We often forget what we don't see or whose function is so commonplace that it becomes obvious. Such is the case with the chip card in your bank card. This little piece of electronics that you use on a daily basis accounts for 90% of your daily transactions. According to the Association for Smart Payments (SPA), some three billion payment cards are manufactured and delivered worldwide every year.
Underneath the banality, therefore, is a very high quality commitment in terms of security and durability. TESA ensures an extremely strong bond between the chip and the card. The contactless functionality, either an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip that communicates with a reader and a radio frequency antenna, or the NFC (Near Field Communication) chip that allows the identification information of the card to be obtained by means of wireless transmission, are concerned with the bonding technology between the chip and the card.
It is easy to understand that behind our peace of mind when faced with a smart card, know-how and permanent research are implemented for the resistance of materials, their bending capacity, their reliability in all climatic conditions of use, etc.
Gluing is an assembly technique widely used in the automotive, railway, shipbuilding, aeronautical and construction industries. It is used in the manufacture of aircraft parts and engines, in the assembly of structures weighing several tonnes for bridges and engineering structures, in cars, etc. Far from being anecdotal, it is a major industrial element.