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Shrink Tape for Composites: Exploring 3 Small-Diameter Examples
Learn how shrink tape for composites is a common solution for small-diameter cylindrical parts, with three sporting goods examples.
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Enhancing Composite Consolidation: How 220R Hi-Shrink Tape Improves CFRP Performance
Explore a valuable study about the impact of Dunstone Hi-Shrink Tape for enhancing composite consolidation and performance.
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The Role of Shrink Tape in Composite Part Manufacturing
Composite part manufacturing requires heat shrink tape in order to properly compress products. Heat shrink tape solutions can provide many benefits during manufacturing of composite parts, including removing voids, improving lamination, and providing a superior surface finish. Let’s explore the …
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How to Eliminate Defects in Composites
Composites are crucial to a wide range of industries. From sporting goods to oil and gas to automotive, various applications require composites for their numerous benefits. However, there can be some defects in composites that impact the function and safety …
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Shrink Tape vs. Vacuum Bagging vs. Autoclave
When you have composites and resins that need to be consolidated or laminated, it’s important to select the right process for your project. Typically, three options are the most common: shrink tape, vacuum bagging, and autoclaving. Let’s explore shrink tape …
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Construction Shrink Wrap Tape: Applications, Benefits, and Solutions
Construction and civil engineering projects need to have high-quality, durable materials that will function properly for decades. From composite poles and beams to building reinforcements and more, it is critical to ensure that your products and materials are properly consolidated …
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What Is Heat Shrink Tape?
Heat shrink tape is used in various applications and industries to compress products and structures. When heat is applied, the heat shrink tape applies compressive forces without relaxing throughout the curing process. These powerful compressive forces can be used to …
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A Complete Guide to Hi-Shrink Polyester Shrink Tape: Features, Uses, and Application
Hi-Shrink polyester shrink tape is critical to the function and efficiency of many industries, including the automotive, oil and gas, marine, composites, and sporting goods industries. These solutions provide various advantages to each of these industries through their many beneficial …
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Choosing the Right Shrink Tape for Your Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel to Yield the Best Results
A composite overwrapped pressure vessel, or COPV, is used to store various types of gasses, water, or chemicals. One of the most common types of gas stored in COPVs is hydrogen. Hydrogen gas is stored under pressure in order to …
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Why Heat Shrink Tape Thickness Matters
Heat shrink tape thickness is crucial to ensure the proper compression of your composites. See why heat shrink tape thickness is important.
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Advantages of High Temperature Kapton Tape
Are you considering high-temperature Kapton shrink tape to eliminate autoclaving and vacuum bagging? See the advantages.
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Dunstone is Moving All of Our Services to One Location
Dunstone is moving all of our operations to our Hiram, Ohio location to improve efficiency and reduce lead times. Learn more:
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A Composites Release Tape Checklist
Composites release tape can be a great way to apply pressure to composites. But how do you know if it is right for you? Learn more:
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Heading to CAMX 2023? Let’s Meet Up
Meet up with the Dunstone team at CAMX 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia! Learn how to connect with us here.
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How to Find the Best Polyimide Tape Supplier
Looking for a new polyimide tape supplier? Explore key variables that will impact part performance, costs, and more here.
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Meet the Dunstone Team at the SAMPE 2023 Conference and JEC World 2023
Connect with the Dunstone team to see our products in action and find tailored composite solutions at the SAMPE 2023 conference and JEC World 2023.
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Hi-Shrink: Everything to Know About Heat Shrink Wrap Tape
Dunstone experts gathered everything you need to know about heat shrink wrap tape, including what it is, how to use it, and how to find the best supplier.
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Why Use High Temperature Polyimide Tape?
High temperature polyimide tape offers a variety of flexible advantages for applications requiring extreme curing temperature.
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How Does Heat Shrink Tape Work?
Learn how heat shrink tape works, including what initiates the process, what other factors play a role, and how to find the right tape.
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Heat Shrinkable Tape Suppliers: Identifying a Strong Partner
Now is the time to find the right heat shrinkable tape suppliers that can support your production demands. Learn what to look for with Dunstone.
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Meet the Dunstone Team at CAMX 2022
Heading to CAMX 2022? Meet up with the Dunstone team to learn more about our products and to discuss your unique composite challenges.
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6 Reasons to Use Dunstone Hi-Shrink Tape
Using a flexible shrink tape provides a wealth of advantages for production teams and processes. Learn six reasons to make the switch.
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Need a Compression Film Supplier?
Working with the right compression film supplier can solve a number of performance- and supply-related challenges.
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Automate Compression with Customized Heat Shrink Tape
Automation has increased as companies struggle to grow their teams. Learn how to streamline productivity with a customized heat shrink tape solution.
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Why You Might Need a New Heat Shrink Tape
Have you changed your resin and fiber system due to current supply constraints? Now might be the time to explore alternative heat shrink tape solutions.
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Oil and Gas Heat Shrink Tape Solutions
Exploring options for oil and gas heat shrink tape? Learn about the options available at Dunstone and how we can customize one for your application.
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Key Benefits of PVC Heat Shrink Sleeve Solutions
Dunstone produces customizable, high-performance PVC heat shrink sleeve products to support a wide variety of applications. Learn more about PVC benefits here.
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4 Examples of Electrical Heat Shrink Tape
Explore several proven options for electrical heat shrink tape applications, from HV coil insulation to consolidation of various composite products.
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Your Custom PET Tubing Checklist
Need a resilient shrink sleeving solution? Learn what to look for with custom PET tubing to ensure you get the best performance possible.
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Polyimide Tape: Benefits for Manufacturers
Need part compression or consolidation in a high-temperature application? Learn about the advantages of polyimide tape with an example from Dunstone.
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What’s the Best Heat Shrink Tape?
Unsure what the best heat shrink tape is for your application? Learn four key questions to ask as you consider your options.
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Exploring Shrink Tape for Carbon Fiber Applications
Shrink tape for carbon fiber is the best way to achieve the compaction and part performance that you’re looking for. Learn what to consider in your search.
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FEP Layflat Tubing: Advantages and Solutions
Learn about the many advantages of Hi-Shrink FEP layflat tubing from Dunstone, the leader in shrink sleeve solutions for multiple industries.
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How to Use Heat Shrink Tape: Tips and Recommendations
Wondering how to use heat shrink tape? Get tips and recommendations right from the experts here.
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7 Advantages of PET Shrink Tube Products
Dunstone offers a full line of shrink sleeve solutions. Here, we’ll explore seven performance and production advantages of our PET shrink tube solutions.
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5 Hand-Wrapped Heat Shrinkable Tape Considerations
Learn what to consider when it comes to hand-wrapped heat shrinkable tape applications and how Dunstone can solve your production challenges.
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What to Look for with Rubber Vulcanizing Tape
Dunstone offers a full line of Hi-Shrink Tapes that can serve as rubber vulcanizing tape during cure cycles. Learn more and request a sample today.
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Two Examples of High-Temperature Heat Shrink Tape
High-temperature heat shrink tape ensures that composite and resin layup produce consistent and desirable results in specific applications. Learn more here.
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Alternatives to Adhesive Heat Shrink Tape
Looking for an adhesive heat shrink tape? Learn why our Hi-Shrink Tapes, which don’t use adhesives, might be the ideal solution for your application.
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3 Types of Heat Shrink Tubing
Dunstone offers three heat shrink tubing solutions to help you improve production processes, protect tooling, and improve product quality. Learn more here.
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Hi-Shrink Tape: A Better Woven Nylon Tape Alternative
Hi-Shrink Tape from Dunstone is a reliable, readily available alternative to woven nylon tape and cotton strapping. Learn more about its advantages here.
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Unraveling the Benefits of Traverse Winding for Shrink Tape
Reduce changeovers and maintain productivity with Traverse Winding using Dunstone's Heat Shrink Tape expertise. Unravel the benefits today.
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FEP Tubing: An Efficient Release Layer Solution
Simplify the production of composite parts by applying and removing FEB tubing. Easily remove the mandrel or bladder today with release films from Dunstone.
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Perforated Tape: Sticking to the Facts
Perforated tape is often misunderstood as allowing bleed-out when it’s actually designed to allow gaseous volatiles to escape from resins. Learn more here.
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Shrink Tape for Vulcanized Rubber? Learn How to Vulcanize Rubber with Fewer Defects and Rejects
Trust Dunstone Hi-Shrink Tape for Vulcanized Hoses, Rollers, and Belts to get the job done with lamination, greater weather resistance, and strength.
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Dunstone Company, Inc. announces ISO 9001/2015 Certification
Dunstone is proud to announce our ISO 9001/2015 certification, ensuring our dedication to quality products at every step of the process.
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Meeting Customer Demand with a New Polyester Film Supplier
For added flexibility and shorter lead times, Dunstone will now be using a secondary supplier that meets our quality requirements for polyester film.
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Improve Laboratory Testing With Disposable FEP Test Tube Liners
Reducing test tube contamination risks and cleaning time with chemical resistant Dunstone FEP test tube liners for laboratory testing.
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The Latest Dunstone Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
Dunstone continues to take extra precautions during Covid-19 to maintain adequate inventory and to address additional customer needs.
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Hi-Shrink Tape and Compaction Films for Composite Tubes, What’s The Difference?
Dunstone shrink tape has a multitude of advantages over polypropylene and nylon. We take a deep dive at what kind of challenges compaction films face and how shrink tape can help mitigate them
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Enjoy Complete Compaction and Consolidation with Dunstone’s Shrink Tape for Carbon Fiber
Dunstone's heat shrink tape produces powerful pressure and can fit your specifications simply by modifying the application of the film itself. Discover how.
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Dunstone’s FEP Tubing Advancement at the SAMPE 2019 EXPO in Charlotte, North Carolina
A SAMPE member for the last 30+ years, Dunstone will be showcasing a larger diameter for our popular .002
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Dunstone Continues to Expand as a Leading Shrink Tape Manufacturer
For 30+ years, Dunstone has grown into one of the leading heat shrink manufacturers. Explore how our new facility helps meet customer needs.
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Dunstone Meets Rising Industry Demand with Composite Tubing Solutions
Over 60 we have transitioned from compaction films to FEP Hi-Shrink release tubing. In 2018 we will continue to grow our offerings.
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Spirit AeroSystems Celebrates the Delivery of the 500th Section 41 of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Dunstone celebrates industry partner Spirit AeroSystems-Wichita's 500th delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with a video.
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Having Some Difficulty Using Heat Shrink Tape? Dunstone is Here to Help
Dunstone is a leading manufacturer of hi shrink take for the composite industry, designed for easy application and as a consolidation force during cure.
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