Robotic Tape Automation

A New Realm of Precision, Flexibility, and Control

Where Tape Automation Meets Robotics

Straub Design Company’s robotic solutions redefine what’s possible in tape application. By combining decades of tape automation expertise with industrial robotics, we open a new realm of precision, adaptability, and process intelligence.

 

Robotic tape automation enables manufacturers to apply pressure-sensitive, foam, high bond, heat-activated, and specialty tapes with a level of control and flexibility that fixed automation simply cannot achieve.

Why Robotic Tape Automation Changes Everything

Traditional automation excels at repetition within limits. Robotics removes limits.

Straub’s robotic taping systems are designed to:

Adapt to complex shapes, angles, and 3D surfaces
Enable flexible, high-mix and low-volume production
Extend tape automation into processes once considered impossible

This makes robotics the ideal platform for modern manufacturing environments where product designs change, tolerances tighten, and customization increases.

Built on Proven Straub Tape Technology

Robotic solutions at Straub are not generic end-of-arm experiments—they are built from field-proven tape application platforms, engineered specifically for robotic use.

Our robotic systems leverage:

  • Lightweight, high-precision tape applicator heads
  • Controlled liner removal and rewind systems
  • Buffing, pressure control, and tape-break sensing
  • Custom robotic mounting and end-of-arm tooling

The result is robotic automation with the same reliability and consistency customers expect from Straub’s fixed systems.

Robotic Tape Automation Applications

Robotic tape solutions are ideal wherever standard automation reaches its limits.

Complex 3D & Curved Surfaces

Robotic arms apply tape accurately around curves, contours, and compound geometries maintaining placement accuracy and consistent pressure throughout the motion path.

High-Mix / Low-Volume Production

Robotics eliminate the need for hard tooling changeovers, allowing tape paths, lengths, and sequences to be adjusted through programming rather than mechanical redesign.

Precision Assembly & Bonding

Robotic taping supports critical bonding, sealing, and reinforcement operations where accuracy, repeatability, and alignment directly impact product performance.

Integrated, Multi-Step Processes

Robotic cells combine tape application with handling, inspection, activation, and assembly—reducing labor, touchpoints, and variation.

Robotics, the Straub Way

What sets Straub’s robotic solutions apart is not the robot—it’s the tape knowledge behind it.

Every robotic system benefits from:

  • Decades of tape application and splicing expertise
  • Field-tested designs and components
  • Long-term service, support, and partnership

This ensures robotic taping systems that work reliably on the plant floor—not just on paper.

Let’s Redefine What Tape Automation Can Do

If your process requires flexibility, precision, or geometry beyond standard automation, Straub Design Company’s robotic tape solutions open a new realm of possibility.

Let’s engineer a robotic system that fits your process—today and into the future.