Tool Protection & Seaming Tapes for Composite Molding

The enormous forces and temperatures during composite molding processes put high stress on molds, parts and materials. To protect expensive molds and tools and to extend their lifetime is a key effort to extend replacement cycles and cut manufacturing costs. Saint-Gobain® tool protection and seaming tapes consist of extruded, high modulus and skived tapes that protect from wear and ensure defect-free part surfaces. They are designed to act as a release surface for composite materials, can easily be applied to complex geometries without wrinkles and without the tape lifting prematurely due to their excellent conformability. The combination of non-stick surface, high mechanical and temperature resistance as well as clean release properties leaving no residue make them the ideal choice to extend the life of mold release tapes and protect the tool surface.