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Specialty Tapes and Films

Improving the function of industrial and consumer goods

Improve the customer experience with high-performance films and adhesives created with solutions from Dow. Dow’s High-performance silicone pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) offer critical advantages for providing adhesion on demand at ambient temperatures without the need for sophisticated equipment. Our extensive range of problem solvers for tapes and films includes lubricants, processing aids and impact modifiers that work in a broad range of applications.

Whether your needs require organic or silicone adhesives, our specialty tapes and films technology can help you:

Maintain packaging integrity and enable removability

Improve weather resistance, functionality and aesthetic traits

Offer wide service-temperature range and provide adhesion to low energy surfaces

Meet regulatory compliance requirements and increase impact strength

Improve clarity and transparency

Reduce breakages and lessen reliance on fossil fuels

Specialty tapes and films applications

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Assembly, Double-sided and Transfer Tapes

Offering innovative silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) that allow you to optimize performance properties for a wide range of electronics applications and environments.

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Electrical Tapes and Electronics Tapes

Delivering innovative pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) that provide an excellent balance of strength, flexibility and high-temperature resistance for electrical and electronics tapes applications.

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Labels

Investing in new adhesive products to ensure our customers can stay ahead of the trends with products that meet ever-changing demands.

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Mica Tapes

Provides pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) solutions that enable tapes with optimized performance properties.

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Protective Films

From solvent-based silicone to aqueous acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), we offer solutions to meet the requirements of different protective film applications and environments.

Si PSA Test Method Videos

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Si PSA Test Method – Ball Tack Test

Ball tack is to measure the important performance parameter for initial adhesion of the adhesive tapes and sheets. The test method is to measure and compare the sizes of the ball when the ball rolls on a slope that has specified angle.

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Si PSA Test Method - Heat Resistance Test

Heat resistance is a measure of the thermal resistance for silicone pressure sensitive adhesives. It describes the ability of the adhesive tapes and sheets to maintain its shape without ghosting or residue at a specified temperature.

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Si PSA Test Method - Probe Tack Test

Probe tack is easy way to measure the important performance parameter for silicone pressure sensitive adhesives. This measures the initial adhesion of adhesive tapes and sheets using probe tack tester.

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Si PSA Test Method - Peel Adhesion Test

Peel adhesion is the single most important performance parameter for silicone pressure sensitive adhesives in tape applications.

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Si PSA Test Method - Holding Power Test

Holding power test is a test of how long an adhesive tapes and sheets holds a constant weight at a constant temperature.

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Acrylic Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

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Wash off Labels

Discover how our INVISU™ 7007 Pressure Sensitive Label Adhesive helps to enable easier recyclability for label applications.

Specialty Tapes and Films Solutions

Explore our portfolio of specialty tapes and films solutions.

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DOW™ PSA Calculator

Your go-to resource for useful conversions and calculations specific to the PSA industry.

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