Dr Marco Balbo Block
Senior project leader in R&D, Business unit Automotive
tesa SE
Biography
Marco Balbo Block holds a PhD (doctor degree) in Chemistry. After 6 years experiences in polyurethane industry, he worked the last 10 years at tesa SE, being many years head of automotive application engineering, in-between lab manager for product development, and nowadays he is senior project leader in R&D with focus on sustainability and sustainable products at tesa Automotive.
Presentation Abstract
Sustainable adhesive patches for automotive hole sealing
The automotive industry experiences a strong rise in demand of sustainable bonding and sealing solutions. Adhesive tapes have high potential to serve this demand. All components of adhesive tapes like backing, adhesive layer and release liner have possibilities for sustainability improvements and will be evaluated: the technical feasibilities for several recycled plastics and biobased materials will be shown and the current availability of suitable sustainable materials in the global market discussed. As an example application, hole covering in automotive production with an automated tape application will be introduced. Here, adhesive tapes contribute to weight reduction, and the further potential of using sustainable materials and solvent-free coating processes will be shown. With a holistic approach, adhesive tapes with more than 77% sustainable content are possible by combining recycled and biobased materials without compromising performance compared to comparable conventional adhesive tapes for this application.
Co-authors: Benjamin Brummer
Presentation Time
Breakout VI: Realising energy efficiency
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 16:30 - 17:00
- Speakers Overview
- Achten Dirk
- Arbusà Jordi
- Arikan Elisa
- Bernardini Marco
- Block Marco Balbo
- Bouzard Orlane
- Braun Kevin
- Brunner Verena
- Burgorgue Morgane
- Chiozza Fabio
- Corfias-Zuccalli Catherine
- Crail Dietrich J.
- Das Sudipto
- De Baetzelier Anne
- De Ketelaere Geertrui Mieke
- Decio Mikaela
- Derra Ralph
- Dobbins Christopher
- Dulio Sergio
- Emanuel Ronald M. Jr.
- Eriksson Anna
- Groß Andreas
- Günther Roman
- Hartwig Andreas
- Hautekeer Jean-Paul
- Hein Christophe
- Heinzmann Ralf
- Heβland Axel
- Ibarra Rodriguez Jesús Eduardo
- James Andrew
- Kay Kian Hee
- Maier Steffen
- McLennaghan Allan
- Mora Luigi
- Neub Nicole
- Olive Maxime
- Paree Machteld
- Peeters Luc
- Romagnano Stefano
- Ruzafa Silvestre Carlos
- Sakai Yu
- Schmidt Marco F.
- Schneider Martin
- Smits Angela
- Sommer Mario
- Sundermeier Uta
- Thiebes Christoph
- Venkataraman Prakash
- Wichelhaus Jürgen
- Williams Lorna
- Wüst Rhiannon