Polyimide Tape — Silicone vs. Acrylic Adhesive

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 oth­er vari­ables can come into play, but this is a good rule of thumb.

Sil­i­cone-based adhe­sives are cer­tain­ly more stan­dard, but some­times the cus­tomer needs acrylic because they can­not have sil­i­cone in their sys­tems, need high­er adhe­sion at mid-range tem­per­a­tures or oth­er spe­cif­ic reasons.

Vis­it caplinq.com to learn more about both our Poly­imide films with­out adhe­sive, or our Poly­imide tapes with acrylic or sil­i­cone adhe­sive. You can also con­tact us if you have fur­ther ques­tions on whether you require a poly­imide tape with sil­i­cone adhe­sive, or a poly­imide tape with acrylic adhesive.

About Chris Perabo

Chris is an energetic and enthusiastic engineer and entrepreneur. He is always interested in taking highly technical subjects and distilling these to their essence so that even the layman can understand. He loves to get into the technical details of an issue and then understand how it can be useful for specific customers and applications. Chris is currently the Director of Business Development at CAPLINQ.

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