesion to Steel (after 14 days): 13.5 N/cm; other substrates: see adhesion values above