Guide to Spooling Tape Products
What Is Spooling? Spooling is a process where rolls of tape products can be spliced together and wound onto a common core, similarly to fishing …
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Microcellular Polyurethane Foams
Microcellular polyurethane foams are everywhere and chances are, you don’t even know it. Pick up your cell phone, get in your car, or turn on …
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Understanding Architectural Panel Tapes
Architectural panel tapes (APT) are high performance double-coated acrylic foam tapes designed to replace rivets, welds, liquid adhesive systems, and other mechanical fasteners used in …
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Silicone Rubber Products for High Performance Applications
Silicones are a large family of elastomers with a unique chemical structure that gives them superior high and low temperature capabilities that are unavailable in …
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Unique Material Combinations- A Case Study
One of the fun things about working with large curtain wall manufacturers is that they are always looking to try new designs and concepts. That …
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High Performance Polyurethane Foam Tapes
I always feel a little sorry for polyurethane foam tapes. Why? They tend to get lost in the shuffle between the acrylic foam tapes on …
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Foam Tapes for Muntin Bar Attachment
Simulated divided lites are a popular design option for residential and even light commercial windows. The design intent is to create the look of individual …
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Understanding the Effect of Coefficient of Thermal Expansion on Tape Products
The coefficient of thermal expansion is used to understand the rate at which a certain material expand as a function of temperature. This understanding is …
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Die Cut Foam Tape Products for Bonding and Assembly Applications
People don’t realize how often they touch or interact with products that are assembled with die-cut foam tapes. The most common one would be the …
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