This article on “electrically conductive adhesives” got me to thinking. If adhesives can be made to be electrically conductive, then why wouldn’t it be possible to replace an audio cable or an extension cord with a piece of tape? While it is true that the current application for adhesives that conduct electricity is primarily to […]
Japanese tape manufacturer Nitto Denko, the owner of the Permacel brand, has announced the acquisition of “Bento” (Bento Bantc l k ve Temizlik Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret), Turkey’s largest tape manufacturer. Nitto Denko hopes to use this acquisition to drive a projected 250% growth in the European tape market in the next five years. You can […]
American Eagle, a clothing retailer found at malls from coast to coast, chose the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in California as inspiration for its summer collection. American Eagle designers created a series of concert vignettes in its fashion show, using colors derived from neon gaffers tape. Coachella patrons are used to seeing miles of […]
Chris and Colby Moyer, two brothers from East Stoudsburg, PA, are taking advantage of a new program at CES, the giant Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, to show off their adhesive tape product Dockem. Dockem is a tape product designed for wall mounting of electronic display devices like tablet computers. It is intended for mounting […]
Gaffers tape, gaff tape, gaffa tape, dutchman tape, 100 mile an hour tape…. The names go on and on, but they all mean the same thing. Gaffers tape is a woven cotton cloth tape that uses a synthetic adhesive that is designed to be removed without leaving residue. The name for this tape, prized by […]
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Last weekend’s launch of NASA’s latest Mars rover included couldn’t have happened without duct tape. Dunmore Corp., makes a special tape created to insulate the wiring inside the rover vehicle Curiosity which left Florida for Mars on Saturday. The tape has special electrical insulating characteristics that keep electrical currents from interfering with other on board […]
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The “invisible” side of the tape may be just about its stickiness to most users, but the formulation of the adhesive is extremely important in how the tape performs. Natural rubber, also known as latex, is one of the most common adhesive components and is used on many commonly available tape products like duct tape. […]
