ADCHEM CORPORATION

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ADCHEM CORPORATION

• TECHNICAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
• PROVIDING UNMATCHED SUPPORT TO OUR CUSTOMERS

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WHAT WE OFFER

• Well staffed Technical Service Department
• Full product breakdown and testing capabilities
• Analytical capabilities
• Physical testing capabilities
• Bonding studies
• Simulated application testing
• Can customize adhesive formulations to suit
  application

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The Extra Mile

• Modification of test methods to better match the
  application.
• Reports include detailed description of the test
  methods used, the sample set up, the results and
  the failure mode.
• Pictures in the report to demonstrate the set up
  and failure mode.
• Providing customers with a clear understanding of
  the test and the results.

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The Shelf Strip

• The Application
• Exposed side bonding to extruded vinyl shelf
  strip
• Liner side bonding to powder coated metal shelf
• Shelf strip bond is stressed regularly at edges
  when brushed against by customers

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The Shelf Strip

• The Report
• Developed a new test, Inverted 90 Angle Static
  Peel, to put simulate the anticipated failure
  mode, with quantifiable results

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The Shelf StripResults charted to demonstrate
Adchem Products superiority even with a narrower
strip of tape
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The Shelf Strip

• The Result
• Altered the construction of an existing product
  to best match the performance required for the
  application.
• Resulting product was cheaper than the standard
  product it replaced and performed better than the
  competition even at 1/3 less coverage.

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The Vinyl Flooring

• The Application
• Required a 3-mil Transfer Tape
• Bonding highly plasticized vinyl to concrete
  floor
• Heavy traffic area with heavy stresses
• Adchem was informed of this opportunity after
  several other tape and adhesive manufacturers
  were already working on it

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The Vinyl Flooring

• The Report
• Adchem ultimately won the business with a
  superior product and superior technical support
  and reporting, as noted by the owner of the
  company.
• Adchem developed new tests to simulate the
  application, screened numerous products against
  the competitors, provided written report with
  pictures, as well as a video demonstrating the
  products under stress.

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The Vinyl FlooringThe Video
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The Vinyl Flooring
The Competitor

• It was discovered that tiles laminated with Comp
  C, by the customer, demonstrated adhesive
  pick-off when the liner was removed.
• This, of course, was brought to the customers
  attention in the report.

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The Baby Bath

• The Application
• Bonding thin polyethylene foam inside baby bath
  tub.
• Customer wanted a product with the same
  softness as the incumbent product.
• Bond must withstand stresses associated with a
  baby bath mat.

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The Baby Bath

• The Report
• After basic product breakdown and comparisons,
  new tests were devised to distinguish the
  products.
• Warm water immersion peels were conducted,
  demonstrating the drop off in strength of the
  Comp. These were charted as a visual aid.

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The Baby Bath
The Foam Bond

• The superiority of the Adchem 5000M bond to the
  PE foam was demonstrated with embedded
  photographs.
• Note the large glossy areas on the Comp tape,
  indicating no foam tear vs. Adchem 100 foam tear

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The Baby Bath

• The Softness Factor

We had the products analyzed for Probe Tack, and
the results graphed for visual effect, thus
demonstrating the Adchem 5000M having superior
softness.
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT

• These are just a few examples of the level of
  technical support Adchem offers our customers.
• We have the experience in the industry to provide
  unsurpassed technical assistance.
• Our in-house lab, together with our supplier
  partners provide us access to state of the art
  testing and analyzing equipment.
• When necessary, we can customize an adhesive
  system, or develop whole new systems to meet the
  needs of the customers application.