ABSTRACT
In the last decades the application field of pressure-sensitive products (PSP) has been very enlarged. The end use tailored products gained an important market segment. For such products special recipes and technologies were developed. Some of them include a high level of empirical knowledge. Simultaneous advances in the macromolecular science and polymer engineering enabled the explanation of the function mechanismus of such products and the reasons for the special construction of several products. The classical manufacture technology of PSP is based on the coating of pressure-sensitive adhesive on weblike, solid state carrier materials. Therefore the classical formulation science and technology cover the principles and practice of the pressure-sensitive adhesives formulation. Independently of their build up and manufacture technology such products have to exhibit surface related pressure sensitivity and mechanical characteristics which ensure their application.
