CAPLINQ’s non-adhesive polyimide (Kapton) film – it’s PITN-Series – has been successfully tested as a release film in a welding press that fuses PTFE-coated composite conveyor belting.

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CAPLINQ will soon introduce a line of copper foil for shielding under its LINQSTAT brand name. The first product being developed is CFT3A: a 75um (3mil) Copper foil with a Conductive Acrylic Adhesive on a kraft paper release liner. This CFTA tape is being developed for one of CAPLINQ’s customers that requested it for EMI [...]

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Generally speaking, the acrylic adhesive will have higher adhesion at mid-range temperatures (0°C to 100°C), but silicone adhesives have higher adhesion at lower temperatures (under 0°C) and higher temperatures (above 100°C). This adhesion is independent of the tape thickness (1mil, 2mil or 5mil) as the adhesive layer thickness remains constant. This is substrate dependent and [...]

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As described in the article “How Polyimide Tapes are Made“, tapes are composed of two distinct layers, each of which is critical to the properties of the final product. The first layer is the backing material, and whether this is polyimide film (the generic verison of DuPont’s Kapton), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or [...]

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Polyimide pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape is actually made up of two separate steps. The first is the manufacture of the Polyimide film, itself (the generic name of of DuPont’s tradename Kapton®), and the second is

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