Technical Data Sheet Edition 1 Date: 14/05/2004 Letratag Plastic tape Letratag tape is a direct thermal tape available in six colors. Each cassette contains one tape of 12 mm width and 4 m length. Property 1. General - Thickness tape Thickness liner Unit Value Test method Micron Micron 145 10 % 55 10 % Micrometer 2. Adhesive properties Dwell 20 min 24 hrs - to stainless steel to glass to PVC to textured ABS to powder coated steel to wood to polypropylene film glossy to polyethylene to tupperware to steel computer casing N/25mm 10 9 11 8 7 3 8 3 9 1 11 11 14 9 8 4 11 4 9 1 3. Abrasion resistance of text printed in Letratag - Pencil erasure Polystyrene pin Sandpaper Crockmeter, 900g weight/arm 30x 30x 30x No visible effect No visible effect No visible effect Chemical resistance of text printed in Letratag - Eurosuper Diesel Isopropylalcohol Ethanol PSTC-1 30x 30x 30x 10x Dwell means the contact time between label and substrate 1 No visible effect No visible effect Printing gone Printing gone - Ethyl acetate Skydrol (hydraulic engine oil) Sabesto (brake fluid cleaner) Exxsol 40 (cleaning solvent) ULS (cleaning solvent) Ether Acetone Toluene Dreft Water Vim General degreaser Synthetic thinner White spirit Oil spots remover Cellullose thinner Calgonit Sun brilliance Instanet Antikal Nafta Workspace degreaser 3x 30x 5x 30x 5x 15x 10 x 10 x 30 x 30 x 30 x 30x 30x 30 x 30 x 10 x 30x 30 x 30x 30 x 30 x 5x Printing gone Printing gone Printing gone No visible effect Printing gone Printing gone Printing gone Printing gone No visible effect No visible effect No visible effect Severe print removal Printing gone No visible effect No visible effect Printing gone No visible effect No visible effect No visible effect No visible effect No visible effect Printing gone 4. Light stability of printed label - 5 days in suntester with glass filter (corresponds with 2 months exposure behind window glass) No visible effect on text or background. - 5 days in suntester with UV- filter (corresponds with 2 months outdoor exposure) Slight discoloration of background. No visible effect on text. 5. Temperature stability - Application temperature - Short term high service temperature C Room temperature - 10' at 60C No visible effect on text and background - 10' at 70C No visible effect on text and background - 10' at 80C No visible effect on text and background. Dwell means the contact time between label and substrate 2 -10' at 90C - No visible effect on text and background. Long term low service Temperature - 30 days at -18C No visible effect on text and background. 6. Humidity resistance of applied label - 30 days at 40C, 95 % R.H. (on alu panel) Slight discoloration of text. No visible effect on background. 7. Shelf life of label roll 1 year at 5-25C and 40-85% relative humidity when stored in its original packaging. We are confident that our product will perform well beyond this frame. However, it remains the responsibility of the user to assess the risk of using such product. Scratch resistance : The printed labels are subjected to different scratching sources for a fixed number of cycles with a finger weight of 900g. Dwell means the contact time between label and substrate 3