3M™ VHB™ Extrudable Tape GP is an automation-ready, pressure-sensitive adhesive engineered to help streamline industrial assembly through consistent, repeatable, in-format dispensing. This tape combines bonding and sealing in one product, providing a watertight seal in properly designed components while demonstrating good adhesion to metals and plastics, including high-surface-energy substrates such as stainless steel and PC/ABS, along with strong adhesion to low-surface-energy substrates like polypropylene. These characteristics are designed to help reduce cycle time, work-in-progress, and surface-prep requirements compared to many liquid adhesives — with less waste and no curing. For indoor and outdoor environments not subject to direct UV exposure, 3M™ VHB™ Extrudable Tape GP delivers reliable, long-term performance.
Transform your assembly process and unlock design freedom through the power of 3M™ VHB™ Extrudable Tape GP. This tape taps into the trusted reliability of the 3M VHB Tape family while delivering the application flexibility of liquid adhesives. Where liquid adhesives can be messy, slow to cure, and waste-intensive, 3M™ VHB™ Extrudable Tape GP dispenses from an easily stored filament spool that eliminates liners and reduces container waste, bonding instantly with immediate handling strength to help streamline and accelerate production. Because each manufacturing process has unique requirements, this tape is engineered to pair with dispensing solutions matched to the precision, output, and automation level of your operation. For high-precision, high-output dispensing, 3M has collaborated with the Nordson Corporation to design the Nordson ProBond™ Adhesive System — an automated solution engineered to integrate into your assembly line. For semi-automated, lower-volume operations, 3M continues to expand a growing network of dispensing options, letting manufacturers take advantage of the material's benefits regardless of production scale. The result is a versatile solution for bonding applications that can benefit from increased productivity through automation; assemblies requiring immediate handling strength; assemblies that need to fill gaps and turn corners without wrinkles or voids; curved surfaces, irregular shapes, and components with dimensional mismatch; processes looking to consolidate multiple bonding or sealing solutions into a single one; and indoor and outdoor applications not exposed to direct UV. These applications include appliance, specialty vehicle, HVAC, EV battery, large electronics, panels, cover housing, decorative attachment, and general bonding and sealing.