What to Know About 3M Reclosable Fasteners

As a 3M Associate Converter, Atlantic Gasket has access to a wide array of tens of thousands of 3M products from a multitude of categories.  Within this massive list of products is a series of fasteners that we can supply for our customers.  These fasteners come in two types, Dual Lock and Hook and Loop, and are meant for easy and reliable attachment and detachment which allows for a quick and easy use.

 

Hook and loop fasteners are an easy and secure way to adhere a product to aImage of partly separated 3M™ Hook and Loop identifying the hooks, loops, release liners and easy-peel edge surface while also allowing for it to be unsecured and resecured many times over.  This fastener has the ability to be resecured upward of 5,000 times without losing effectiveness throughout its lifetime.  It works with one side having many ‘hooks’ that are opposite the other side containing seemingly endless amounts of ‘loops’.  When this 3M fastener is pushed together, the loops catch within the hooks allowing for a strong, temporary bond which is useful in many applications, such as clothing, shoes, household items, signage, sports, NASA, and many more where ease of use and conforming to product shape is needed!

 

 

The 3M Dual Lock system for fasteners works a bit differently but is just as effective or more than hook and loop.  Each side is made up of a large number of3M™ Dual Lock™ Reclosable Fastener SJ3870 mushroom-shaped pieces that interlock together when both sides are attached.  This forms a very strong bond that is durable and allows for upward of 1,000 attachments before starting to lose its tensile strength.  3M Dual Lock fasteners are temperature/UV/moisture-resistant and are excellent for use with attachments to windshields, dashboards, signs, and other surfaces.

 

 

 

Atlantic Gasket Becomes a 3M™ Associate Converter

Associate Color-Tranparent Background LogoWe here at Atlantic Gasket Corporation are extremely happy and excited to announce that we are now a 3M™ Associate Converter.  Our company already has an extensive product line, and we’re now adding 3M™ products to that list.  We have access to roughly 53,000 products from their line which can be converted into high-quality custom-cut parts and stripping for our customers.

Our title as a 3M™ Associate Converter allows us to expand on our great line of products.  For decades we’ve been known for providing quality custom-cut parts and stripping, and now we can provide 3M™ adhesives alone or converted into our products.  Atlantic Gasket can convert 3M™ adhesives slit to width or applied to materials and die-cut, kiss-cut, or water jet cut.

The list of materials that we supply and can have 3M™ adhesives applied to is virtually endless and include closed cell sponges, open cell sponges, foams, mechanical rubbers (such as Neoprene, EPDM, Silicone, Nitrile/Buna-N, Viton, etc,), corks, cork rubbers, felts, and plastics.  We’re proud of the first-rate products that we currently produce and are excited to continue that production as we expand our product line due to our partnership with 3M™.