Pressure sensitive tape council PSTC

After curing two or more samples were tested by Pressure Sensitive Tape Council(PSTC) procedures using minor variations. 

A variety of standardized tests have been published for adhesive testing. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC), and the International Organization... 

In the early 1960s, John became involved with the fledgling Pressure Sensitive Tape Council. (PSTC was established in 1953.) He has been an active member of PSTC ever since, and has served on its committees as the... 

Pressure-Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) Test Methods, Ref. 28. 

In USA, there are ASTM standards (Committees C 24 and D14), SAE, US Federal specifications, MIL specifications (for military applications such as aerospace). Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), several professional organizations have also enacted standards, for instance. Technical Association for Pulp and Paper Industries (TAPPI), Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) and others. 

A variety of tests have been developed and standardized. The details vary depending on the standards agency. Numerous customer-specific tests are also used. A comprehensive set of test methods are available from the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC 2007). Usually polished... 

Ansel, D.S., PSTC Tech XVI Conf. Proc., Ed. Pressure Sensitive Tape Council, Schaum-berg, IL, 1993. 

Pressure Sensitive Tape Council, Glossary of Terms Used in Pressure Sensitive Tape Industry, 7th Edition, 1976, PSTC, 1201 Waukegan Road, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 

Since creep is considered as a key weaknesses of pressure sensitive adhesives, various specific test methods and standards have been developed to evaluate the creep resistance of pressure sensitive adhesives like, for example, in the European Standard EN 1943 ( Self adhesive tapes-Measurement of static shear adhesion ), FINAT (Federation Internationale des Fabricants et Transformateurs d Adhesives et ThermocoUants sur Papier et autres Supports), test method FTM 8 (Resistance to shear from a standard surface), or the Pressure Sensitive Tape Councils test method PSTC 107 (International Standard for Shear Adhesion of Pressure Sensitive Tape) by either monitoring the time- and load-dependent displacement of an adhesive specimen under shear load or simply recording the time to failure. The result of the so called SAFT-test ( Shear Adhesion Failure Temperature ) indicates the temperature at which a sample that has been subjected to an environment with steadily rising temperature under static shear load has failed. 

Geiss PL, Vogt D (2007) Durability of pressure sensitive adhesive joints. In Proceedings of the 30th Pressure Sensitive Tape Council Tech Conference (PSTC), pp 147-154... 

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