General Terms
The disengagement of each row of Hook and Loop closure holding the same ends of each and pulling at 180° away from each other.
What is Peel?
This number indicates the specific adhesive used on a product.
What is: 72, 13, 15, 18, 19, 43 or 47?
This product has a temperature range from -40° to 274°F. It can withstand short-term spikes of 500° for up to five minutes.
What is HI-TEMP?
This is the top material in a laminate, most often hook-engageable.
What is the face fabric?
The cardboard placed on each side of a reel of hook or loop is called this.
What are flanges?
The disengagement of Hook and Loop closure holding opposite ends and sliding in antagonistic directions
What is Shear?
This adhesive is often used in Medical and automotive markets and is available on most woven and plastic hooks.
What is 72 acrylic adhesive?
This single-component product is made from Hook 888 and Loop 3610.
What is VLECRO® Brand ONE-WRAP Fastener?
When a foam pinches closed after cutting with a dull blade
What is non-clickable?
In the Personal Care portfolio is a Loop called FNL, or:
What is Forked Needle Loop
The force required to remove a pre-coated product at 180° from a rigid substrate.
What is Adhesive peel?
The ability of an adhesive to adhere to the surface of the material.
What is adhesion?
Name three types of Hook geometry.
What are palm tree, uni-directional and bi-directional?
Two types of foam used in a laminate are:
What are ester foam and ether foam?
This coating is applied to the backing of woven hook and loop as well as knit loops, anchoring the fibers in place.
What is the binder coat?
The disengagement of Hook and Loop closure on a rigid surface that will not bend or peel.
What is Tension?
the force of attraction between the molecules within the adhesive...its inner strength.
What is cohesion?
Name one potential application for the ALFA-LOK product.
What are manufacturing, maintenance and repair, outdoor/indoor accessories, LED lighting, panel fixation, signage and displays, campers, RVs, and boats.
This loop is most commonly used as a face fabric and sometimes a backing fabric in laminates, rarely sold as a standalone due to the lack of binder coating.
What is knit Loop 3900?
This refers to how often a closure system can be engaged and disengaged before reaching 50% of its initial performance values.
What is Cycle Life?
The force required when pulling a piece of hook or loop vertically, each end in an opposite direction.
What is Break strength?
When adhesion and cohesion are successful, we have...
What is a good bond?
This product is better known as DFL.
What is Double Faced Loop?
This is considered a "standard" laminate used commonly in displays.
What is Veltex®?
This Swiss inventor created hook and loop after having cockleburs engage with the fibers of his trousers and his dog's fur.
Who is George de Mestral?
The lack or inability to absorb water.
What is hydrophobic?
These adhesives are thicker and will work better on rough surfaces.
What are rubber-based adhesives?
The hook number used for VELCRO® Brans FR ONE-WRAP.
What is HTH 889?
Laminating is done using this process.
What is flame lamination?
The unit of measure in which we state Peel Performance.
What is PIW or Pounds per inch Width?
Having a strong affinity for or the absorption of water.
What is hydrophilic?
The substance in an adhesive that makes it sticky to the touch and has a yellow tinge to it.
What is a tackifier?
these two products are part of the VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP family.
What are Bundle-Tie and Qwik-Tie?
This is the facility where all laminates are produced.
What is VAP (Mexico, Velcro Agua Prieta?)
The unit of measure in which we state Shear Performance
What is P.S.I (Pounds per Square Inch.
The unfinished fabric (loop or hook) just off the loom or knitting machine.
What is Greige?
This adhesive withstands slightly higher temperatures than other adhesives.
What is acrylic 72 adhesive?
Name one HTH resin.
What are:
-Polyester
-Nylon
-PVC
-Polyethylene
Laminates are typically used in these applications.
What is: - Orthopedic braces, sleep apnea head gear, body immobilizer straps, car headliners, helmet pads, backpack straps, other applications requiring padding.
The "S0" in S0L001 within a part description indicates this.
What is no selvedge?
the term for the unraveling of product starting from the edges.
What is Fray?
This is the amount of time that should be allotted for the adhesive to set before cycling the product.
What is 24-36 hours?
The woven polyester hook and loop products are:
What are Loop 9000 and Hook 81?
The usable width of a typical laminate is this wide.
What is 60" (will accept 62" or 58")
The type of put-up where the material traverses the length of the core back and forth is called this.
What is a cross-wound spool?
The sheet provided from the Quality team that states specific details about hook and loop products.
What is a TDS? (Technical Data Sheet)
This adhesive has no tack and is activated using heat of solvents.
What is 43 adhesive?
This elastic Loop is largely used in the Medical market.
What is Loop 151 or Velstretch?
Common backing fabrics on a laminate are:
What is Tricot, Orthowick, Flannel, Knit Loop 3900, Polyfab?
This astronaut brought VELCRO° product into outerspace, making us it a household name.
Who is Neil Armstrong?