This Electric TV version of ‘How It’s Made’ begins here, in the mill, where the adhesive is manufactured.Īn elevated mixer heats up different rubber compounds to a specified temperature, once reached it drops the rubber onto the mill. “And so to have the chance and the ability to show people what goes into the process, and why it’s special, why it’s different, is an opportunity that we really wanted to put out there.” “I think people see a roll of black electrical tape or colored electrical tape and they just say, ‘Oh, it’s a roll of tape.’ But there’s a lot of science that goes into it, and a lot of technology that 3M’s been building over 65 years in order to make the tape that the electricians prefer.” Jeremiah Blair – Electrical Tapes Global Product Manager, Electrical Products Division, 3M Blair are ‘jumbos’ of vinyl film, ready to be coated with adhesive and then wound and slit into smaller rolls and shipped out to customers, including the NECA/IBEW team’s training centers… and we’re here today to see how it’s made. Those massive, colorful rolls you see behind Mr. We’re going to be providing a lot of materials, whether that’s electrical tape, or wire connectors, medium-voltage splices and terminations, all different types of products to really give the students a chance to learn with ands-on applications or learning opportunities.” “3M has the opportunity to do some training with the electricians, teach them classes. This is such a natural opportunity for us because there’s no other place you can go to get that sort of initial introduction to the next generation of electricians.” “We’ve been thinking about ways to help educate the future generation of electricians for some time. Jeremiah Blair – Global Product Manager, Electrical Tapes, Electrical Products Division, 3M And we get the value, the educational value, in showing the applications of that particular product.” So the training partners see a lot of the value in working with us to that end. “If an apprentice learns with 33, then chances are when they’re making the purchasing decisions, they’re going to purchase the 33 on their jobs. This means that coast-to-coast, in the NECA/IBEW team’s 285 local training centers, nearly 40,000 union electrical apprentices are using 3M products, while getting the best hands-on learning and instruction in the world. ![]() We know a way to use a product, but we want to make sure we represent the manufacturer’s product in the best possible light.” “We see a huge value in the training partners in that nobody knows their product better than they know them. Marty Riesberg – Director of Curriculum Development Why? Well the JATC, the NECA/IBEW team’s official training arm, has forged a new partnership with 3M to make sure that tomorrow’s electricians are as trained, and as safe as they need to be.Īsk any electrician about what brand of electrical tape is the best, in the cold of winter, or the sweltering heat of summer, and the answer you’re likely to hear the word Scotch and a product number like 33 Plus or 88.ģM manufactures these Scotch Brand tapes, and found out this unprecedented level of brand-loyalty out through a series of focus groups – and rather than riding that wave now without a concern for the future, they realized they had to re-double their outreach efforts and return the favor to the industry.ģM’s plan begins with a new sponsorship with the NJATC – becoming a new platinum level training partner – with the best electrical training organization in the country. We’re in Hutchinson, Minnesota, at the tape manufacturing headquarters of 3M.
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