Technical Articles
Budnick Converting, Inc. has published these technical articles:
(Cutting Services)
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Our customer, an automotive supplier, had a new project for a door seal for which they identified a 4mm diameter, round butyl as a fit for the application. However, the product was only available in...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Our customer, an appliance manufacturer, was using an expensive double coated foam in an oven door assembly as a gap filler. Their previous supplier was stacking two of the double coated tapes...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A well-known appliance manufacturer wanted to streamline their process when it came to tape usage, decreasing the amount of tape that was being used on each refrigerator unit. The appliance...
(Industrial Tapes)
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An automotive electronics manufacturer needed scratch protection for their heads-up display (HUD) lens. They needed a removable, extremely low tack, and clear surface protection tape. The display lens...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A commercial freezer and refrigerator manufacturer was using a high tack ATG tape to hold wipers on plastic extrusions. Also, it was used to hold metal panels together before fastening and foaming, as...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Our customer, a foam manufacturer, came to Budnick in search of a custom solution for a commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer. The end user (refrigeration manufacturer) needed a product to...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A major electronic automation and control manufacturer needed a solution to attach their security panel cover to its base. They also needed to protect the faceplate from dings and scratches. In...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A major appliance OEM was experiencing quality issues regarding lighting and wiring in a line of ovens. Their immediate need was to ensure that all handles and human touch points were properly...
(Seals)
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Frustrated with long lead times and quality inconsistencies, a cooler and freezer door manufacturer turned to Budnick. They were previously buying foam from China and the long lead times were...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Our customer, a large appliance manufacturer, had been using a foil square die-cut on the back of a refrigerator to cover a hole however, the adhesive on the die-cut part was exposed. When the...
(Seals)
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Our customer, a manufacturer of appliances and fixtures for the foodservice industry, had an issue with holding containers supplied to one of their customers. They were looking to create a water-tight...
(Industrial Tapes)
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An appliance customer came to Budnick in search of an alternative to a Permagum sealing compound masking tape combination that was being used to seal metal casing gaps in a refrigerator during the PU...
(Materials)
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Our customer is a local supplier to a major American automobile manufacturer. They came to us looking for material to be cut and converted to serve as a cover for the steering wheel's cowling on a...
(Industrial Tapes)
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We often find that customers are looking to simplify and enhance their mounting applications. In this instance, an electronics manufacturer needed an alternative method to mount stiffener bars to...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Our customer, a large supplier of packaging supplies to the cotton industry, came to us requesting our help in creating an adhesive tab matrix that they could put on to their film. They were providing...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A Budnick specialist visited an RV manufacturing plant with one of our distribution customers to view how and where the RV manufacturer was using adhesive products in their applications. The Budnick...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Budnick was approached by a medical equipment manufacturer who was experiencing issues with an extrusion that was being attached to a medical sink. The customer was using a double coated structural...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A building materials manufacturer reached out to us when they began experiencing failures with a tape that they were using for a flying splice application on their fiberglass insulation production...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A manufacturer of keys, fasteners, and signs, was moving production from Arizona to Ohio. They needed a supplier who would stock the tape used to mount their keys to packaging in a temperature...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A large supplier that designs and manufactures major structural components for the aerospace industry called on Budnick to help them with very complex masking applications. When we first visited the...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A fuel tank manufacturer was mounting their logo emblems on the exterior of fuel tanks on semi-trucks but the tape being used to do so was failing. The tape was adhering initially, but failed once the...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Our customer, an EMI shielding manufacturer, was producing a conductive, semi-cured silicone at their local location. They reached out to Budnick in hopes of finding a solution for a new application....
(Industrial Tapes)
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A medical equipment manufacturer needed to make process improvements and wished to condense the numbers that they were previously utilizing for their medical cabinets. The customer manufactures...
(Industrial Tapes)
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A former customer contact took a new position with an industrial fluid thermal management and equipment protection company. He called us to see if we could consult with them on their masking of metal...
(Industrial Tapes)
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An electronic device repair company was using a double-sided acrylic film tape to attach a face onto an Apple Watch. The customer wanted the rolls of tape slit to 2mm and 8mm widths. The converter...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Frustrated with long lead times and quality inconsistencies, a cooler and freezer door manufacturer turned to Budnick. They were previously buying foam from China and the long lead times were...
(Industrial Tapes)
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The PSTC defines peel adhesion as the force per unit width required to break the bond between a pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the surface to which it has been applied when the tape is peeled...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Choosing the right adhesive tape for your application involves asking a number of questions. We've outlined some of these questions and pointers below to help you fulfill the needs of your application...
(Industrial Tapes)
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Acrylic – A synthetic polymer with excellent aging characteristics that can be used as either a single component adhesive or a coating or saturant, depending upon composition. Adhesive transfer...
(Industrial Tapes)
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The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) defines Pressure Sensitive Tape as a continuous flexible strip of cloth, paper, metal or plastic coated on one or both sides with a permanently tacky...