What is Curing in Adhesives? When talking about Adhesives, Curing is a chemical process of the toughening or hardening of a polymer material by crosslinking polymer chains. Curing is achieved by chemical reactions which might or might not require mixing with a chemical curing agent. After curing, the final properties or the strength of the adhesive builds…
The Indian PSA market is set to grow at 7.4% from 2.0 billion square meters of PSA tapes to 3.3 billion square meters. The major factors driving the growth in this industry is diverse end-use in a wide variety of sectors right from medical, healthcare, electrical, electronics, automotive, construction etc., as well as rapid urbanisation…
It is imperative in any industry that uses pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes to choose the adhesive tape based on the application. There is ‘no one size fits all’ in industrial adhesive tapes. The adhesive tapes are decided upon various factors such as application, interior and exterior conditions, requisite properties required and so on. It…
Why won’t your adhesive tapes stick in cold weather? Why does the tape become dry, brittle, and offer little-to-no tack? Why does it lift and peel within days? To understand all this and more we first need to delve deeper into understating problems associated with taping when the temperature drops. What are the problems that…
Textile printing is a critical aspect of the garment industry and can also be an untidy process. Many a times, the process of screen printing can become messy which in turn affects the production time. Adhesive Specialities firmly believes in providing easy and effective solutions to our end users, which would benefit them in the…
In the recent times, there has been an upward shift in the construction of greenhouses across the globe. Greenhouses simply provide a better and a cleaner environment for various plants to grow without any damages. However, at times the exteriors of the greenhouse can be damaged, thereby affecting the growth of the plants and thus…
Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes come coated with pressure sensitive adhesives, which makes it a self-sticking tape that adheres to substrates on coming in contact with the surface, aided by slight initial external pressure. These PSA tapes generally require no activation with heat, solvent or water and firmly adhere to majority of dissimilar materials. The defining…
