Product Description The Scotch Filament Tape 897 is a medium strength, general purpose, clear fiberglass-reinforced tape -with a synthetic rubber resin adhesive ideal for medium-duty strapping, bundling and reinforcing. The synthetic rubber resin adhesive provides good adhesion to most surfaces, including a variety of plastics, carpets, natural fibers, and metals. From the Manufacturer Scotch® Filament Tape 897 is a better performing fiberglass-reinforced tape for light-to-medium duty bundling, strapping, reinforcing and palletizing. The specially-formulated synthetic rubber resin adhesive bonds with minimum rubdown, and the polypropylene backing provides excellent resistance to nicks, abrasion, moisture, and scuffing.Scotch® Filament Tape 897 is 6.0 mils thick, has adhesion of 60 oz/in width, tensile strength of 170 lbs/in and elongation at break of 3%.Filament-reinforced tapes and strapping tapes are high strength, reliable and affordable solutions for product and package integrity. For closing boxes, stabilizing pallets, bundling and reinforcing, securing appliance components during transport and easy-open tear strips, high strength tapes provide important application benefits for manufacturers of piping, metal products, furniture, appliances, automotive parts, sporting goods, and also food and beverage processors.For more than a century, 3M has applied innovation and technology to improving our customers’ lives and supporting their business goals. Today the company, from its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, serves industrial and commercial customers and consumers in nearly 200 countries. 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes include application-specific products that provide durability, strength, and special characteristics such as temperature resistance and short- and long-term protection. The 3M brand, across thousands of products, represents consistency, superior quality, and value.
