Automated tape laying (ATL): This equipment places composite tape on flat or moderately curved surfaces to fabricate multi-layered composite structures. The placement of tape by ATL machines is ...

Kapton tape resists heat, making it perfect for this process. We’ve also seen it used on hot beds for 3D printers, and as a smoothing surface for sliding mechanisms.

This question is more complicated than it seems! We can describe stickiness in different ways. As you have already learned, adhesion describes how strongly the tape and the surface bond to each other.

Painter’s tape is a light-adhesive masking tape used to cover surfaces you don’t want to be painted. Perfect on smooth ...