Aluminium Foil Tape-The Magic Tape That Can Fly Into The Sky

There have been cases where passengers abroad were shocked to find airport maintenance staff taping engine casings before the plane took off.

There have been cases where passengers abroad were shocked to find airport maintenance staff taping engine casings before the plane took off. The scene, which was later captured on film and uploaded to the Internet, raising concerns and questions about how repairing the fuselage with tape could affect flight safety. However, it is true that there are tapes that can be used for aviation maintenance, mainly for repairing the surface of the aircraft and temporary maintenance for masking purposes, and will not affect flight safety.

So, the next time you happen to come across such a situation, you can give a good explanation to the people around you. This is not just any tape, but a kind of aluminium foil tape, which can be used to temporarily repair non-stressed parts of aircraft surfaces, especially to repair the paint layer and strengthen the sealing effect of aircraft surfaces. For example, if the surface paint on an aircraft is peeling off as a result of flight, in order to ensure flight and prevent corrosion of the surface, in the temporary repair, the first aluminum foil tape can allow the aircraft to continue to fly safely. However, such repairs are limited to the surface of the aircraft and do not relate to the structure of the aircraft. At the same time, this is only used for temporary repairs, until the end of a phase of the mission, the aircraft will still need to receive professional paint refinishing!

In addition, the various properties of aluminium foil tape can be utilised in our daily life. For example, applying tape when installing a power supply will reflect light, thus protecting you from heat energy burns, yet maximising efficiency; it can also be applied to plug hole sealing at rivets in cabinets and sealing moisture-proofing of automobile airbags.