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2. Gaffer tape - Wikipedia

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   When cables are taped down on a stage or other surface, either to prevent tripping hazards or conceal them from view of the audience or camera, [4] they are said to be gaffed or gaffered. [ 5 ] Gaffer tape was invented in 1959 by Ross Lowell , director, cinematographer, and founder of Lowel-Light. [ 6 ]

3. Self-amalgamating tape - Wikipedia

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   Self-amalgamating tape is a non-tacky silicone rubber tape that when stretched and wrapped around cables, electrical joints, hoses, and pipes combines or unites itself into a strong, seamless, rubbery, waterproof, and electrically insulating layer. [1] [2] Unlike many other polymers and fibers, it is heat-, sunlight-, and weather-resistant.

4. Adhesive tape - Wikipedia

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   The laminating adhesive had previously been asphalt but now is more commonly a hot-melt atactic polypropylene. Water-activated tape in a tape dispenser . Water-activated tape is used for closing and sealing boxes. Before closing corrugated fiberboard boxes, the tape is wetted or remoistened. Such tape is usually 3 inches (or 7.5 cm) wide.

5. Polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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   It is used in plumbing, electrical cable insulation, flooring, signage, phonograph records, inflatable products, and in rubber substitutes. [10] With cotton or linen, it is used in the production of canvas. Polyvinyl chloride is a white, brittle solid. It is soluble in ketones, chlorinated solvents, dimethylformamide, THF and DMAc. [11]

6. Electrical tape - Wikipedia

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   Experiments were conducted by combining new plasticizers with the white, flour-like vinyl resin. Finally, in January 1946, [5] inventors Snell, Oace, and Eastwold of 3M applied for a patent for a vinyl electrical tape with a plasticizer system and non-sulfur-based rubber adhesive that were compatible. The first commercially available version of ...

7. Plenum cable - Wikipedia

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   Plenum cable / ˈ p l ɛ n əm / is electrical cable that is laid in the plenum spaces of buildings. In the United States , plastics used in the construction of plenum cable are regulated under the National Fire Protection Association standard NFPA 90A: Standard for the Installation of Air Conditioning and Ventilating Systems.