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Birk Manufacturing, Inc. is dedicated to continual improvement of quality and service, and assures our heaters and thermal systems consistently meet the requirements, expectations and industrial standards of our customers.

Kapton® Heaters

• Kapton® is a polyimide polymer film which has excellent properties for construction of flexible heaters with etched foil.  
• Kapton® has excellent durability and is a highly flexible material used often in flex circuits.
• Kapton® excellent dielectric strength, as .001” (.025 mm) thickness will provide 5000 volts insulation. 
• Birk uses two bonding systems:  acrylics and FEP Teflon®.  Acrylic can operate up to 250ºF (120ºC) and FEP up to 500ºF (260ºC). 
• Flexible heaters made from Kapton® can be as thin as .006” (.152mm). 

• Typical applications are:
  • Medical equipment Instrumentation
  • Aircraft equipment
  • Semi-conductor processing and testing
  • Explosive and drug detection equipment
  • Battery heating
  • Fiber optic equipment 

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