Troubleshooting Case & Carton Failures: “Chewing Gum Failure”

You’re wearing a brand new pair of shoes when you step on a wad of chewing gum. You can feel the gum stretching up from the ground as you lift your foot, revealing a stringy mess. Isn’t it the worst? In the world of packaging, industrial adhesives can behave in a similar way, which we

By |2020-05-05T12:31:50-04:00April 6th, 2016|Packaging|

Troubleshooting Case & Carton Failures: Adhesive Pre-Set

You’ve packaged your product, sealed the box, and are ready to ship. You’re close to getting product out the door when you notice that the boxes have popped open. Unfortunately, pop-opens can cause downtime and increase your costs. Case and carton failures can happen for a number of reasons. In this four-part series, we’ll address

By |2020-05-05T12:34:24-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Packaging|

Edge Banding with Adhesives 101

How unsightly would it be if the edges of your kitchen cabinets and countertops were left raw and unfinished? Fortunately, we don’t have to spend much time thinking about this since there’s a process called edge banding to thank for those smooth, finished edges. What Is Edge Banding? Edge banding refers to both the process

By |2020-05-05T12:38:28-04:00October 1st, 2015|Woodworking|

Which Labeling Adhesive Should I Use?

You’re familiar with your labeling process, but how much time do you have to dedicate to understanding the adhesive? If you’re like most people, the answer is not a whole lot. With so much going on in your facility, there’s little time left for understanding how adhesives work. One of the first questions you may

By |2020-05-05T12:48:25-04:00July 15th, 2015|Labeling|

Food Packaging: Adhering Hard-to-Bond Surfaces

Some substrates are more difficult to bond than others, particularly those in the food packaging industry. Many of our customers use corrugated packaging that has a wax curtain coating or is wax impregnated, making adhesion more difficult to achieve. Without the right adhesive, you may face pop-opens and other adhesion failures, increasing your costs. At

By |2020-05-05T13:27:33-04:00May 6th, 2015|Food Packaging|

Leave the Adhesive for Food Packaging to Us

If you’re in the food packaging industry, chances are you spend a lot of time thinking about how to satisfy your customers while also trying to comply with food safety standards and avoid costly product recalls. It’s easy to see how juggling all of these needs can cause potential issues like those highlighted in a

By |2020-05-05T13:22:12-04:00April 8th, 2015|Food Packaging, Support|

Hot Melts 101: PSAs

Welcome to Hot Melts 101, an ongoing series of articles where we discuss various types of hot melt adhesives. So far, we’ve addressed EVAs and metallocenes. This time around, we will focus on PSAs (pressure sensitive adhesives). Pressure sensitive adhesives are hot melts that require pressure to bond their substrates, hence the name. Based on

By |2020-05-05T13:32:42-04:00March 13th, 2015|Hot Melts 101|

Product Feature: ASP-3067

Increase your package integrity with ASP-3067. This multi-purpose, premium freezer-grade packaging hot melt is recommended for medium to high speed tray forming and case sealing operations. ASP-3067 exhibits excellent hot tack, which provides the green strength necessary to hold the package together while the extended range bites through the heaviest of wax coatings. Adhesion Science

By |2020-05-05T13:37:50-04:00March 2nd, 2015|Products|

Are You Applying Too Much Adhesive?

When applying adhesive, putting down more is not necessarily better. Applying too much adhesive is often the cause of field failures, such as pop-opens. You can save on costs and increase your production by applying just the right amount of adhesive. How do you know when you’re applying too much adhesive? Too much adhesive will

By |2020-05-05T13:35:52-04:00March 2nd, 2015|Adhesive Articles, Support|

Product Feature: ASP-3054

Get a lightning-fast adhesive without compromising quality. ASP-3054 is a premium metallocene hot melt that exhibits excellent bonds on a wide variety of paperboard and paper stocks, including some coated stock. This metallocene has excellent pot stability and medium viscosity for good machining on all standard hot melt application equipment. This reduces downtime, also cutting

By |2020-05-05T13:45:32-04:00January 30th, 2015|Products|
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