ASTM D6295/D6295M-98(2011)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Dispensability of Light-Duty Pressure-Sensitive Film Tape
Standard Test Method for Dispensability of Light-Duty Pressure-Sensitive Film Tape
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Pressure-sensitive film tapes are supplied in roll form. For such a tape to be useful a strip of the tape must be easily dispensed or severed from the roll by means of a cutter found on most dispensers. This test method is a means of measuring the ease of this severing or dispensing of the tape.
This test method provides information that can be used in material specifications for product design and quality assurance applications. It can be used in comparing different tape products on specific dispensing blades.
This test method may be suited for office and stationery and tapes with acetate, cellophane, or light-duty plastic backings. Some tapes may be shown to be difficult to dispense under these conditions yet are readily dispensable with other dispensing systems.
Note 1—Backings described in CID A-A-113 are typical backings.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the measurement of the force and elongation required to dispense pressure-sensitive film tape on a 1-in. core intended for office and stationery applications from a desk-top dispenser.
1.2 The values stated in either SI or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other.
1.3 This standard does not propose to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: D6295/D6295M − 98 (Reapproved 2011)
Standard Test Method for
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Dispensability of Light–Duty Pressure–Sensitive Film Tape
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6295/D6295M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the
year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last
reapproval. A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 dispensability—the initial force and elongation re-
1.1 This test method covers the measurement of the force
quired to sever or cut off a strip of pressure-sensitive film tape
andelongationrequiredtodispensepressure-sensitivefilmtape
from a roll using specific test conditions and specific blade
on a 1-in. core intended for office and stationery applications
described in this test method.
from a desk-top dispenser.
1.2 The values stated in either SI or inch-pound units are to
4. Significance and Use
be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each
4.1 Pressure-sensitive film tapes are supplied in roll form.
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
For such a tape to be useful a strip of the tape must be easily
be used independently of the other.
dispensed or severed from the roll by means of a cutter found
1.3 This standard does not propose to address all of the
on most dispensers. This test method is a means of measuring
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
the ease of this severing or dispensing of the tape.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4.2 This test method provides information that can be used
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
in material specifications for product design and quality
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
assurance applications. It can be used in comparing different
2. Referenced Documents
tape products on specific dispensing blades.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.3 This test method may be suited for office and stationery
D996 Terminology of Packaging and Distribution Environ-
and tapes with acetate, cellophane, or light-duty plastic back-
ments
ings. Some tapes may be shown to be difficult to dispense
D3715/D3715M Practice for QualityAssurance of Pressure-
under these conditions yet are readily dispensable with other
Sensitive Tapes
dispensing systems.
D4332 Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or
NOTE 1—Backings described in CID A-A-113 are typical backings.
Packaging Components for Testing
E122 Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate,With
5. Apparatus
Specified Precision, the Average for a Characteristic of a
5.1 Tension Tester—A constant-rate-of-extension (CRE)
Lot or Process
type with load cell capacity such that the maximum expected
2.2 Commercial Item Description (CID):
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dispensing force does not exceed 90 % of its normal limit. A
A-A-113 Tape, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive
means of moving the stressing clamp at a uniform rate of 250
3. Terminology
mm/min or 10 in./min. Test information should be displayed
graphically with a sampling rate of at least 100 data points per
3.1 Definitions—Terminology found in Terminology D996
second.
shall apply.
5.2 Blade—Manufactured in accordance with information
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on given in Fig. 1.
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.14 on Tape and
Labels. NOTE 2—The blade used in models C-15, C-38, C-40, and C-41
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Current edition approved April 1, 2011. Published April 2011. Originally dispensers meets these requirements. This blade has been found to be
approved in 1998. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D6295/D6295M – 98
suitable for this testing.
(2004). DOI: 10.1520/D6295_D6295M-98R11.
5.3 Blade Support Fixture—The test fixture, as shown in
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Figs. 2 and 3, shall have a means of rigidly mounting the blade
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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FIG. 1 Blade
in the tensile tester so that the land portion faces at 30° down 7.2 Discard at least three but not more than six o
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