A supplier’s TDS tells you what the tape did in a laboratory. It does not tell you what the tape will do on your cartons, in your dust, through your winter. Before you approve a supplier — or accept a full container — run these three bench tests. They take under two hours of hands-on work, spread over 72 hours, need no special equipment, and catch the failures that actually cost ...
A nameplate fell off a machine two weeks after installation. The tape was not cheap, and it was not old. It was the wrong tape for the two surfaces it was asked to join — smooth painted metal on one side, a slightly textured plastic housing on the other, with vibration in between. Nothing about the roll was defective. The choice was. We see this failure more than any other in double-sided bo...