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Are you familiar with these terms? They may not come up in daily conversation, but in our line of work, we use them constantly. Harsh environment labeling can feel like a foreign language, and we’re here to provide answers, not leave you with questions.

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Flaking

A condition sometimes occurring during removal of masking tape, in which flakes or particles of paint break off the tape backing.

Flame Resistance

The ability of a tape to withstand exposure to flame. Fireproof materials will not burn even when exposed flame. Flame-resistant (fire-retardant, self-extinguishing) materials will burn when exposed to flame but will not continue to burn after the flame is removed.

Flame Retardent

A material that resists burning when exposed to a flame. See also self-extinguishing.

Flash Exposure

How hot can a material get for the shortest amount of time before failure.

Flatback

Smooth paper backing.

Flexibility

The ability of a tape to be bent or flexed freely.

Flexographic Printing

A method of rotary letterpress printing.

Fluorocarbon Films

A film with very high and low temperature limits, excellent electrical characteristics, and a very slippery, non-sticking surface. One example is Du Pont,s Teflon, (polytetrafluorethylene).

Fluting

Distortion of a roll of tape such that layers no longer form a circle.

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