Method for applying elongate strip to door frame of vehicle

A method of attaching an elongate strip to a door frame of the body of a vehicle, the method comprising application of the elongate strip by means of a device comprising:

• (i) a drive means;
• (ii) an application head;
• (iii) a stress control unit positioned between the drive means and application head and comprising one or more sensor units;
• (iv) and a control unit for controlling the drive means,
• the application of the elongate strip comprising advancing the elongate strip by the drive means, positioning, pressing and/or rolling the elongate strip on the door frame by means of the application head and controlling stress of the elongate strip by means of the stress control unit and the control unit for controlling the drive means, whereby the one or more sensor units of the stress control unit measure the stress of the elongate strip and the control unit controls the drive means to maintain the stress of the elongate strip within a desired range of stress based on the measurement of the stress of the elongate strip by the one or more sensors of the stress control unit,
• wherein the elongate strip comprises a rubber gasket and an adhesive tape comprising a foam layer having first and second major sides, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer associated with a first major side of the foam layer, the pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a cross-linked rubber and the foam layer comprises an acrylic polymer of one or more alkyl acrylates having an average of 3 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, and a second major side has a further adhesive layer associated with it, the foam layer having a density of at least 540 kg/m3 and less than or equal to 608 kg/m3, and wherein said rubber gasket is attached to said adhesive tape through said further adhesive layer.