ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JACKETING ELONGATED ITEMS SUCH AS MORE PARTICULARLY CABLE HARNESSES AND METHOD FOR JACKETING

The invention relates to adhesive tape, especially for lengthwise jacketing of elongate items such as cable harnesses in a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier having a top side and a bottom side, where the carrier, based on the cross direction, has a width BT, and at least one layer of adhesive applied on the bottom side of the carrier, the adhesive layer bearing a second carrier, the first carrier with the adhesive layer protrudes at least on one long edge relative to a side edge of the second carrier, where the first protrusion has a width of B, characterized in that the first carrier is a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric and the second carrier is a metallic layer, and the first carrier has a basis weight of 50 g/m2 to 600 g/m2.