3M™ VHB™ Tape 4914: Unleashing Strong, Durable Bonds with Versatile Applications

Key Highlights:‌

• Fast and Durable Bonding:‌ Provides a high-strength, long-term durable bond with a fast and easy application process.
• Seamless Aesthetics:‌ Virtually invisible fastening keeps surfaces smooth and seamless.
• Exceptional Lens Bonding:‌ Great performance for lens bonding, offering strong adhesion and waterproofing.
• Thickness Options:‌ Available in white with thickness choices of 0.15 mm, 0.20 mm, and 0.25 mm, offering flexibility for various applications.
• Streamlined Assembly:‌ Eliminates the need for drilling, grinding, refinishing, screwing, welding, and associated cleanup.
• Environmental Protection:‌ Creates a permanent seal against water, moisture, and other environmental factors.
• Immediate Handling Strength:‌ Pressure-sensitive adhesive bonds on contact, providing immediate handling strength.
• Material Flexibility:‌ Allows the use of thinner, lighter-weight, and dissimilar materials.
• Mechanical Fastener Alternative:‌ Can replace traditional mechanical fasteners (rivets, welds, screws) or liquid adhesives.

Product Overview:‌
Dream, Design, Deliver with 3M™ VHB™ Tape 4914. This innovative tape features a white, 0.010 in (0.25 mm) general-purpose acrylic adhesive with a firm foam core, making it ideal for a variety of bonding applications. It offers a fast and easy permanent bonding method that combines high strength with long-term durability, providing design flexibility and powerful adhesion to a variety of surfaces.

Convenience Meets Extreme Bonding Power:‌

• Durable Acrylic Adhesive:‌ Features viscoelastic properties that provide an extraordinarily strong double-sided foam tape.
• Broad Substrate Compatibility:‌ Adheres to a broad range of high surface energy (HSE) substrates, including aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel, composites, acrylic, polycarbonate, and painted or sealed wood and concrete.
• Excellent Shear Strength:‌ Provides excellent shear strength, surface adhesion, durability, and temperature resistance.

Recommended Applications:‌

• Decorative Material and Trim:‌ Ideal for attaching decorative elements and trim.
• Nameplates and Logos:‌ Perfect for mounting nameplates and logos securely.
• Display Assembly:‌ Suitable for assembling displays with strong, reliable bonds.
• Stiffener to Panel:‌ Provides strong bonding for stiffeners to panels.

Part of the 4950 Family:‌

• General Purpose Adhesive:‌ Utilizes a general-purpose adhesive on both sides of a firm type foam core.
• High Surface Energy Materials:‌ Specifically designed for good adhesion to metals, glass, and other HSE materials.
• Versatile Applications:‌ Commonly used in transportation, appliance, electronics, construction, sign and display, and general industrial markets.

An Unconventional Foam Tape:‌

• Innovation Since 1980:‌ Part of the pioneering 3M™ VHB™ Tapes, combining conformability with strong, permanent bonds.
• Proven Alternative:‌ A trusted alternative to traditional mechanical fasteners, offering a consistent bond, outstanding durability, and excellent solvent and moisture resistance.
• Global Reliability:‌ Used in a wide range of applications from skyscrapers to cell phones, proven to withstand extreme temperatures from the heat of Dubai to the cold of Canada.

Proven Reliability and Innovation:‌

• Enhanced Appearance:‌ Enhances the appearance of finished goods by eliminating rivets and screws.
• Quick Application:‌ Fastening with 3M™ VHB™ Tape is quicker than drilling, fastening, or using liquid adhesive.
• Versatile and Resistant:‌ Chemically resistant and UV and temperature stable, making it a long-lasting and powerful tape you can trust.

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