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3 Benefits of Using Polycarbonate Film

3 Benefits of Using Polycarbonate Film

You’ve been tearing through webpages and product descriptions in a frantic info search that’ll help ...
Published on: November 30, 2023
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3 Best Adhesive Types for Gaskets

3 Best Adhesive Types for Gaskets

Have you ever chosen a gasket adhesive?
Published on: October 25, 2023
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3 Major Gasket Seal Design Tips

3 Major Gasket Seal Design Tips

Are you tossing and turning while you dream about gaskets?
Published on: December 5, 2023
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4 Advantages of Choosing Acrylic Foam Tape

4 Advantages of Choosing Acrylic Foam Tape

You’ve spent days pondering your latest project, but are still in between materials.
Published on: August 24, 2023
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5 Benefits of Adhesive Patches and Transdermal Absorption

5 Benefits of Adhesive Patches and Transdermal Absorption

What are the advantages of using a transdermal patch?
Published on: November 27, 2023
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5 Common Problems with Transdermal Patch Delivery and Adhesion

5 Common Problems with Transdermal Patch Delivery and Adhesion

“Rip the bandage off quickly and get it over with!”
Published on: May 30, 2023
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5 Common Skin Adhesive Myths

5 Common Skin Adhesive Myths

Before you go trudging through a slough of material data sheets, you should be aware of the common ...
Published on: September 3, 2024
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A Guide To Absorbent Wound Dressings

A Guide To Absorbent Wound Dressings

You're not alone if you’ve used a wound dressing that wasn’t designed to absorb the fluids from ...
Published on: October 14, 2024
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Adhesive Foil: Different Types and Uses

Adhesive Foil: Different Types and Uses

When searching for an adhesive foil to use inside your product, you’re probably expecting a more ...
Published on: September 21, 2023
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Adhesive Island Wound Dressings: Full Guide

Adhesive Island Wound Dressings: Full Guide

You might hear of “island” wound dressings and picture something a tad more tropical. However, ...
Published on: May 22, 2024
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Adhesive Patches for Skin: Purpose and Function

Adhesive Patches for Skin: Purpose and Function

While you COULD duct tape a heart monitor to your chest, I’m going to take a wild guess and say ...
Published on: April 16, 2024
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Adhesive Transfer Tape in Gasket Applications

Adhesive Transfer Tape in Gasket Applications

After a long day of tirelessly looking at gasket solutions, you’ve finally stumbled upon adhesive ...
Published on: January 25, 2024
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Aerospace Adhesives: Common Uses and Where To Find Them

Aerospace Adhesives: Common Uses and Where To Find Them

A couple of months ago, my family and I visited the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
Published on: July 24, 2023
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An Engineer's Guide To Selecting Adhesives For Medical Devices

An Engineer's Guide To Selecting Adhesives For Medical Devices

More often than not, new product designs are engineered in a vacuum, in isolation from other ...
Published on: July 3, 2023
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An Overview of Thermal Insulation Tape

An Overview of Thermal Insulation Tape

Is balancing temperature critical to your project's success?
Published on: November 2, 2023
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Automotive Adhesives: 8 Types and How They’re Used

Automotive Adhesives: 8 Types and How They’re Used

Do you know how tape was used in the construction of your vehicle?
Published on: July 23, 2023
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Best Foam Gasket Materials for Medical Applications

Best Foam Gasket Materials for Medical Applications

When it comes to medical applications, who doesn’t want components made from clean, safe, and ...
Published on: December 13, 2023
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Butyl Gaskets: Advantages and Disadvantages

Butyl Gaskets: Advantages and Disadvantages

Hunting down the perfect gasket material might not be the most fun way to spend a sunny afternoon, ...
Published on: January 17, 2024
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Choosing the Best Medical Converting Company

Choosing the Best Medical Converting Company

What’s worse than a single faulty component? Probably an entire shipment of them.
Published on: November 12, 2023
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Electrode Pads — Tips for Manufacturing and Design

Electrode Pads — Tips for Manufacturing and Design

Imagine if a doctor attempted to stick an electrode pad on you, only for it to sadly flutter down ...
Published on: December 6, 2023
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Electroplating Masking Tape: Uses and Examples

Electroplating Masking Tape: Uses and Examples

You’ve been pondering this metal coating design for days, but now it's time to plan your production ...
Published on: October 24, 2023
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EV Battery Components: The Best Adhesives

EV Battery Components: The Best Adhesives

Within a year, announced investments in U.S. electric vehicle manufacturing have tripled from $24 ...
Published on: May 23, 2023
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Finding the Best Adhesive Tape for Rubber to Metal

Finding the Best Adhesive Tape for Rubber to Metal

You’ve been staring back and forth between a metal and rubber surface, desperately trying to figure ...
Published on: September 25, 2023
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Foam Gasket Tape — An Ultimate Guide

Foam Gasket Tape — An Ultimate Guide

When your product requires superior barrier and bonding features, gaskets might be ideal. However, ...
Published on: October 30, 2023
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Gasket Tape vs. Alternative Gasket Adhesives

Gasket Tape vs. Alternative Gasket Adhesives

What do you picture when you think of sealing?
Published on: September 6, 2023
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Hot Melt vs. Acrylic Tape: Which Should I Choose?

Hot Melt vs. Acrylic Tape: Which Should I Choose?

Maybe you’re looking for a high-durability sealing tape.
Published on: October 19, 2023
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Hot Melt vs. Heat Activated Adhesive

Hot Melt vs. Heat Activated Adhesive

It’s rare, but once in a blue moon, I’ll land on a question that makes an engineer go: “Uhh.”
Published on: November 16, 2023
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How Adhesive Tapes Improve Bonding in Electronics

How Adhesive Tapes Improve Bonding in Electronics

Electronics are often composed of delicate components, yet in the age of handheld devices, we also ...
Published on: November 14, 2024
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How Are Graphite Gaskets Used and Where Can I Find Them?

How Are Graphite Gaskets Used and Where Can I Find Them?

You’re gradually sifting through a mountain of gasketing material resources when you notice ...
Published on: August 1, 2023
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How Much Do Custom Die Cut Gaskets Cost?

How Much Do Custom Die Cut Gaskets Cost?

Have you ever paid for a service and thought, “Huh, I wonder if this IS the typical cost.”
Published on: April 3, 2023
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How To Choose a Thermally Conductive Adhesive

How To Choose a Thermally Conductive Adhesive

Winning the lottery… eating at a Michelin-star restaurant… choosing a thermally conductive ...
Published on: April 12, 2023
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How To Choose the Best Gasket Manufacturer

How To Choose the Best Gasket Manufacturer

Are you still waiting for the perfect gasket manufacturer to fall from the sky?
Published on: August 10, 2023
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Kitting in Manufacturing: Examples and Advantages

Kitting in Manufacturing: Examples and Advantages

Have you ever decorated a toy racecar or dollhouse with a sheet of stickers?
Published on: October 16, 2023
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Masking Tape Rolls or Die Cuts: How Die Cuts Save Time and Money

Masking Tape Rolls or Die Cuts: How Die Cuts Save Time and Money

Imagine sitting down for a tattoo, but the artist refuses to use a stencil because it’s ‘too ...
Published on: April 2, 2023
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Medical Device Component Manufacturer Trends in 2023

Medical Device Component Manufacturer Trends in 2023

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
Published on: September 11, 2023
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Microneedle Patches: Definition, Function, and How They’re Manufactured

Microneedle Patches: Definition, Function, and How They’re Manufactured

Can vaccines and other drug solutions be delivered without an intramuscular injection?
Published on: June 25, 2023
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Neoprene Gasket Chemical Resistance: Choosing a Material

Neoprene Gasket Chemical Resistance: Choosing a Material

Natural rubber is elastic and useful for gasketing, so why use an alternative?
Published on: November 8, 2023
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Nitrile Gasket (Buna N) Benefits and Uses

Nitrile Gasket (Buna N) Benefits and Uses

After a minute or two of trying to psychically conjure an image of the best gasket material, you ...
Published on: November 28, 2023
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Open Cell vs Closed Cell Foam: Which Suits My Design?

Open Cell vs Closed Cell Foam: Which Suits My Design?

Right when you’ve decided you need foam, a nagging search engine suggestion catches your eye: ...
Published on: July 12, 2023
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Polyimide Tape and Kapton Tape: What You Need to Know

Polyimide Tape and Kapton Tape: What You Need to Know

What type of film would you use on a satellite?
Published on: June 29, 2023
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PTFE vs Teflon Gaskets: Is There a Difference?

PTFE vs Teflon Gaskets: Is There a Difference?

You’re choking back tears of frustration as you click through the articles on different gasket ...
Published on: July 11, 2023
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Roll Good to Heat-Sealed Products

Roll Good to Heat-Sealed Products

How 1-pass production pushes possibilities and provides game-changing benefits.
Published on: July 19, 2023
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Silicone Gaskets: A Comprehensive Overview

Silicone Gaskets: A Comprehensive Overview

The gasket industry generates about $8 billion in annual revenue in the United States.
Published on: October 11, 2023
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Skin Adhesive Silicone vs. Skin Adhesive Acrylic

Skin Adhesive Silicone vs. Skin Adhesive Acrylic

Have you ever experienced the pain of peeling off a band-aid that did NOT want to unstick?
Published on: February 22, 2024
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The 7 Best Stick to Skin Tapes

The 7 Best Stick to Skin Tapes

You’ve reached the product development phase where you’re looking for material: congratulations! ...
Published on: March 14, 2023
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The 8 Best Waterproof Tapes for Skin

The 8 Best Waterproof Tapes for Skin

Suppose you had gotten surgery, but just as you left the hospital, you walked straight into a ...
Published on: April 20, 2023
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The Advantages of Outsourcing Medical Device Solutions

The Advantages of Outsourcing Medical Device Solutions

Developing a medical device is neither simple nor straightforward, so when you need dependable ...
Published on: September 5, 2024
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The Advantages of Using Double-Sided Medical Tape

The Advantages of Using Double-Sided Medical Tape

Attaching one substrate to another.
Published on: July 31, 2023
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The Benefits of Using Low Tack Protective Film and Carriers

The Benefits of Using Low Tack Protective Film and Carriers

You’ve submitted your product design to a converter and feel confident—until you receive a reply: ...
Published on: September 16, 2024
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The Best EV Battery Insulation and Shock Absorption Materials and Designs

The Best EV Battery Insulation and Shock Absorption Materials and Designs

After months of delicately crafting EV modules, would you haphazardly slap the battery onto the ...
Published on: July 10, 2023
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The Best Medical Device Adhesives

The Best Medical Device Adhesives

Would you trust a blood pressure monitor held together by painter’s tape?
Published on: November 1, 2023
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The Pros and Cons of Laser Cut Gaskets

The Pros and Cons of Laser Cut Gaskets

Is laser die cutting the best way to build a gasket?
Published on: January 8, 2024
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Thermal Conductive Pads: A Complete Guide

Thermal Conductive Pads: A Complete Guide

Despite the furious whirring of my laptop whenever I boot up a videogame with too-high FPS, it ...
Published on: January 23, 2024
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Thermal Management in Electric Vehicles: Using Tapes

Thermal Management in Electric Vehicles: Using Tapes

Did you know that electric car batteries could be held together by tape?
Published on: September 17, 2023
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Top 5 Benefits of Using Heat-Resistant Gasket Material

Top 5 Benefits of Using Heat-Resistant Gasket Material

“High temperature” in the industrial world is on another level than what you’ll see during the ...
Published on: December 10, 2023
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Types of 3M Waterproof Tapes

Types of 3M Waterproof Tapes

If you’ve used 3M tapes before, you already know they’re durable, high-quality products that can be ...
Published on: June 19, 2024
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Types of Custom Masking Tape

Types of Custom Masking Tape

If you’re looking for custom masking tape, which type of material should you choose?
Published on: February 19, 2024
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Types of High-Temperature Gasket Materials

Types of High-Temperature Gasket Materials

Like Michelangelo sketching on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, you’ve got your perfect design ...
Published on: August 7, 2023
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Types of Medical Grade Adhesives and Their Uses

Types of Medical Grade Adhesives and Their Uses

Super glue might save you in a pinch at home, but it would undoubtedly make an uncomfortable ...
Published on: May 2, 2024
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Using Die Cut Adhesives in Wearable Technology

Using Die Cut Adhesives in Wearable Technology

Explaining wearables and their key components.
Published on: July 19, 2023
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Using Flexible Materials For Vibration Damping

Using Flexible Materials For Vibration Damping

Whether you’re working on a satellite launch or a 3D printer, flexible vibration damping materials ...
Published on: September 17, 2024
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What Are IP Ratings and How Does it Affect My Gasket Decision?

What Are IP Ratings and How Does it Affect My Gasket Decision?

How water-resistant does a product need to be before your company can call it “waterproof?”
Published on: April 25, 2023
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What are My Adhesive Options?

What are My Adhesive Options?

Have you ever used the wrong type of adhesive?
Published on: January 3, 2023
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What Are Strouse's Manufacturing Capabilities?

What Are Strouse's Manufacturing Capabilities?

You’re ten minutes into scrolling through an endless deluge of company websites when you consider ...
Published on: March 6, 2023
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What are the Best Materials to Seal EV Batteries?

What are the Best Materials to Seal EV Batteries?

In the United States, there was over $128 billion in announced investments in EV battery factories ...
Published on: June 13, 2023
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What Are The Best Medical Tapes for Sensitive Skin (Infant and Elderly)?

What Are The Best Medical Tapes for Sensitive Skin (Infant and Elderly)?

According to an international skin tear prevention survey, only 10% of healthcare professionals ...
Published on: May 4, 2023
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What are the Types of Heat Resistant Tape?

What are the Types of Heat Resistant Tape?

Would you stick office tape under the hood of your car? If anything, it sounds like a fire hazard.
Published on: August 14, 2023
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What is a Conductive Gasket and What Are They Made of?

What is a Conductive Gasket and What Are They Made of?

Let’s say you’re looking for highly specialized products and materials. Sure, you could try a ...
Published on: April 18, 2024
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What Is a Gasket? Everything You Need to Know

What Is a Gasket? Everything You Need to Know

When was the last time you saw a gasket?
Published on: June 8, 2023
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What is an SBR Gasket, and How is it Used?

What is an SBR Gasket, and How is it Used?

“Have you tried using one of those red rubber gaskets?”
Published on: January 9, 2024
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What is Polypropylene Tape and How is it Used?

What is Polypropylene Tape and How is it Used?

You’re rubbing your aching eyes after a dull dive into material research when you see it— another ...
Published on: November 8, 2023
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What is Protective Film and What Are its Benefits to my Industry?

What is Protective Film and What Are its Benefits to my Industry?

You’ve just purchased your brand new car, and you’re excited to drive off the lot when you notice a ...
Published on: March 9, 2023
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What is the Correct Gasket Material for Your Next Project?

What is the Correct Gasket Material for Your Next Project?

When something works well, you likely won’t even notice.
Published on: December 20, 2023
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What’s The Difference Between Die Cutting Methods: Flat Bed, Rotary, and Laser?

What’s The Difference Between Die Cutting Methods: Flat Bed, Rotary, and Laser?

High-speed. Accurate. Versatile. You want your die cutting method to fulfill your needs because ...
Published on: July 7, 2021
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Why is ISO Cleanroom Certification so Important?

Why is ISO Cleanroom Certification so Important?

How do manufacturers implement specific processes to ensure the safety and reliable performance of ...
Published on: December 14, 2023
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Why Medical Tape Converting Costs More: Is it worth it?

Why Medical Tape Converting Costs More: Is it worth it?

Imagine you were at the hospital, and the surgeon grabbed a roll of duct tape to apply a wound ...
Published on: December 21, 2022
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Your Guide to 3M VHB Tape

Your Guide to 3M VHB Tape

Can tape solve all of life’s problems?
Published on: June 5, 2023
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Your Guide to Heat Activated Adhesives

Your Guide to Heat Activated Adhesives

A heat-activated adhesive is a type of adhesive, usually applied to a tape backing, that will not ...
Published on: August 29, 2023
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Your Guide to Thermal Interface Material

Your Guide to Thermal Interface Material

You think you’ve finally built the perfect sandwich when you suddenly take a bite and realize ...
Published on: July 3, 2023
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