Hot Melt Adhesive vs. Conventional Application Methods
Why Hotmelt?
Go green. Most hot melts are totally biodegradable and make your products totally recyclable. They also create no VOCs (solvent emissions), no waste water issues and no airborne contaminants, making EPA issues a thing of the past.
Save adhesive coating, increase profits. Offering lighter coat weights, hot melt adhesives mean you can use less adhesive and save more money.
Make more product (correctly). Not only do hot melts offer high-precision adhesive application at faster production speeds, they can also be processed immediately after adhesive application, saving time and space in your facility.
Add value with additives. Both hot melt adhesives and ITW Dynatec’s technologies are compatible with various value-adding additives, including anti-microbial, flame retardant, anti-oxidant, UV inhibiting and water repelling chemicals.
Hot Melt Polymer Advantages
- Make your product more “green”
- Most are totally biodegradable
- No VOC’s (solvent emissions)
- No waste water issues
- No airborne contaminants
- Products totally recyclable
- Lighter coat weights
- Faster production speeds
- Immediate post processing
- Energy savings
- Alleviate EPA issues
- Ability to support various additives such as:
- Anti-Microbial
- Flame Retardants
- Anti-Oxidants
- UV Inhibitors
- Water Repellant
Mechanical Advantages
- Variable coat weights on the fly
- Faster production speeds
- Intermittent patterning
- Vary web widths on the fly
- Less overall cost
- Line speeds exceeding 2500 ft/min.
- No burn through of thin substrates
- Non contact – will not compress or crush the substrate
- Provide measured breathability for filter production
- Used in single layer and multiple layer laminating applications.
- Monitor and compensate for variances in line speed to maintain constant coat weight