Peel Grips
Advanced manufacturing practices such as lightweighting and automated assembly have led to above trend growth in the adhesives industry. In 2016, the global market for adhesives stood at roughly $25 billion USD with 10 million tons of output. As the market has matured, a myriad of ASTM peel testing procedures have been developed in order to test the strength of the manufactured adhesives.
The most popular and simplest procedures involve peeling a tape at an angle of 90 degrees or 180 degrees in relation to a substrate. The picture below shows the load direction for the 90, 180, and T-peel tests.
