One of the most effective methods of pest control is the use of glue traps. Glue traps are available as Glue trays or Glue Boards.

Glue trays are filled with pressure sensitive adhesive that forms a thick pool of adhesive up to an 1/8" thick. Glue boards are coated with .020 to .050" thick hot melt adhesive and a polyisobutylene adhesive.

Typically Glue trays are used for rats and mice- while glue boards are used for mice, insects, snakes and scorpions.

Hot Melt Pressure sensitive glue is used for both traps. Polyisobutylene, a clear vasoline type of adhesive, is often used for insect boards.

Hot melt handguns, automatic hot melt bead guns, and automatic Multi-Line extrusion guns are used to fill the tray manually or automatically in the creation of these Glue Trays. To create Glue Boards, an intermittent Slot Die applicator and Multi-line Extrusion guns are used to apply adhesive automatically to sheet fed boards or continuous webs of paper.

Hot Melt Adhesives and Polyisobutylene adhesive used for trays and boards are extremely sticky and very hard to handle- for this reason most tray and board manufacturers purchase these adhesives in drums and pump directly to the applicator.

For more information call or email Pierce Covert,
Glue Machinery Corporation
1(888)202-2468 info@gluemachinery.com