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Sustainability

Evolving Solvent-Based Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Ann McGlone Steven Medina
Sustainability is an ever-present driver for new products and applications. In pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs), sustainability is sometimes an underlying influence in the move from solvent- to emulsion-based products. This is …
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Raw Materials and Chemicals

Pros and Cons of Polyurea Adhesives

Polyureas have a lot of similarity to polyurethanes, but they are two-component systems based on reacting an isocyanate with a multifunctional amine rather than with a polyol. This chemical reaction …
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Converting/Packaging

Thinking Outside of the Box When Choosing the Right Packaging

Justine Hanlon
In years past, if you wanted to protect, ship, and sell your product, you put it in a can, bottle, or box. Today, packaging comes in all different forms, types, …
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Testing/Quality Control

Performance Testing of Hydrophilic Coatings on Medical Devices

Having a piece of plastic or metal inserted into your body is never going to feel like a warm blanket wrapping around you, but it is possible to make sure …
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Finished Adhesives and Sealants

Putting Things Together During a Pandemic

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Susan Sutton
Life during COVID-19 has brought about issues that many of us never envisioned back in early March. On top of innumerable personal challenges, many of our businesses have seen true …
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Raw Materials and Chemicals

Renewable Alternative: Cashew Nutshell Liquid-Based Isocyanate Blocking Agent

James Zhao Yun Mi Kim Pietro Campaner
Cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) is a non-edible, bio-based material commonly used as a building block for various resins, hardeners, and modifiers in the adhesives, coatings, and composites industries. A high-purity …
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Finished Adhesives and Sealants

What Tests Should I Run on My Structural Adhesive Systems?

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George W. Ritter, Ph.D.
When anticipating using adhesives in structural bonding, a common need is developing the testing protocol to demonstrate bonded system effectiveness. While pressure-sensitive tapes are used in structural joining, this discussion …