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Adhesives, threadlockers and other consumables
News Release from: M+C Specialties | Subject: 3M VHB tapes
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2007
Tapes bond permanently
3M VHB tapes contain a viscoelasticity that absorbs shock and flexing, offering long-term solutions against impact, vibration, gravity and thermal expansion/contraction.
MandC Specialties has released high-quality 3M VHB tapes, designed to permanently bond and seal a variety of metals, plastics and other surfaces during medical device assembly, resulting in increased productivity, exceptional strength, extensive durability and improved product appearance The 3M VHB tapes for medical device assembly contain a viscoelasticity that absorbs shock and flexing, offering long-term solutions against impact, vibration, gravity and thermal expansion/contraction
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Offering an attractive, virtually invisibly appearance, these tapes fasten while keeping surfaces smooth and clean, easily joining a variety of materials, even dissimilar ones, resulting in high-impact, sturdy visual combinations.
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