Basic Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer Principles for Hotmelt Applicator Systems - Melt Units, 1995 Hot Melt Symposium Proceedings
Fred A. Slautterback
Slautterback Corporation
The physical laws governing the operating behavior of melting and heating devices are well known and documented in the engineering disciplines. Although specific thermal behavior may vary for each hotmelt applicator system based on the individual product design, fundamentally, and universally, all equipment will demonstrate behavior that complies with basic thermodynamic and heat transfer principles.
It is the purpose of this report to describe these basic principles as they apply to hotmelt applicator systems and, in particular, the "melt unit" Understanding the basic thermal operating principles should enable the reader to objectively evaluate system performance.
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