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Nov 21, 2012 - Hot Melt Adhesives for Closing Cartons and Boxes
This article reviews hot melt adhesives and their requirements for closing cartons and boxes. The factors that result in a successful application are reviewed as well as common test methods employed...
Mar 14, 2012 - Lamination Control Matters in Flexible Packaging
For flexible packaging, it is imperative to blend, dispense and apply the adhesives that laminate films and foils to substrate materials with precision. As well as preventing waste, this helps avoid...
Dec 15, 2011 - Dispensing with Confidence
To make reliable products, you have to use the right methods. When dispensing adhesives, it's important to consider adhesive properties like viscosity and the components used to make them. Likewise,...
Nov 9, 2011 - Rigid packaging: Adhesive Types, their Applications and Recent Trends
For manufacturers developing and producing rigid packaging, it's vital to be fully aware of what different types of adhesives can do for them, and which applications they each suit best. Economical...
Mar 16, 2011 - Trends in Packaging Tapes: Towards a Sustainable Future
There are three macro-trends regarding pressure sensitive adhesives packaging tape that are reviewed in this article. These trends are: (1) emphasis on productivity, (2) environmental awareness, and...
Dec 22, 2010 - Surfactant Migration Raises Food Contact Concerns
Call it a known unknown. EU and US regulations seek to limit chemical migration from packaging into food, yet adhesives in food packaging are not yet expressly regulated in Europe. Consequently, while...
Jul 21, 2010 - Adhesives Make Blister Packaging Work
This article reviews the various types of blister packaging on the market today and the substrates that are generally used. The adhesive and bonding process is a crucial element in blister packaging,... (3 Member Reactions)
Feb 3, 2010 - Bonding Leather
This article reviews the characteristics of leather as an adhesive substrate and points out why there can be much variability in leather bonding. It also describes the adhesives that are commonly... (1 Member Reaction)
Jan 13, 2010 - Will Edible Adhesives Lead to the Packaging of the Future?
This article reviews edible polymers that are used as adhesives and coatings in food packaging. Edible adhesives and coatings are very promising systems for the future improvement of food quality and...
Nov 25, 2009 - Sustainable Packaging Lamination Adhesives
When surveyed in recent years, manufacturers and consumers have overwhelmingly shown that the environmental impact of packaging is a growing concern. For laminating applications, a strong case can be... (1 Member Reaction)
Jun 10, 2009 - Focus on Modern Flexible Packaging Adhesives
Flexible packaging is now a well established favourite, predominantly in producing containers for food. While millions of such packages are being manufactured there remain limitations to how... (1 Member Reaction)
May 27, 2009 - Fuel Cell Adhesives and Sealants
This article is the third part in a series of articles dealing with new markets for adhesives and sealants that have been created by our unquenchable demand for electricity. The first part focused on... (3 Member Reactions)
Apr 29, 2009 - Bonding in Thin-Film Electronics
Thin-film semiconductors and electronics are becoming increasingly important as devices get ever smaller and thinner. The most enduring image of such technologies is a circuit produced on a flexible...
Apr 15, 2009 - Adhesives in the Furniture Industry
The furniture industry is a major user of adhesives and has been so for many decades. One can easily argue that adhesives are as important as wood or any other substrate to the builder of furniture....
Feb 18, 2009 - Producing Long-Lasting Lightweight Structures: Adhesives for Sandwich Panels
If you are involved in a manufacturing application that demands structural materials with high strength-to-weight ratio, heat resistance, sound insulation and easy assembly, then you should consider... (1 Member Reaction)
Oct 29, 2008 - An Overview of the Packaging Adhesive Market
Estimates suggest that packaging applications comprise up to 35 percent of the global adhesive market, with revenues from North America alone anticipated to hit $4.65 billion in 2008. The market can...
Sep 3, 2008 - Textile Adhesives and Adhesion
Adhesives and adhesion are of fundamental importance to the textile and clothing industries. They are necessary in nearly every type of textile-based product. Adhesion to textile fibers and fabrics...
Apr 16, 2008 - Choosing Adhesive Bonding Over Other Fastening Methods - Weighing the Options
This article addresses the process of choosing a method of joining. In many applications, several joining methods are possible. These include welding, brazing and soldering, mechanical fastening, and...
Jan 30, 2008 - Epoxy adhesives
Epoxy adhesives are suitable for such a wide range of applications that they are sometimes mistakenly rejected on the grounds that they are too generalist. In fact there are so many grades...
Dec 12, 2007 - Corrugated Board Manufacture
Almost 95% of all products that are shipped are shipped in corrugated boxes. These include small items such as light bulbs and pizza to larger items such as computers and dishwashers. In 2005, the...