Fast Precise Hot Melt Turf Gluing System
Labor is one of the highest costs facing turf/sports field assembly companies. To minimize the amount of time need to assemble the seams of… Read More!
Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Compatibility of Styrenic Blok Copolymers (SBCs) and Tackifiers
All polymeric materials possess their own specific solubility parameters, d. Hildebrand Solubility Parameters are most commonly values for determining the compatibility of raw materials used for… Read More!
Fiberglass Gluing in Roofing Plants
Very often the hot melt applicators/guns used to apply high temperature polyamides for splices in roofing plants are completely insufficient. They offer minimal melt… Read More!
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 “high softening point” 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!
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 “Good” 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!