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Top Applications and Products in the Aerospace Industry

Common Applications

Composite Bonding
- Double Coated Bonding - Very high adhesion lets tape bond firmly to honeycomb structures during precise tooling.
- Film Tapes - Can offer high strength and conformability in composite bonding applications.
- PTFE Coated Glass Cloth - Offers high mechanical strength with solvent and chemical resistance. Secures vacuum bag to master tool and can be used as easy release separator between composite laminate and master tool.
- PTFE Tapes - Effective anchoring tape for the release film and bleeder layer in vacuum bag composite bonding applications. High temperature and chemical resistance.
Interior Refurbishing
- Flame Retardant Carpet Tape - Double coated for fast and secure carpet installation.
- Polyester Tape - Moisture barrier solutions due to lowmoisture vapor tranmission rate with high strength in thin material.
- Protection Films - Protects surfaces from collateral damage during refurbishing.
- Vinyl Tape - Used as a moisture barrier on galley and toilet floor areas. Vinyl tape is bacteria and fungus resistant.
Specialty Tapes
- Aluminum Foil/Glass Cloth - Radiant heat shield for engine compartment cable wiring and missile launch pads.
- Electroplating - Vinyl tape resistant to the chemicals for electroplating.
- High Temperature Glass Cloth - Used in plasma spray and cargo hold panel seaming.
- Hook & Loop - Fasten and secure kick plate panels, seat cushions, carpet, and more.
- PVC Electrical - Holds and secures loose wiring and other elements.
- Silicone Rubber - High temperature harness wrap and insulator for cable joints and splices.
Stripping and Painting
- Aluminum Foil - Protects sensitive parts from chemical stripping process, and can be die-cut to exact sizes and shapes. Offers easy removal.
- Crepe Masking - Hand tearable and clean, easy removal. Conforms tight around corners - less breakage and seepage.
- Plasticized PVC and Rubber - Effective masking tape for Plastic Media Blast paint removal. Conforms to contoured shapes creating sharp masking lines.

Aerospace and Aircraft

Budnick supplies a wide variety of adhesive tapes and die-cut parts that are used in various stages of aircraft manufacturing and refurbishing. Polyester, Teflon® (PTFE), PTFE coated fiberglass, polyimide, foils, masking, vinyls, silicone rubber insulation blankets and fire retardant double coated tapes are supplied to this demanding industry in both rolled goods and die cut parts.

Adhesive tapes are used to hold the composite lay-up during vacuum sealing. Polyester and Teflon® tapes (with silicone or non-silicone adhesives) protect parts from adhesive flash about the vacuum bag.

Tool and adhesive flash masking tapes withstand the pressure and temperatures of composite bonding cycles yet, still remove easily. Pressure sensitive PTFE coated glass cloths protect tool surfaces from abuse and provide a clean release. A variety of surface protection tapes help prevent costly reworks caused by collateral damage. Blasting tapes are used for sealing and masking during painting and stripping. PTFE harness wrap tapes are conformable, abrasion resistant, printable and have high dielectric strength.