Adhesive tape for structural bonding

摘要

An adhesive tape for bonding components such as, for example, in a motor vehicle. The adhesive tape comprises a continuous or discontinuous metal layer having opposite first and second major sides, each of the first and second major sides having an adhesive layer defining an adhesive surface on the first and second major sides. The adhesive layer on the first and second major sides comprises domains of pressure sensitive adhesive and domains of an activatable adhesive composition. Each of the domains define a part of the surface of the adhesive layer. A method of adhering components of motor vehicles together. The method comprises (i) providing an adhesive tape between the components to be adhered together, said adhesive tape comprising opposite first and second major adhesive surface, each of said first and second major adhesive surface being defined by an adhesive layer that comprises domains of pressure sensitive adhesive and domains an activatable adhesive composition, each of said domains defining a part of the surface of the adhesive layer; and (ii) cross-linking said domains of activatable adhesive composition.