Adhesives and Sealants Magazine

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July 2020

In this issue, we look at pressure-sensitive adhesives and tapes for applications such as electronics, as well as coatings. Check it out!

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What Are Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Tapes?

A variety of adhesive chemistries and tape formats can be combined to help ensure that a specific tape satisfies a specific need.
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Anthony Cotter
June 24, 2020
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The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council defines a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) as requiring two things: aggressive and permanent tack, and adhesion with finger pressure. This simple definition makes the concept of a PSA easy for anyone to understand.


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Tape Talk

Driving Ahead: An Update from the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council

The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council has been busy preparing for the future and ensuring that the community has support where it is needed.
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Michel Merkx
June 30, 2020
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At the beginning of the year, and even as recently as March, the extent of our shared health crisis could not have possibly been imagined. Very quickly, however, following updates from national and international health organizations and the federal government, everyone, including all of us at the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC), began to make strategic decisions regarding how to not only navigate the perilous situation, but how to move forward.


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Pressure-Sensitive Tape Solutions for Electronics

Designs for consumer electronics continue to evolve, and pressure-sensitive tape manufacturers are addressing those changing needs with products that go beyond simple bonding.
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Thomas C. Epple
June 26, 2020
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As the marketplace for consumer electronics devices becomes more sophisticated, the adhesive products that hold them together have to be just as versatile and multifunctional. Consumers have demanded their devices get sleeker, more powerful, and lighter, putting demands on manufacturers.
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