Lamar, The (possibly apocryphal) tale about the adhesive strength required when one of these adhesive tape tests was being written is that the engineer concerned took a roll of conventional stationery Sellotape (translation = Scotch tape) from his desk drawer and decided that that would suffice. As this is a reasonably crude go/no-go test with some subjectivity to it, it might be OK to try the same! Regards, Peter -------------------------------------------------------- Peter Swanson [log in to unmask] INTERTRONICS http://www.intertronics.co.uk Tel: +44 1865 842842 Oxfordshire, England INTERTRONICS is dedicated to providing quality material, consumable and equipment solutions to the high technology, high performance assembly industries, incorporating outstanding levels of technical support and customer service. Read our news! http://www.intertronics.co.uk/blog/blog.htm INTERTRONICS is the trading name of Cygnet Electronics Ltd, registered in England No 1835617. Registered office: 17 Station Field Industrial Estate, KIDLINGTON, Oxfordshire, OX5 1JD, ENGLAND. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lamar Young Sent: 02 September 2009 16:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Adhesion tape test I need help finding a suitable replacement tape to perform adhesion testing per ASTM D3359, the tape test method. The Permacel 99 tape that was mentioned is no longer available. We have tried a replacement tape recommended by a tape vendor, but the backing released from the adhesive during the test (the adhesive stuck better to the substrate than the backing). Any help would be much appreciated. Lamar --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------