BUTYLEN

BUTYLEN tapes and tape systems have been used for more than 40 years to provide long-term corrosion protection for buried pipes, welded joints, pipe bends and structural elements.
The invention of the first three-ply bonding tape (BUTYLEN-Tape S40) by DEKOTEC in 1971 was followed about 10 years later by further development to produce the asymmetrical three-ply tapes mainly used today. BUTYLEN tape systems have been used very successfully in large-scale pipeline construction and in pipeline renovation since 1971. Thanks to constant improvement and the use of modern polyethylene materials, BUTYLEN tape systems even today represent the state of the art in corrosion protection bonding tape.

BUTYLEN tapes can be combined in various ways to make tape systems. All systems have in common that a self-amalgamating three-ply tape or a butyl tape is always used for the innermost layer of corrosion protection. Only tapes of this type amalgamate in the overlap area to form a sleeve-like coating that is practically diffusion resistant to water vapor and oxygen.