Adhesive application too and method for the automated and serial application of adhesive tape

Abstract

Taping down tool and method for the automated, series application of adhesive tape, in particular on surface parts of vehicle bodies. The taping down tool comprises a mount for an adhesive-tape roll containing adhesive tape to be applied, an application roller for the application of adhesive tape, which has been pulled off from the adhesive-tape roll, and a holding device, which is arranged upstream of the application roller, for holding ready adhesive tape, which has been pulled off from the adhesive-tape roll, between two application processes, the holding device moreover serving for the pressing-on of held-ready adhesive tape on the surface to be covered, so as to initiate an application process, and, after a forwards movement of the taping down tool, adhesive tape, which has been pressed on by the holding device, being taken over by the application roller which can be extended essentially perpendicular with respect to the plane of the pressed-on adhesive tape in the direction of the adhesive tape and is used for the force-controlled pressing-on of the adhesive tape.

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