Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Foam Type
- Product Type
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- Benefits
- Low cost foam tape
- Non-abrasive foam
- Excellent resistance to chemicals and oxidants
- Wide variety of uses and applications
- Closed cell foam tape is air and water tight
- CFC free (ozone friendly)
- Good thermal insulator
- Odorless
- Impervious to mold and bacteria
- Doesn’t react with water, grease, or solvents
- Recyclable
- Tear resistant foam tape
- FDA safe for food contact (CXL white polyethylene)
- Buoyant — it floats!
- Stocked sizes ready for QuikShip®
- Specifications
- 2# Cross Linked Polyethylene foam is a very fine celled, smooth skinned closed cell foam
- Made from Non-Toxic materials
- This closed cell foam can be supplied as a tape or gasket, with adhesive or plain.
- Water repellant
- Resistant to weathering and chemicals
- Excellent shock absorption and thermal insulating properties.
- Meets FDA regulations for food contact
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Product End Uses
- Recommended Applications
Polyethylene is an all purpose foam that can be used in almost every industry. For example:
- Point of Purchase (P.O.P.)
- Spacer Tape
- Light Duty Gasketing
- Cushioning
- Food Service
- Vibration Damping
- Thermal Insulation
- Expansion Joints
- Commercial Refrigeration
- Mounting & Attachment (see Double Sided Tapes)
- Window Glazing
- SDL Muntin Tape
Properties
- Physical Form
- Physical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Compression Set | 22.0 | % | ASTM D3575 |
| Compression Strength (25% Deflection) | 7.0 | psi | ASTM D3575 |
| Density | 2.0 | pcf | ASTM D3575 |
| Elongation (To Break) | 150.0 | % | ASTM D3575 |
| Tear Resistance | 13.0 | lb/in | ASTM D3575 |
| Tensile Strength | 44.0 | psi | ASTM D3575 |
| Thermal Conductivity | 0.27 | Btu/hr/inch ft/°F | ASTM C177 |
| Thermal Stability (158°F, 24 Hrs) | max. 0.6 | % of chg | ASTM C177 |
| Water Absoprtion | max. 0.06 | Lb/ft/°F | — |
| Working Temperature Range | -70 to 175 | °F | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging & Availability
- Custom slit from 1/4″ (.25 in) to 60″ (5 ft) wide
- PE foam from 1/32″ (.032 in) to 2″ thick
- Adhesive coating on 1 or 2 sides
- Acrylic, rubber, removable or differential adhesive options
- Supplied in rolls of tape or continuous spools
- White or black polyethylene foam
- Tapes wound on 3” cardboard core tube
- Standard with paper release liner