Hot melts | Adhesives & Sealants Industry

Ask Dr. Dave: October 2013

We want to bond steel to foamed polystyrene in large bond areas.

October 1, 2013

QUESTION: We want to bond steel to foamed polystyrene in large bond areas, and we want to use a cost-effective adhesive that doesn’t take long to dry. Is a hot melt the way to go?

H.B. FULLER CO.: Hot-Melt Adhesive

October 1, 2013

This company has released Advantra Encore™ 4000, a proprietary polymer technology for case and carton sealing.

Podcasts: Listen and Learn

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September 26, 2013

All three podcasts can be found at www.adhesivesmag.com/pods.

Advancing Adhesives: Improving Hot-Melt Adhesives

A new generation of polyolefins with valuable properties has been introduced.

September 4, 2013

Polyolefin-based, hot-melt adhesives have proven their advantages in various fields of adhesive applications in recent decades. In the last 10 years, a new generation of polyolefins have been introduced, showing new and value-adding properties for the hot-melt adhesive customer.

NORDSON CORP.: Temperature Controllers

July 29, 2013

Concert™ series temperature controllers reportedly provide an easy, economical way to increase application flexibility and capacity of material melters.

HENKEL CORP.: Automotive Hot Melt

June 12, 2013

This company’s automotive group has introduced TECHNOMELT XPO 1050, a polyolefin-based hot melt that can reportedly bond a variety of interior-related substrates without the need for pretreatment of the plastic surface.

H.B. FULLER CO.: Hot-Melt Adhesive

May 16, 2013

This company has introduced Swift^®lock 2U232-3N, a UL 10C fire-rated component status adhesive designed to help door manufacturers improve production while meeting industry certification and fire rating requirements.

Ask Dr. Dave: May 2013

Several types of products can provide high electrical conductivity for assembly applications.

Dave Dunn Ph.D.

May 1, 2013

QUESTION: We are looking for adhesives with high electrical conductivity for several assembly operations. What alternatives do we have?

High-Efficiency Styrenic Block Copolymers

High-efficiency polymers can help formulators by reducing viscosity or increasing formulation flexibility.

Paul Dalley Val Kirby Mike Myers

May 1, 2013

Today’s hot-melt formulators face many challenges, including variations in the availability of raw material supply and the pressure to reduce formulation costs. High-efficiency polymers can help formulators by reducing formulation viscosity or increasing formulation flexibility, which allows for the exchange of resin or oil for polymers.

Arkema self-assembling acrylic block copolymers

Self-Assembling Acrylic Block Copolymers for Enhanced Adhesives Properties

A new type of acrylic copolymer has been developed that features block structures and controlled functional group placement due to a controlled radical polymerization process.

Jean-Marc Boutillier Jean-Pierre Disson Mickael Havel Raber Inoubli Stephanie Magnet Christian Laurichesse Daniel Lebouvier

May 1, 2013

Acrylic polymers are widely used in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) applications in the form of emulsion, solvent or radiation-cured systems. They combine good UV resistance, transparency, tailored tack, and stiffness due to a large choice of acrylic and methacrylic comonomers.