50 Years and Going Strong!
Over 50 Years ago -聽hot melt adhesives聽were introduced to the packaging industry. Hot Melts revolutionized the packaging industry by allowing for the rapid closure… Read More!
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Anatomy of an Automatic Hot Melt System Used in Packaging
What does the typical automatic聽hot melt system聽used in packaging consist of? Easy; one聽hot melt tank, one or more聽flexible heated hoses,聽automatic hot melt聽guns, nozzles, solenoids,… Read More!
How the Wine Industry Uses Hot Melt and Cold Glue
Glue Machinery Corporation has become an important supplier of hot melt and cold glue equipment to wineries in the USA over the last few… Read More!
Benchtop Handsfree Hot Melt Units used in Packaging
Any time packages are assembled with hot melt adhesive manually you should consider whether or not you can apply the hot melt without having… Read More!
POP Display Hot Melt Gluers
There are many methods to apply hot melt adhesive for Point of Purchase (POP) display assembly. The most common hot melt application methods in… Read More!
Principles of Pressure Sensitive Adhesion
What is the mechanism of bringing two similar or dissimilar materials together? Below are five commonly discussed adhesion mechanisms. (more…) Read More!
Composition and Technical Description of Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
HMPSAs (Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives) are typically composed of the following ingredients: (more…) Read More!
Effect of Face Stocks on Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesion
Pressure sensitive adhesion performances (for tape and label applications) often change during long-term storage after hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives (HMPSA) are coated on… Read More!
Hot Melt Viscosity vs. Viscoelasticity
Most hot melt adhesive users believe that the value of 鈥渧iscosity鈥� is an important parameter to various application techniques. The truth is that viscosity… Read More!
Production of Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (HMPSAs) are composed of Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBC), tackifier, mineral oil, a small amount of antioxidant, and other special… Read More!