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Duct Tape Manufacturers and Suppliers

IQS Directory implements a thorough list of duct tape manufacturers and suppliers. Utilize our listing to examine and sort top duct tape manufacturers with previews of ads and detailed descriptions of each product. Any duct tape company can design, engineer, and manufacture duct tape to meet your companies specific qualifications. An easy connection to reach duct tape companies through our fast request for quote form is provided on our website. The company information includes website links, company profile, locations, phone, product videos and product information. Customer reviews are available and product specific news articles. This source is right for you whether it's for a manufacturer of electrical tape, masking tape, and vinyl tape.

 

  • Hickory, NC

    Carolina Tape & Supply Co. is a distributor & custom tapes converter offering 100% satisfaction. As one of the leading tape suppliers in the nation, Carolina offers an array of quality products & services to your company & their capable staff would love to help you satisfy your taping requirements— call today or simply go to their website to check out their excellent, affordable merchandise.

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  • Lake Villa, IL

    CS Hyde is a leading distributor and converter that supplies a wide variety of high performance tapes with pressure sensitive adhesive. Our tape is available in materials such as Teflon™ Fluoroplastic, Kapton®, UHMW, Silicone, and many more. Since our fouding in 1996, our team at CS Hyde has continued to be committed to our customers and building long-term relationships by providing top quality products and unparalleled service.

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  • Minneapolis, MN

    As a tape supplier our products serve many diverse industries such as aerospace, artistry, graphic arts, food and drink as well as many others! For over forty years we have been providing the highest quality tape products with the widest selection. Just a few examples of the products we offer are 3M masking, Teflon, gaffers tape as well as many others. To learn more about what we may be able to do for you get in touch with us today!

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  • Columbia, IL

    Budnick Converting is a family-owned custom converter and distributor of adhesive tapes, foams, and other flexible materials. We have over 70 years of experience in the tape and converting industry and offer adhesive tapes, foams, films, foils, and other specialty materials from every major manufacturer. Our primary converting services include slitting, die-cutting, printing, spooling, laminating, prototyping, high speed plotter, waterjet, and laser cutting.

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  • Marietta, GA

    Since 1954, Industrial Tape has satisfied many tape & packaging needs for our customers. We distribute, print and convert over 500 types of pressure sensitive tapes. Selection includes filament, masking, printed, Teflon, foam, double coated, and industrial packaging tape.

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Duct Tape Industry Information

Duct Tape

Duct tape generally comes in either black or silver shades, but a few tape suppliers produce a variety of colors, including clear. It is thinner than foam tape and wider and glossier than masking tape, mostly because the waterproof and easy rip adhesive was originally produced for industrial applications.

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Applications of Duct Tape

Duct tape is used to keep cracking side mirrors on cars and for repair body work in motor sports. The product is also employed as a temporary bandage and an art supply for urban artists. Some teenagers even receive scholarships from the name brand Duct Tape company by wearing duct tape clothes they fashion themselves to school dances. Duct tape is a cultural phenomenon that has surpassed its original role as a simple industrial adhesive.

Manufacturing Process of Duct Tape

Duct tape is produced in very large quantities on a set of rollers. It is composed of three layers. The first is a resilient plastic called polyethylene, followed by a middle layer of fabric mesh, and then a rubber-based adhesive on the bottom. The adhesive is composed of rubber, resin, and calcium carbonate. It is made in a heated mixer. Tackifying agents, viscosity modifiers, and antioxidants are added to the rubber compound.

The adhesive and fabric are then combined using coating equipment. The fabric is put on a roller mill, which consists of 2 hollow rollers made of stainless steel that rotates at a set speed. The adhesive is heated up and fed into a small space between the 2 rollers, which forms a thin, even sheet across the surface of the rollers.

The cloth is then fed into the coating machine and runs against the roller with the adhesive, coating one side of it. After the coating process, the tape is then unspooled, where the large rolls are unwound, cut into smaller sizes, and then respooled onto smaller cardboard cores in a process referred to as slitting. The tape is then packaged (usually shrink-wrapped) and ready for sale.

 

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