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Q&A: What you need to know about 3M™ VHB™ GPH acrylic foam tape

Welcome to the first of our vendor partner Q&A series posts for 2021 – designed to aid you in your gasket material selection by educating you on the features and benefits of the many different materials that we convert at JBC. Today’s post highlights 3M™ general-purpose high-temperature acrylic foam tapes – a.k.a. the VHB™ GPH Tape series. We want to thank 3M applications engineer, Reese Weber for once again agreeing to sit down with us to provide in-depth information on VHB tapes.

Preventing Gasket Failure Part 1: Compression Set

Die-cut foam gaskets play a critical part in the performance of a wide range of products from automotive headlight seals to dishwashers, to compressors or blowers in an HVAC unit. And yet, with improper design or incorrect material specifications, these die-cut foam gaskets can fail… rendering the more expensive equipment and parts that they support ineffective. There are several things that can impact the longevity of a gasket that can be addressed with proper material selection. One of these is compression set, which will be addressed in this post.

TABshield™ Meets Key Ford Automotive Heat Shield Specification

JBC Technologies has recently announced the successful completion of third-party testing of our TABshield™ thermal acoustical barrier material against Ford automotive heat shield specification: WSS-M99P32-E6. This specification is considered by many within the industry to be the gold standard for automotive heat shields. It is comprised of over 20 different tests designed to measure the minimum performance characteristics of thermal and acoustical barriers.

Faces of JBC: Get to Know Carl Markel

Welcome to the next edition of our “Faces of JBC Technologies” series where we highlight some of the people that make up our great team. This edition features our Quality Manager Carl Markel! Let's all get to know Carl a little better, shall we?

Die-Cutting Specialty Materials: A Vendor Q & A Compendium

About a year and a half ago, we started our Vendor Q&A blog series with one goal in mind: to provide our customers with in-depth, useful information straight from the experts on some of the more

Faces of JBC: Get to Know Christopher Appleby

Welcome to the next edition of our “Faces of JBC Technologies” series where we highlight some of the people that make up our great team. This edition features Mechanical Engineer, Chris Appleby! Get to know Chris...