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  • Heat Seal Tapes - A New Direction in Apparel Manufacturing
    Providing an ideal bonding solution for fabrics, heat seal tapes are offering manufacturers advantages such as high bonding strength, flexibility, durability, and solvent resistance.
  • Heat Sealing Tapes Improve Manufacturing Efficiency
    The value of a high-quality heat sealing tape is an important element in heat sealing machine applications. These machines apply high temperatures to plastic sheets or films to form air- or water-tight bags or other packages for food, medical supplies, and other consumer or industrial goods
  • How to Achieve a Better Bond Using Heat Activated Tape
    When you need a seal that cannot be achieved with pressure sensitive tape (PST), heat seal adhesive tapes (Hot Melt tapes) may be the answer.
  • What is a Pressure Sensitive Tape?
    pressure) with no phase change (liquid to solid) and usually on a roll. The key point that differentiates a pressure sensitive tape from other types of adhesives is that no activation by water, solvent, or heat is necessary to exert a strong adhesive force towards diverse materials such as paper, glass
  • This Foam Tape Can Take the Heat: A Q&A with 3M About 3M TM VHB TM Tape GPH Series
    Let's talk with 3M TM about their VHB TM Tape GPH series - a permanent bonding tape capable of replacing mechanical fasteners and liquid adhesives in challenging high-temperature applications.
  • Flexible Bonding Solutions with Heat Seal Adhesive Tapes
    Thermoplastic Adhesive Films (Polymers) are by far the most popular type of Heat Seal Adhesive and are especially essential when bonding fabrics, foams or different materials. Thermoplastic adhesives combine excellent processing elastomer properties that are extremely important for Product
  • Flexible Heat Bonding Tape Provides Alternative to Sewing
    Thermoplastic, Heat Seal and Hot Melt Adhesives are redefining cut and sew solutions for the textile industry. This new technology replaces the need for stitching in a wide range of garments and soft goods, allowing manufactures to redesign their processes to increase quality and production.
  • When to Use Thermal Insulation Tape
    There are many industrial processes that exude or transfer heat throughout components. Excess heat that is not controlled can damage machinery, negatively impact processes, and cause harm to humans. Therefore, offering the right protection is key. Thermal insulation tape is used in various
  • What is Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) Tape?
    Pressure sensitive adhesive tape (also known as: PSA, self adhesive, self stick adhesive) is a major category of adhesive tapes and is a relatively thin flexible tape with single or double sided coating. PSA will adhere to a variety of substrates when applied to most clean and dry surfaces
  • Tape Application Guide
    The recommended application temperature is 68°F to 100°F. Application with Heat Assist (warming adhesive just prior or during application) can aid adhesive flow and surface wet out. In general, 100 - 150° F is satisfactory, although individual applications will vary.
  • Heat-Shrink Tubing: The Versatile Tools for Maintenance and Repair (.pdf)
    Think of heat-shrink tubing as the duct tape for electrical wiring on the factory floor. Heat-shrink tubing is versatile, easy to use, and finds wide applicability in maintenance and repair. Heat-shrink tubing can be used for preventive maintenance to avoid problems, and it is a wonderful tool

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