Pressure Sensitive Tapes

APICAL® Polyimide Film Division

high tear, abrasion resistance, and superior long-term heat aging

APICAL® Polyimide Film Is the Right Choice.

Pressure sensitive tape is yet another major application for APICAL® Polyimide Film. These tapes usually employ one or two mils thick APICAL® Polyimide and use different types of adhesive depending upon the application. In the electronics industry, where about half of all the pressure sensitive tape is used, APICAL Polyimide provides the perfect masking needed to protect plated leads on printed circuit boards during wave soldering where temperatures can reach 270°C. APICAL® Polyimide is also used in electrical applications for wrapping armature coils and as a splicing or over wrap tape in insulating applications.

APICAL® Polyimide can be coated with a wide range of silicone (180°C operating temperature) or acrylic (150°C operating temperature) adhesives.

Superior dimensional stability, high tear and abrasion resistance, excellent adherability to adhesives, high dielectric strength, and superior long-term heat aging are all properties that make APICAL® Polyimide the polyimide film of choice for PST applications.

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high tear, abrasion resistance, and superior long-term heat aging

APICAL® Polyimide Film Is the Right Choice.

Pressure sensitive tape is yet another major application for APICAL® Polyimide Film. These tapes usually employ one or two mils thick APICAL® Polyimide and use different types of adhesive depending upon the application. In the electronics industry, where about half of all the pressure sensitive tape is used, APICAL® Polyimide provides the perfect masking needed to protect plated leads on printed circuit boards during wave soldering where temperatures can reach 270°C. APICAL® Polyimide is also used in electrical applications for wrapping armature coils and as a splicing or over wrap tape in insulating applications.

APICAL® Polyimide can be coated with a wide range of silicone (180°C operating temperature) or acrylic (150°C operating temperature) adhesives.

Superior dimensional stability, high tear and abrasion resistance, excellent adherability to adhesives, high dielectric strength, and superior long-term heat aging are all properties that make APICAL® Polyimide the polyimide film of choice for PST applications.

Downloads

Applications

Ask The Engineers

Here's your chance to ask Kaneka Engineers questions about APICAL® Polyimide Film and its applications. Use it as an open exchange of ideas and questions about polyimide applications, challenges, and innovations. ​
Email Us Your Questions

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Quality

Industries who depend upon APICAL® Polyimide Film benefit not only from a carefully designed product, but from the process behind it as well. Unlike many film manufacturers, APICAL® Polyimide process technology is driven by quality not speed.

Performance

In spite of being lighter in weight than many of the materials it has replaced, the overall performance of APICAL® Polyimide surpasses them. Its high degree of dimensional stability allows it to be wrapped tightly for applications where space is a premium. It is tough, highly resistant to tearing, abrasion and puncture.

Technical Data

APICAL® Polyimide Films possess an excellent balance of physical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties over a wide range of temperatures for flexible printed circuits, tape automated bonding, motor generator insulation, wire and cable insulation, pressure sensitive tape and other uses.

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