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FDA Approved Food Grade Adhesive Tapes

*Please note the while material substrate is FDA approved, the pressure sensitive adhesive is NOT FDA approved. This information is intended to assist you in designing material solutions. It is not intended to and does not create any warranties, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or that the results shown will be achieved by a user in a particular purpose. It is the responsibility of the user to determine suitability of a product for each application.

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UHMW Polyethylene Tape

UHMW tape or (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) tape is made of a high-performance thermoplastic film that is strong and versatile due to its high abrasion, impact, and wear resistance. UHMW tape is unique because it also has a non-stick, low friction surface similar to Telfon® PTFE but more durable due its abrasion resistance. These performance properties enable UHMW tape to be utilized for sound dampening or eliminating squeaks and rattles caused by adjacent part movement. Due to its properties many names can be associated with UHMW tape including: Slippery tape, Low-friction tape, Chute Tape, or Slick tape among different applications or industry.

Improve packaging- UHMW tape is widely utilized within the packaging industry specifically on conveyor systems because they are built with many adjacent moving pieces and have multiple locations that friction and abrasion occur. UHMW tape can be used to improve chutes, liners, and rail guide systems enabling boxes, products, or goods to move freely preventing jams and a potential line shut down.

Improve Surface Protection- UHMW Tape is effective as surface protection to improve worn down or sticking surfaces. UHMW’s slippery surface and impact and abrasion resistance makes this tape a great option to enhance different types of surfaces and bearings. The adhesive backing allows for easy peel stick installation eliminating the need for mechanical fastening. High Bond UHMW Tape adheres suitably to metallic or low surface energy surfaces including plastics, powder-coats, foams, and oily metals. Example applications include roller bearings, work benches, shipping tables, toolboxes or anywhere abrasion and impact could be detrimental.

Reduce Friction- UHMW tape can be used to reduce friction due to it slippery surface. This can be beneficial on several types of machinery that incorporate sliding components. For example, UHMW tape is commonly used in the woodworking industry on table saws and jigs to improve the sliding ability of the guide rails. It can also be utilized in building or home fabrication to reduce friction and improve functionality of door jams, windowsills, sliding doors, drawer slots, kitchen cabinets, and numerous other applications where friction becomes a problem.

CS Hyde supplies and converts several types of low friction UHMW tapes including:

High-Bond Acrylic UHMW Tape, Standard Acrylic UHMW Tape, Rubber adhesive UHMW Tape, Black Anti-Static UHMW Tape

UHMW Tape is available in sheets, specific widths, or custom die cut parts.

PTFE Tapes made with Teflon™ fluoropolymers

CS Hyde is a supplier and converter of PTFE Tapes made with Teflon™ Fluoroplastic. PTFE (Teflon®) is one of the most chemically inert materials available and it does not support combustion, has a low coefficient of friction, and there are few substances that will stick to its surface. CS Hyde PTFE tapes have unique properties including non-stick, anti-friction, anti-static, high temperature resistance, and chemical resistance. PTFE tapes can either be coated with Teflon™ PTFE or constructed from skived or tensilized PTFE Film. Skived PTFE Tape is made by slicing natural PTFE into layers to achieve nominal thickness. Tensilized PTFE is made by stretching PTFE Fibers, this process helps create PTFE tape with high density or high tensile strength.

The most common PTFE coated tape is PTFE Coated Fiberglass or also know as “PTFE heat tape”. PTFE Fiberglass tapes consist of woven fiberglass fibers coated with Teflon™ PTFE. These tapes are widely used in packaging applications on heat sealers to seal bags or other similar products. PTFE Coated Fiberglass tapes are available with different grades of coating including: Standard and Ultra-Premium grade with either silicone or acrylic adhesive. Other PTFE coated tapes include Optically clear FEP Tape, FST Tape, R-Tape (Roller Tape), Para-Arimid Kevlar® Tape and TFL Laminate Tape.

CS Hyde supplies skived PTFE tape with high bond acrylic, standard acrylic and silicone adhesive in a thickness range (.002” to .010”). Thick gauge PTFE tape or “FAT” PTFE Tape is also available in a thickness ranges (.020”-.125”) with either acrylic or silicone adhesive.

Teflon™ Fluoroplastic is a trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC used under license by CS Hyde Company.

PTFE Tapes made with Teflon™ Fluoroplastic are available in slit to width rolls, sheets, and die cut parts. All stock products are available for same day shipping. CS Hyde offers discounts on quantity orders, and little to no minimums on custom orders.

Teflon™ PTFE Coated Fiberglass Tapes

PEEK Tape with Adhesive

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PEEK Tape with silicone or acrylic adhesive

PEEK Tape is composed of two high performance materials: high temperature, chemical resistant, abrasion and wear resistant PEEK™ Film (002" to .010" thick) and 3M™ specialty adhesives (nominal adhesive thickness of .0015 to .002") in silicone adhesive (rated up to 500°F), acrylic adhesive (High tack-High Bond) or 5 mil. conductive filled acrylic adhesive (ideal for EMI/RFI shielding applications). Utilizing our in-house lamination services, we can produce PEEK Tape with a specialty adhesive fastening system to meet the requirements of your application and utilize PEEK polymer performance properties.

When compared to Teflon™ PTFE tapes, PEEK tape exhibits a much higher tensile strength (18.9 kpsi / 130 MPa), making it a tougher, stronger material with better wear performance, and a lower density. When compared to Kapton® Polyimide tape, PEEK tape has lower moisture absorption (.04%/24 hr.), a higher tear strength (35g/mil.), making it a better performance option for barrier protection applications in hot/humid environments. The acrylic adhesive (37-A Series) laminated to PEEK™ film also distributes humidity, UV, and water resistance if applied correctly.

PEEK film can meet a variety of aerospace, automotive, food/water (FDA 21 CFR 177.2415), medical/pharmaceutical, and military/nuclear approvals, and standards.

37-A PEEK Tape (Acrylic Adhesive):

Excellent bond to low surface energy plastics such as, polypropylene and powder coatings.
Excellent adhesion to lightly oiled surfaces typical of machine parts.

Temperature Resistance:

usable for short periods (minutes, hours) at temperatures up to 300°F (148°C)
intermittent longer periods of time (days, weeks) up to 200°F (93°C).

37-A-9712 PEEK Tape (Conductive Filled Acrylic Adhesive):

Performance acrylic electrical adhesive loaded with conductive fibers
Ideal for attaching EMI shields to electronic and electrical devices.
Compared to mechanical fastening like screws or bolts, 3M® 9712 adhesive provides reduced assembly time and a solid bond line with no gaps which might result in EMI Emission.

Temperature resistance:

Short Term Exposure (minutes hours): 250°F (121°C)
Long Term Exposure (days, weeks): 158°F (70°C)

37-S PEEK Tape (Silicone Adhesive):

Silicone Adhesive provide high bond strength to most silicones and difficult-to-bond to substrates like stainless steel or silicone, including many low surface energy plastics ex. Polycarbonate.
Superior Temperature Performance
Recommended for applications that require tape to be removable.

Maximum Temperature Resistance: up to 500°F (260°C)

Products

UHMW Polyethylene Tape

PTFE Tapes made with Teflon™ fluoropolymers

Teflon™ PTFE Coated Fiberglass Tapes

PEEK Tape with Adhesive