6 Types of Tape Used in Industrial Settings

Industrial tape has unique features, applications, and advantages, which make the different tapes excellent at serving specific purposes and meeting industry demands. Choosing the right tapes for each job will ensure efficiency, cost-effectiveness and a high-quality finish. No matter whether you’re joining materials, sealing containers or masking off surfaces, a good tape can streamline your workflows, prevent issues and lead you to success.

But with so many tapes to choose from, how do you know which will provide the performance needed for specific jobs? Here, we’ll guide you through the top six types of tape used by professionals in industrial settings, alongside offering our product recommendations for each category.

What is industrial tape?

Industrial tape is any tape that can be used in an industrial setting. But in reality, these tapes can have huge variations in appearance, properties and features depending on the specific use. An industrial tape can be single sided or double sided, offer high or low temperature resistance, feature low or high tack adhesive, come in different materials, and vary in thickness, stretch and conformability.

The most common uses for industrial tape include:

• Bonding materials
• Protecting surfaces
• Masking
• Bundling or combining items/materials
• Shielding
• Damping
• Reinforcing
• Colour coding
• Joining

Tapes commonly used in industrial settings

Whatever role you play in an industrial setting, there’s likely to be a tape or two you should be using. Learn about the specific tape categories used most often in industrial settings below, from how they’re used to the best JTAPE product falling into each category.

Aluminium tape

Aluminium tape is exactly what it says on the tin – it’s simply fabricated using aluminium. This material offers heat and cold resistance, durability against water and chemicals, and reflectiveness, which is why it’s the top choice for HVAC duct sealing and insulation, sealing metal joints, pipe insulation, and container sealing.

JTAPE Aluminium Tape is designed to repair and protect

in demanding environments, offering excellent moisture resistance, high and low temperature resistance and UV resistance., It’s perfect for bonding aluminium laminated mineral fibre insulation pipes and air ducts, for isolating against heat and cold, and for sealing containers. What’s more, it won’t shrink or lose its effectiveness over time, making it a long-term solution you can count on in many industrial uses.

Mounting tape

Mounting tape is typically double-sided and offers a high tack fixing between two materials or surfaces. Because of these features, double sided mounting tapes are ideal for mounting panels and signage, vibration dampening and temporary or permanent fixture attachment across many industrial uses.

JTAPE Grey Double Sided Acrylic Tape is a mounting solution offering a reliable, permanent fixing. This tape provides strong adhesion, high durability and vibration-dampening properties due to the acrylic backing.

Cloth protection tape

Cloth tapes are one of the most versatile masking solutions, especially for industrial settings. Sanding protection, sealing heavy-duty packaging, temporary repairs, marking flooring or work areas, and colour-coding are just some of the jobs professionals tend to use them for.

Our range of Premium Cloth Protection Tapes includes a variety of different colours, allowing you to choose a contrasting colour to the material it’s being used on, or colour code for packaging, marking out flooring areas and more. JTAPE Black Premium Cloth Protection Tape is twice as strong as standard gaffer tape, while also providing high adhesion, excellent conformability and water resistance.

High temperature polyester film tape

In many industrial environments, powder coating, baking, and coating are common practices. Whether you’re powder coating alloy wheels for automotive manufacturing or applying the coating to metal structures like doors and railings within the construction sector, you need a tape that can withstand the high temperatures used.

Polyester film tapes are often used for powder coating in industrial settings because of their durability compared to other tape materials. This means it won’t shrink, move or lift, even when exposed to high temperatures and different chemicals.

JTAPE Blue High Temperature Polyester Film Tape is a top pick for powder coating due to its excellent temperature resistance and flexibility. It can easily conform around corners and uneven surfaces to ensure the powder coating process runs smoothly, alongside achieving the desired finish when it comes to baking and coating. The silicone-based and polyester fabrication of this masking tape creates a durable barrier that won’t lift or move while you’re working on a surface.

Packaging tape

Whether your role is in mail services, shipping, or logistics, packaging tape is likely to be one of your most used tools for sealing cartons and packages. Choosing one that’s easy to tear while offering long-lasting adhesion is important since this ensures the packaging process is as efficient as possible.

JTAPE Printed Packaging Tapes, including a Handle With Care option, are tear and burst-resistant, strong, durable and stick instantly to all paper and board surfaces. These printed tapes provide clear instructions to those handling the carton or package after the tape has been applied.

Fine line masking tape

Masking off for painting or stencilling? Fine line tapes are hands-down the best solution. Available in multiple widths and colours, and with different properties depending on the use, these tapes leave a clean finish for painting logos and slogans, creating outlines and providing a template for stripes.

JTAPE offers a range of fine line tapes in various colours to differentiate between the properties offered. Our Olive Plus Fine Line Masking Tape is thin and flexible, making it easy to apply, even on difficult surfaces.

Once you understand the differences between the industrial tapes that can be used and why, your team can easily select the right ones and improve your processes, workflows and operations. JTAPE is dedicated to efficiency and performance, which is why we’re here to share our adhesive advice and expertise with all kinds of professionals.