Mastic tapes are finding increasing applications in electrical installations to make the connections, cable joints and accessories corrosion, moisture and shockproof. Mastic tape material is formulated to be used as dielectric insulator. The use of mastic tape facilitates to insulate the congested or odd shaped surfaces where conventional tape can’t reach. Mastic tape creates a strong long-lasting barricade around terminations and splices to make these resistant to environmental contaminants and unfavorable working conditions. Mastic tapes are getting increasing acceptance for outdoor applications because of ‘self-healing’ property.
A Versatile Low-Cost Solution to Make Electrical Installations Safe:
Mastic tape can be stretched up to 1000 times of original length. Sharp-edged connections, edged bolts connections, irregularly shaped connectors often create puncture risks that turn in failures of supply driving in long downtime, manpower engagement, and repairing cost. The moldable and stretchable Mastic tape sheets help to smooth, shape, and pad any part of electrical connection including bolted bus-bar connections, split-bolt connectors, cable ends, service drops etc.
Wide Range of Mastic Tape to Suit Diverse Applications:
According to a recent research report by Texas A&M University, electrical fields around the relay switches attract insects and flies. The numbers of faults occur just because of attracted insects, rodents and flies that eat up the electrical insulations and pads etc; these faults cause the loss of thousands of dollars. Mastic taping, over all the critical underground and above the ground electrical connections, eliminates the possibility of faults because of attack by insects, rodents, flies etc.
* Black Mastic tape is an asset for the electrical connections up to 11KV, 25KV and 36KV. The black Mastic tape is formulated for water and moisture protection for telecommunication equipment and cable connectors. These Mastic tapes are suitable for -30 to +90°C temperature. These offer excellent adhesion to rubbers, synthetic cables, metals, and jackets.
* Anti tracking red mastic sealants are used for sealing, insulation, and waterproofing between the cable cores. Red-colored mastic tapes provide excellent sealing and bonding for electrical equipment connectors and heat-shrink moulds. Easy to use self-sticking red mastic sealant tape is available in metalized covers that make it weather-resistant and long-lasting.
* Suitable for outdoor and indoor applications, Vinyl mastic tape makes the outdoor electrical installations safe and long-lasting. The slightly thinner mastic can be applied without overwrapping with a vinyl tape to make the maintenance faster. Polyvinyl (PVC) cover resists moisture, alkalies, abrasion, acid, ultraviolet light (UV) and copper corrosion.
* RoHS 2011/65/EU compliant rubber mastic tapes are designed with ‘ethylene-propylene rubber’ (EPR) cover for padding, moisture resisting and insulating the electrical connections in high voltage installations up to 1000V. These are good for 90oC – 130oC.
As the use of Mastic tapes is increasing in all the critical electrical installations in industrial, commercial, and large residential complexes, the leading brands are emphasizing to expand the range so that the users could get a ready-to-use solution to make the electrical installations fault free and long-lasting eve in extreme environmental conditions. The selection of the right Mastic tape for the particular applications and conditions improves the ROI; and, the leading manufacturers and suppliers provide online consultancy to help you buy the right Mastic tape.