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Article: Formulating with resin dispersions: fine tuning shear and peel to achieve optimum adhesive performance.(Adhesives Essentials)
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- Adhesives & Sealants Industry
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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In an increasingly competitive marketplace, adhesive formulators are under constant pressure to find cost-effective solutions that meet both performance and environmental requirements for applications including pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes and labels, protective tapes and films, contact adhesives, and sealants and coatings.
Resin dispersions are used with emulsion polymers to optimize peel, tack and shear performance in such applications.
This article will touch on the fundamentals of resin dispersions and detail what factors to consider when formulating an adhesive using resin dispersions to balance peel and tack with shear performance for ...