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Celebrating 70 years of 3M Vinyl Electrical Tape Contest
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Submit the unique PIN code found on specially marked packages of Scotch® Super 33+™ Vinyl Electrical Tapes and Scotch® Super 88 Vinyl Electrical Tapes on the contest website www.3m.ca/ElectricalTape. Contest closes November 30th, 2016. Contest is open to Canadian residents over the age of majority, excluding 3M Canada Electrical Distributors and their employees. 3 Grand Prizes (Prepaid Credit Card ARV $1,000 each) and 3 Second Place Prizes (Prepaid Credit Card ARV $500 each) available to be won, one of each per region (regions are Eastern Canada, Central Canada, Western Canada), and 51 weekly draw prizes available to be won, one per region for 17 weeks, each consisting of a 3M Electrical Product Prize Pack. Odds of winning a prize depend on total number of eligible entries received per region. Total ARV of all prizes is $9,600.00. Skill testing question required. No purchase necessary. Full rules, including no purchase entry details, can be obtained at www.3m.ca/ElectricalTape.
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The story of 3M began in 1902, when Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. was established as a mining operation. A few decades later, while WWII devoured rubber supplies, alternatives were needed. A solution emerged from the work of 3M scientists Snell, Oace, and Eastwold—and the electrical world was never the same.
Over the next few years vinyl electrical tape set a standard across the electrical industry. Stronger and less prone to rotting and corrosion than the rubber and/or resin infused cloth in common use at the time, Scotch® No. 33 Vinyl Electrical Tape was an invention the world was waiting for.
Believe it or not, making a quality tape takes a lot of science, much of it behind the scenes. We consider all of the physical, electrical and chemical characteristics for each and every tape we produce.
Need a tape that is extremely sticky but doesn't leave a gooey mess when you remove it? That's 3M Science!
Need a tape that resists the effects of sun, wind and rain while also insulating a connection up to 69,000 Volts? That's 3M Science!
To that end, 3M offers a wide range of electrical tapes and mastics for insulation, splicing, protection from corrosion and mechanical damage, all weather protection and environmental sealing.
From Scotch® Super 88 Vinyl Electrical Tape to Scotch® 130C Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape to Scotch® 69 High Temperature Glass Cloth Tape, 3M Electrical Tapes provide exceptional performance and reliability. That's 3M Science. Applied to Life.
But it's not always easy to decide what to use and when. Whether you are out in the cold, or fixing up wiring around your house, there is a tape for just that. Find out which one you should be using for the task at hand.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (now known as 3M) establishes itself as a mining operation; sandpaper is their first commercial product.
Now that automobiles are more common, customers demand more colour options. Masking part of a car with cloth surgical tape gives auto makers nothing but grief.
World War II spawns many, many innovations in the industrial world that include the invention of PVC, plasticized vinyl.
One of the 3 scientists credited with the invention of Vinyl Electrical Tape, Esther paves the way with her discovery of an adhesive-friendly plasticizer.
3M applies for a patent in January 1946 and No. 33 Tape (originally white or yellow in colour) becomes the new standard for insulating electrical connections.
Ads appear in the Saturday Evening Post and Life magazine; this TV commercial colourfully illustrates just how handy 3M Plastic Vinyl Electrical Tape can be.
3M introduces the new and improved electrical tape "Super 33". Now black for UV resistance, it has a new operating temperature range from -12º to 80ºC.
3M Vinyl Electrical Tape takes another leap forward to 33 PLUS. It boasts a surprising upper operating temperature rating of 105ºC.
3M launches the 1st highly conformable, all-weather Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape as Scotch® 130C…but don't forget to overwrap with 3M Vinyl Electrical Tape.
A look at the lineage of Scotch® Super 33+ Vinyl Electrical Tape provides insight into the previous 30 years of improvements.
3M sets the standard yet again with the new and improved "Super 33+" vinyl electrical tape with a -18º to 105ºC temperature range and even greater elasticity.
3M CELEBRATES their invention of Vinyl Electrical Tape. Tape that transformed the electrical industry almost overnight is definitely worthy of a birthday party!
Helping you solve your problems and making your job easier makes us happy. That's why 3M takes tape very seriously.
There are so many kinds of electrical tape out there. It can be difficult to choose the right one for the job – it's not always easy to decide what to use and when. Whether you are out in the cold or fixing up wiring around your house, there's an electrical tape for just that.
Find out which one you should be using for the task at hand with the 3M Electrical Tape Selector Tool.
Select the application you want to complete to find the appropriate product.
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