SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

		This Sixth Amendment is made as of the 1st day of November, 1996, 
by and among SHELDAHL, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Borrower"), 
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association 
("Norwest"), HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, a bank organized and existing 
under the laws of the State of Illinois ("Harris"), and NBD BANK, a Michigan 
banking corporation ("NBD"; NBD, Norwest and Harris, collectively the 
"Lenders" and each a "Lender"), and Norwest as Agent for and on behalf of 
the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Agent").

Recitals

		The Borrower, Norwest and Harris entered into an Amended and 
Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of November 24, 1993, as 
amended by a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit and Security 
Agreement dated as of December 2, 1993, a Second Amendment to Amended and 
Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of May 12, 1994, a Third 
Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of 
January 24, 1995, a Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit and 
Security Agreement dated as of January 29, 1996 and a Fifth Amendment to 
Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of March 12, 1996 
(as amended, the "Credit Agreement") under which the Lenders agreed to make 
certain revolving credit and term loans available to the Borrower.

		The Borrower and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit 
Agreement to (i) allow the Borrower to increase the number of different 
Interest Periods which may be in effect at one time, (ii) increase the Capital 
Expenditure Limit for fiscal year 1997, (iii) decrease the Minimum Net Income 
covenant for fiscal year 1997 and (iv) increase the permitted Lien amount.

		NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual 
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is agreed as follows:

		1.	Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used in this Sixth 
Amendment which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same 
meanings as defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein.

		2. 	Amended Definitions.  Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is 
hereby amended by amending and restating in their entirety the following 
definitions:

	"`Interest Period' means, relative to any Eurodollar Advance, the 
period beginning on (and including) the date on which such Eurodollar 
Advance is made or continued as, or converted into, a Eurodollar Advance 
pursuant to Sections 2.1(a), (b) or (c) and shall end on (but exclude) 
the day which numerically corresponds to such date one (1), two (2), 
three (3) or six (6) months thereafter (or, if such month has no 
numerically corresponding day, on the last Banking Day of such month), 
as the Borrower may select in its relevant notice pursuant to Sections 
2.1(a), (b) or (c); provided, however, that:

	(a)  the Borrower shall not be permitted to select Interest 
Periods to be in effect at any one time which have expiration 
dates occurring on more than four (4) different dates;

	(b)  if an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day 
which is not a Banking Day, such Interest Period shall end on the 
next following Banking Day (unless such next following Banking Day 
is the first Banking Day of a calendar month, in which case such 
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Banking Day); and

	(c)  no Interest Period may end later than the Maturity 
Date."

	"`Capital Expenditure Limit' means $30,000,000 for the Borrower's 
fiscal year 1997 and, for each subsequent fiscal year, an amount 
mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided, 
however, that if on or prior to the sixtieth (60th) day following the 
end of the prior fiscal year, the Borrower and the Required Lenders are 
unable to agree, in writing, upon the appropriate level of Capital 
Expenditures for the immediately succeeding fiscal year, the Required 
Lenders may, in their discretion, declare an Event of Default as of such 
date."

		3. 	Minimum Net Income.  Section 6.15 of the Credit Agreement is 
hereby amended by deleting the reference to "$5,000,000" and inserting in 
place thereof the figure "$4,500,000".

		4. 	Liens.  Section  7.1(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended 
in its entirety to read as follows:

		"(e)	purchase money security interests relating to the 
acquisition of Equipment of the Borrower securing indebtedness not in 
excess of $5,000,000, in the aggregate, at any time outstanding, so long 
as the Borrower is in, and maintains, compliance with every other 
provision of this Agreement."

		5.	Conditions Precedent.  This Sixth Amendment shall become 
effective when the Lender has received an original hereof, duly executed on 
behalf of each party hereto.

		6.	Representations and Warranties.  To induce the Lenders to 
enter into this Sixth Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants 
to the Lenders as follows:

	(a)	The Borrower has all requisite power and authority to 
execute this Amendment and to perform all of its obligations hereunder.

	(b)	The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of 
this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate 
action and does not (1) require any authorization, consent or approval 
by any governmental department, commissions, board, bureau, agency or 
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (2) violate (A) any provision of 
any law, rule or regulation or of any order, writ, injunction or decree 
presently in effect, having applicability to the Borrower or (B) the 
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower, or (3) result in 
the breach or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit 
agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which the 
Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or 
affected.

	(c)	The representations and warranties contained in Article V of 
the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof as 
though made on and as of this date, except to the extent that such 
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date.

		7.	Release.  The Borrower hereby releases and forever 
discharges the Lenders and each of their respective former and present 
directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives of and from every 
and all claims, demands, causes of action (at law or in equity) and 
liabilities, of any kind or nature, whether known or unknown, liquidated or 
unliquidated, absolute or contingent, which the Borrower ever had, presently 
has or claims to have against a Lender or any of its respective directors, 
officers, employees, agents or representatives of or relating to events, 
occurrences, actions, inactions or any other matters occurring prior to the 
date of this Amendment.

		8.	No Waiver.  The execution of this Amendment shall not be 
deemed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit 
Agreement or breach, default or event of default under any Security Document 
or other document held by the Lenders, whether or not known to the Lenders and 
whether or not existing on the date of this Amendment.

		9.	Costs and Expenses.  The Borrower hereby reaffirms its 
agreement under Section 10.7 of the Credit Agreement to pay or reimburse the 
Agent, among other costs and expenses, all expenses incurred by the Agent in 
connection with the amendment, performance or enforcement of the Loan 
Documents, including without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements 
of legal counsel to the Agent.

		10.	References.  Except as expressly amended hereby, all 
provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.  After 
the effective date hereof, each reference to any Loan Document or any other 
document executed in connection with the Credit Agreement to the "Credit 
Agreement" or to "this Agreement", "hereunder" or "hereof" or words of 
like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the 
Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

		11.	Execution in Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed 
in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered 
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken 
together, shall constitute but one in the same instrument.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth 
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly 
authorized, as of the date first above written.

							SHELDAHL, INC.
							/S/ John V. McManus

							NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA,
							NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
							Lender and Agent
							/s/ Laura Oberst

							HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
							/s/ Cathy Ciolek

							NBD BANK
							/s/ Marguerite Mullins
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