Filament tape

<h2 id="uses">Uses</h2>
<p>The tape is most often used as a closure for corrugated boxes such as a full overlap box, five-panel folder, full telescope box. L-shaped clips or strips are applied over the overlapping flap, extending 50–75 mm (2–3 in) onto the box panels.
</p><p>Heavy loads or weak box construction may also be aided by the application of strips or bands of filament tape to the box.
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<h2 id="application">Application</h2>
<p>The tape can be applied manually with a stationary dispenser but is more often applied with a hand held <a href="/facts/Tape_dispenser/W0RI7Npf">tape dispenser</a>: this allows the user to more efficiently place the tape on the box, cut it off, and rub it down.
</p><p>Automated machinery for application of tape to high speed lines is also common.
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<h2 id="related-products">Related products</h2>
<p>Some PSA tapes are available which have a highly oriented <a href="/facts/Polypropylene/HM9PvoCz">polypropylene</a> backing with high strength in the long (machine) direction.  Some of these have shaped filaments which help resist tearing across the tape.  These tapes are sometimes used in a similar manner as filament reinforced tapes.
</p><p>Some filament tapes (or strapping tapes) are sometimes used similarly to <a href="/facts/Strapping/2lTFPMKA">strapping</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_adhesive_tapes/qLTQo4cM">List of adhesive tapes</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/ASTM/xzdCexYJ">ASTM</a> D5330 Standard Specification for Pressure Sensitive Tape for Packaging, Filament Reinforced</li>
<li><a href="/facts/ASTM/xzdCexYJ">ASTM</a> D1974 Standard Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing and Reinforcing Fiberboard Boxes.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/ASTM/xzdCexYJ">ASTM</a> D5168 Standard Practice for Fabrication and Closure of Tripplewall Corrugated Containers</li>
<li>Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-470-08704-6</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>US 2750314, Bemmels, Cyrus W., "Adhesive Tape", published 1956-06-12,  assigned to Permacel Tape Corp.
 <a href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2750314" target="_blank">https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US2750314</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Filament tape