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3M™ VHB™ Tapes provide the convenience and simplicity of a tape fastener and are ideal for use in many interior and exterior bonding applications.  In many situations, they can replace rivets, spot welds, liquid adhesives and other permanent fasteners.  These 3M™ VHB™ Tapes are made with acrylic foam which is viscoelastic in nature.  This gives the foam energy absorbing and stress relaxing properties which provides these tapes with their unique characteristics.  The acrylic chemistry provides outstanding durability performance.
3M™ VHB™ Tapes utilize a variety of specific foam, adhesive, color and release liner types to provide each product/family with specific features. These features can include adhesion to specific or a broad range of materials, conformability, high tensile strength, high shear and peel adhesion, resistance to plasticizer migration, and UL746C recognition. All 3M™ VHB™ Tapes have excellent durability and excellent solvent and moisture resistance.

Typical physical properties as well as performance characteristics for specific 3M™ VHB™ Tapes are provided in the 
3M™ VHB™ Tapes Technical Data Page.

Note: All 3M™ VHB™ Tapes should be thoroughly evaluated by the user under actual use conditions with intended substrates to determine whether a specific 3M™ VHB™ Tape  is fit for a particular purpose and suitable for user's method of application, especially if expected use involves extreme environmental conditions.

3M™ VHB™ Tapes Product Family Guide
Family > 4941 5952 4950 4945 4910 4951 4952 4611 4622
  Color > Gray      Black Dk Gray  White  Black  White Clear White  Gray  White  Dk Gray White
  Foam type > Conform Conform  Very Conf   Firm   Firm Firm n/a  Firm  Conform   Firm Firm Comform
Thickness  
inches 
(mm)  		Adhesive > Multi-Purpose Modified General Purpose Multi-
Purpose 		  Gen-
  Purp   		 Low Temp Appliable
Acrylic		 LSE Gen-Purp Gen/
Multi
   0.015
   (0.4) 		   4926     4920            
   0.020
   (0.5) 		        4905        
   0.025
   (0.64) 		   4936        4919
  4936F		 5925   4930   4929
  4930F		         4932  4646  4618
   0.040
   (1.0) 		        4910        
   0.045
   (1.1) 		   4941        4947
  4941F		 5952  4950   4949 4945
4946 		    4951      4943    4952  4611  4622
   0.062
   (1.55) 		   4956        4979
  4956F		 5962                      4957     4655  4624
   0.080
   (2.0) 		      4955            
   0.090
   (2.3) 		  4991                
   0.120
   (3.0) 		       4959
  4959F		            

3M™ VHB™ Tapes Adhesive Types:

Multi-Purpose Acrylic:  Bonds to a wide range of materials including metals, glass, and high and medium surface energy plastics and paints.  This unique adhesive also has the ability to resist the migration of plasticizers in vinyl substrates.

Modified Acrylic:  In addition to substrates bondable with the multi-purpose adhesive (except plasticized vinyl), this adhesive also bonds to medium low surface energy paints and plastics, including many powder coated paints.

General Purpose Acrylic: This adhesive Bonds to most higher surface energy substrates including metal, glass and high surface energy plastics.

Low Temperature Appliable Acrylic:  This adhesive can make bonds down to 32 F (0 C), compared to 50 F (10 C) for most acrylic adhesives.  This adhesive system bonds to most high surface energy substrates including metal, glass and high surface energy plastics.

Low Surface Energy:  This high performance synthetic adhesive bonds to many lower surface energy substrates, including many plastics and powder coated paints, plus smooth general purpose substrates.
          
3M™ VHB™ Tapes Foam Types:         

Conformable:  Provides high strength with the capability of conforming to the irregulaties of rigid substrates, even when there might be slight mismatch.

Very Conformable:  Provides the highest level of conformability while maintaining high internal strength.

Firm:  Provides the highest level of foam strength in the 3M™ VHB™ Tapes family.

Clear:  Not technically a foam, this solid acrylic material provides excellent clarity.
Brochures and Guides
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