Improvements in Productivity and Efficiency of Modern Solventless Adhesives, 2016 PLACE Conference

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Solventless application machinery technology has improved and continues to do so, resulting in higher line speeds and increased productivity potential.  While solventless adhesive which has been used since the 1980’s has also evolved, there is still significant room for improvement in the chemistry and properties of solventless adhesives to take advantage of the higher machine line speeds.  These improvements include (i) acceptable appearance of the laminated structure at high machine line speed, (ii) faster cure for shorter work-in-process time and yet  with a long mixed pot life with ease of clean up, and (iii) broad performance utility across many diverse substrates.  Added to these potential improvements, are requirements for higher food law acceptance in the ever changing global food law landscape.  The latest high efficiency solventless adhesive system will be discussed that addresses all of these improvements and requirements.