Creating a tape that fulfills the requirements of demanding applications is a complex task. Here you can find out more about the basics of tape technology, about adhesion and cohesion, about materials and surface energy, about the way tapes work.
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Experts for hanging and mounting, affixing and attaching, joining and bonding.
The surface tension determines how firmly adhesive tape sticks to the surface. The “ink test” shows it.
Bonding with adhesive tape is somehow similar to relationships bonded by love. Sometimes it lasts forever, sometimes only for a certain period of time and sometimes it stops and then starts again.
Talking about pressure sensitive adhesive tapes it is not all about adhesion, cohesion and tack. You need to know more to find the perfect tape for your specific purpose. To be precise, there are three more things: tensile strength, shear resistance, and peel adhesion.
Not only the application is important for the selection of the right adhesive tape. The environment also plays a role – sometimes, weatherproof tape is needed.Sometimes tapes need to withstand acids or constant, machanical strain.
Adhesives: How Mixture and Chemical Structure Determine Properties and Areas of Use.
Primers (adhesion bonding primers) play an important role with adhesive tape. In addition, release liners and release coatings (separating layer) ensure perfect unrolling.
No two cases are alike when it comes to tape and adhesive applications: the right mix of over 1,000 resins and 100 elastomers for example determines how hard, how quickly and how long something bonds.
Cohesion and adhesion have been encountered by everyone who has gone a little to the root of gluing and taping. Tack, by contrast, is somewhat more mysterious – although it is no less important for adhesive tape.