Avery Dennison Performance Tapes is expanding into the solar industry with a new Solar Panel Bonding Portfolio. Avery Dennison believes these pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) tapes will offer solar panel manufacturers significant advantages over other bonding methods.

“Our unique bonding products are a versatile solution to help meet growing commercial and residential demand as solar energy prices fall,” said Danielle Wiltrout, product manager, General Industrial, Avery Dennison Performance Tapes, North America. “The Solar Energy Industries Association is calling for 30% of panels installed in the U.S. to be produced domestically by 2030, up from just 2% in 2023.”

Avery Dennison PSA tape

The domestic solar industry is growing, and Avery Dennison’s Solar Panel Bonding Portfolio offers a durable, UV-resistant solution that is easy-to-use and automate in solar panel design and production. The new portfolio features a variety of Avery Dennison PSA tape materials engineered to perform in multiple solar panel manufacturing applications, including:

• Frame mounting
• Cell fixation
• Dielectric insulation
• Edge protection
• Busbar bonding
• Product and safety information labeling
• Panel stiffener mounting
• Junction box mounting
• Cable fixation

Domestic content: The PSA tapes will be produced in the United States at facilities in Painesville, OH and Mount Juliet, TN.

Durability: Avery Dennison tapes are engineered to withstand exposure to UV light, moisture, high and low temperatures, and climatic extremes. They can provide consistently high performance throughout the service life of a panel, helping improve overall quality and minimizing the need for warranty issues.

Ease of use: Tapes offer a simple “peel-and-stick/instant-bond” alternative to messy liquid adhesives (which typically require cure time) and complicated mechanical fasteners. Adhesives can be engineered for easy repositionability, reducing rework and waste on an assembly line.

Automatable: Tape materials are engineered to facilitate automated application. This is typically a key requirement for solar panel manufacturing. These materials are also very easy to apply manually.

Design optimization: Avery Dennison tapes can replace mechanical fastening methods, offering a thinner profile and lighter weight to help optimize solar panel design. They also spread their bonding forces more evenly than screws and rivets, helping prevent fatigue and wear of the substrate.

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