Spool Assembly with Hot Melt Adhesives
For many years a wide range of fastening methods have been used to attach cores to sidewalls to create spools. These methods include nails,… Read More!
Softening Point | Hot Melt Adhesives
Most hot melt users anticipate achieving a high heat resistance with a 鈥渉igh softening point鈥� hot melt adhesive. Softening point, like the viscosity measurement,… Read More!
Hot Melt Module Internal Seal Wear
Hot Melt Gun Modules are the valves used to cycle hot melt through nozzles onto substrates. The modules are the considered the "wear parts"… Read More!
Skin Contact Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (HMPSAs) have been widely used for making medical pads and tapes in the past couple decades. Prior to introducing… Read More!
Gear Pump vs Piston Pump for Hot Melt Systems
Hot melt is successfully pumped from melters with both gear and piston pumps. Each pump can be used in a range of applications and… Read More!
Shear Adhesion of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Shear adhesion, or holding power, is one of the most important pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) performances. Shear adhesion is the ability of a tape… Read More!
What Are 鈥淕ood鈥� Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives?
Many HMPSA (Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives) users frequently request good products at low prices without knowing or telling suppliers what they actually need.… Read More!
High and Low Temperature Resistances | Hot Melt Adhesives
Many hot melt adhesive producers and users are under the impression that hot melt adhesive with high temperature and low temperature resistances are not… Read More!
Selection of Mineral Oils for Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Selection of an adequate mineral oil for a Styrenic Block Copolymer (SBC)-based adhesive is very important. Although most mineral oils look alike, they impart… Read More!
Hot Melt Modules – Leaking, Dripping and Stringing
Hot melt gun modules are high pressure fluid valves. These are typically attached to heated hot melt gun manifolds for quick and easy removal… Read More!