Tape Specialities
Case Study 1
Medical Bio Sensor Heat Activated Lidding Tape.
The Challenge:
Our client could not find an effective way
of lidding their medical test strip. Conventional pressure sensitive adhesives
wouldn't provide them with enough initial tack and residual bond and the use
of a heat activated system was deemed impractical due to the effect the high
temperature would have on the reagent.
The Solution:
Due to the inherent restraints of the existing lamination
process it was impossible to work with a pressure sensitive option, therefore
Tape Specialities looked to create a heat activated adhesive system that would
provide an effective bond at temperatures that suited the all important reagent
medium. By identifying the type of polymer backbone we would need for this
system our team of chemists and technologists were able to produce a bespoke
chemistry that enabled us to provide a tight temperature tolerance and the
required high speed curing at the lamination stage. The product went onto
sell in it’s billions across the world.