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2. Heat-shrinkable sleeve - Wikipedia

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   A heat-shrinkable sleeve starts out with a thick extruded poly olefin sheet (polyethylene or polypropylene) that is formulated to be cross-linkable. After extruding the thick sheet, it is taken to the "beam" where it is passed under a unit that subjects the sheet to electron irradiation. [2] The irradiation process cross-links the polyolefin.

3. Shrink wrap - Wikipedia

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   Shrink wrap, also shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied, it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering. [1] [2] [3] Heat can be applied with a handheld heat gun (electric or gas), or the product and film can pass through a heat tunnel on a conveyor.

4. Hot-melt adhesive - Wikipedia

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   For use with hobby or craft projects such as the assembly or repair of remote-control foam model aircraft, and artificial floral arrangements, hot-melt sticks and hot-melt glue guns are used in the application of the adhesive. For use in industrial processes, adhesive is supplied in larger sticks and glue guns with higher melting rates.

5. We Tested the Best Bamboo Sheets Money Can Buy (All of ... - AOL

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   Sleep Number. Coming in at degrees cooler than your typical cotton—per the brand—this set’s temperature-regulating effects make a difference you can feel from the moment you crawl into bed.

6. Ethylene-vinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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   Craft-foam sheets are made of EVA and are popularly used for children's foam stickers. [clarification needed] EVA is also used in biomedical engineering applications as a drug-delivery device. The polymer is dissolved in an organic solvent (such as dichloromethane). Powdered drug and filler (typically an inert sugar) are added to the liquid ...

7. Self-adhesive plastic sheet - Wikipedia

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   Self-adhesive plastic sheet, known in the United Kingdom as sticky-backed plastic, is wide plastic sheet or film with an adhesive layer on one side, used as a surface coating for decorative purposes. It is typically smooth and shiny, but can also come in textured varieties, in which case it can sometimes be used as a cheap alternative to veneer .

8. Nonwoven fabric - Wikipedia

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   Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt , which are neither woven nor knitted . [ 1 ]

9. Modacrylic - Wikipedia

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   The fabrics can then be sheared or embossed to resemble fur even more closely. The heat-sensitivity of modacrylic also allows wigs and hairpieces to be curled and heat styled without damage. [3] Modacrylics are also used in fleece, knit-pile fabric backings, and nonwoven fabrics.