Description
Kapton Polyimide Film possesses a unique combination of
properties which make it ideal for a variety of applications in
many different industries.The ability of Kapton to maintain its
excellent physical, electrical, and mechanical properties over a
wide temperature range has opened new design and application areas
to plastic films.
Adhesives are available for bonding Kapton to itself and to metals,
various paper types, and other films.
Kapton polyimide film can be used in a variety of electrical and
electronic insulation applications:Wire and cable tapes, formed
coil insulation, substrates for flexible printed circuits, motor
slot liners, magnet wire insulation, transformer and capacitor
insulation, magnetic and pressure-sensitive tapes, and tubing.Many
of these applications are based on the excellent balance of
electrical, thermal, mechanical, physical and chemical properties
of Kapton over a wide range of temperatures.It is this combination
of useful properties at temperature extremes that makes Kapton a
unique industrial material.
Three types of Kapton are described on this page:
1.Kapton HN, all-polyimide film has been used successfully in
applications at temperatures as low as ***9C (***2F) and as high as
**0C (**2F).
Type HN film can be laminated, metallized, punched, formed, or
adhesive coated.It is available as 0.*2mm, 0.**5mm, 0.*3mm,
0.**7mm, 0.*4mm, 0.*5mm, 0.**5mm, 0.1mm, 0.**5mm, 0.*5mm, 0.**5mm,
0.2mm
2.Kapton VN, all polyimide film with all the properties of Type HN,
plus superior dimensional stability.Type VN is available as
0.**5mm, 0.*5mm, 0.**5mm, 0.1mm, 0.**5mm, 0.*5mm, 0.**5mm
3.Kapton FN, a Type HN film coated on one or both sides with Teflon
FEP fluoropolymer resin, imparts heat sealability, provides a
moisture barrier, and enhances chemical resistance.Type FN is
available in a number of combinations of polyimide and Teflon FEP
thicknesses.
