Talk:Kapton

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Contents 1 Kapton in Avionics 2 Kapton - Other Uses 3 References? 4 merger

[edit] Kapton in Avionics

Added a paragraph about the history of Kaptan use in avionics. This is common knowledge among avionics technicians. Maybe someone can find an authoritative reference for this as well. --Miikka Raninen 12:21, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kapton - Other Uses

It is used as a tape for securing wire harnesses in Apple Macintosh PowerBooks. It may also be used in ribbon wires. Someone please expand on that, as that subject is what brought me here. As the article states, I notice that Kapton is subject to wear due to abrasion. What appear to be Kapton trackpad ribbon wires in my Titanium Powerbook, have worn to the point of shorting (after 5 years of heavy use.) These ribbon wires are also brittle, though I don't know if that is due to Kapton or to other characteristics of the ribbon wire. - Chris Murphy 09:05, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

You probably have Kapton backed wiring in your printer and camera as well - it's generally used for flexible printed circuits, it's not an Apple specific design. Kapton is very flexible for domestic use - the conductive tracks are far more brittle than the Kapton substrate.

[edit] References?

Where are they?

[edit] merger

since kapton is a specific type of polyimide. on the other hand, this article is at least as good, if not better, then the polyimide article, so it could go either way Also propose merging ultem into polyimide Cinnamon colbert (talk) 03:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)