Embodiments provide methods of assembling apparel products. The methods include applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product. The methods include coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition. The major component forms a base portion of the apparel product and is configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer. The minor component forms a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive. The methods include converting the composition to the adhesive. The adhesive including a material having a disulfide bond.

Peel-away tape includes a double-sided adhesive tape with a perforated design and a peel-away backing that includes liftable tabs to assist in the removal thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the tape and peel-away backing is perforated on equidistant intervals. A small tab located at the center of each perforation extends over the perforation line which, when separated, extends outward where it can be grasped.

The invention relates to an adhesive tape, in particular wrapping tape, for sheathing automotive cables, having a mostly textile support and at least one adhesive coating layer applied to one side or both sides of the textile support, and the textile support being manufactured entirely or partially from bio-based polymer fibers and/or polymer yarns, characterized in that the textile support is a velours support or includes such a velours support.

The invention relates to a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising at least one styrenic block copolymer, at least one tackifying resin, at least one mineral oil and from 4 to 15% by weight of at least one wax selected from the group consisting of paraffin waxes, Fischer-Tropsch waxes, ethylene-vinyl acetate waxes and any mixture thereof, based on the total weight of the hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition. The invention also relates to an article comprising a surface coated with such a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition, to a use of such a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition and to a process for preparing such a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition.

A binding tape exhibits high sound absorbing performance and suppressed breaking of the tape during the binding work. The binding tape includes a substrate layer of a nonwoven fabric and an adhesive layer that contains an adhesive and that is provided on at least either surface of the substrate layer, where: the nonwoven fabric is formed from fibers at least partially containing a thermoplastic elastomer; and the nonwoven fabric has a tensile breaking strength in the tape longitudinal direction (A1) of 20 N/10 mm or more.

The present invention relates to an adhesive tape and to a method for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets. The adhesive tape must cure within the operational dictates for further processing, e.g. within 6 min, and after curing must exhibit the required dimensional stability properties. However, the adhesive compositions must not cure during storage itself, since otherwise they can no longer be used. Nor may the curing temperatures be too high, since otherwise the lead insulation, which is often made of PVC, may suffer damage. The invention proposes a method for jacketing an elongated item such as more particularly leads or cable sets, where a tape which comprises a moisture-curing binder on a carrier is first impregnated with water and immediately thereafter is guided in a helical line around the elongated item or the elongated item is wrapped in an axial direction by the adhesive tape, the elongated item together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition, more particularly into the cable set plan, the elongated item is held in this disposition, while the curable adhesive cures. Alternatively proposed is a method for jacketing an elongated item such as more particularly leads or cable sets, where a tape which comprises a moisture-curing binder on a carrier is guided in a helical line around the elongated item or the elongated item is wrapped in an axial direction by the adhesive tape, the elongated item together with the adhesive tape wrapping is brought into the desired disposition, more particularly into the cable set plan, the elongated item is held in this disposition, and the curable adhesive is brought to cure by the supply of moisture.

Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet including a PSA layer that exhibits improved water resistance. The PSA sheet provided by the present invention includes a PSA layer formed from a water-dispersed PSA composition containing an acrylic polymer as a base polymer, a water-dispersed tackifier resin, and at least any one type of Na ions and K ions. The total amount of Na ions and K ions in the PSA sheet is 0.3 part by weight or more to 0.8 part by weight or less per 100 parts by weight of the PSA sheet.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes crater portions, each crater portion being concavely formed on an adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. A surface of the crater portion has a plurality of through holes.

A biodegradable pressure-sensitive adhesive which can be readily coated indirectly onto biodegradable carriers, which comprises

at least 60 wt % of at least one polyurethane, and
at least one sulfonated carboxylic ester; and a method for producing a biodegradable adhesive tape, which comprises providing a pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention as a dispersion in at least one organic solvent; coating this dispersion onto a release liner; removing the organic solvent; and transferring the pressure-sensitive adhesive onto a biodegradable carrier.

Disclosed herein are improved waterproof seam tapes and methods of producing the same.