Hot Melt News

There are numerous Pocket Folder patterns that can be produced using hot melt. Some of these pocket folder styles include the 3-Sided Reinforced Fold, Constantine Fold, Pocket with Flap, Horizontal Vertical Pocket Fold and Auto Lock Bottom Box (Crash Lock).

The system used typically requires a hot melt tank, two flexible hoses,guns, nozzles and solenoids as well as a basic variable speed controller. The adhesive used for pocket folder gluing is typically an aggressive fast setting EVA hot melt.

Hot melt equipment with high speed applicators and precise patterning capabilities has allowed finishing companies to produce high quality pocket folders on pocket folder machinery at the highest possible speeds.

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The Hot CoatTM and Hot CoatTM Plus industrial hot melt rollcoaters are now available with standard patterned wheel to apply dots of hot melt adhesive to flat rigid substrates.

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The Hot Coat and Hot Coat Plus DP includes a patterned hot melt wheel with drilled dots on close centers. This adhesive patterning allows for focused, concentrated bonding of hot melt with dots rather than a thin overall layer of hot melt. Using dots to bond substrates or “Zone Coating” has the effect of reducing adhesive consumption, can increase laminated substrate flexibility and is a cleaner application method eliminating messy “Stringing” off the coating wheel.

The Hot Coat Plus DP’s are built on the smallest footprint in the industry for easily operator accessibility. They have the best melt rate of any small hot melt rollcoater with both a heated tank and heated wheel. The variable speed drive and precise temperature controls with micrometer coating blade adjustment insure that the hot melt pattern is perfect with each application.

Delivery for these units with patterned roll is 2 to 8 weeks depending on stock. The smaller 7’s and 11’s are the shortest lead time.Custom drilled patterns will cost approximately 25% more and extend the delivery of the system.

 

 
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A seasonal packaging company recently called Glue Machinery for a hot melt system to seal the bottom of cases they were currently producing. They needed to erect and glue 60,000 box bottoms in a three month period. This was a daunting task that the company dreaded as this erecting process was expensive, slow, and low quality box bottoms were encountered in their initial process.

Glue Machinery Corporation recommended the Ergo Erector instead of just a hot melt system. The Ergo Erector allowed them to quickly square the boxes, apply the adhesive to the minor flaps, and compress the major flaps. This equipment worked so well that the second hot melt system the customer insisted they needed was not purchased. The customer was also glad to report that they went ahead to retool their plant due to the major efficiency gains realized by using the Glue Machinery Corporation Ergo Erector.

The Ergo Erector™ simlifies box erecting, improves package quality, accelerates the box building process, and reduces adhesive consumption by as much as 50%.

The operator can easily square boxes by sliding them over the mandrel, folding in the minor flaps, applying the hot melt to the minor flaps, compressing the major flaps against the mandrel, and lastly sealing the case bottom permanently. The mandrel system insures that the minor flaps do not deflect away from the major flaps when compressed and that maximum bond is achieved immediately.

The complete Ergo Erector™ system includes steel workstation base, adjustable height mandrel, mandrel specific to your box or boxes, high volume hot melt tank, hose and gun, welded steel hot melt tank stand, adjustable boom, hose cradle and tool balancer.

Assembly is very easy typically taking one hour.
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Glue Machinery Corporation has dramatically increased the success rate of our hot melt and cold glue applications by testing customer’s adhesives and substrates with the actual equipment that will be used in production. We document the process and offer our expert analysis and recommendations quickly. In certain applications we document the assembly process on video and email the customer the link. Please call or email us for more information

Adhesive R&D Lab - Equipment Lab Testing 
Glue Machinery Corporation’s R&D Lab offers:

• Fast testing of the system you plan to purchase with your
  adhesive
• Documentation of the operation of your new system with your adhesive
  - Written analysis
  - Video documentation
• System recommendations for application
• Adhesive recommendations and quotations
• Custom peripheral recommendation

For thorough, expedited testing please send the following:

1. Multiple small samples of your substrate
2. Your UPS shipping number for the return of samples
3. Your business card and return address
4. An assembled product for evaluation
5. A complete description of your assembly process
6. A CD, DVD or link to a video of the assembly process
7. The equipment and/or adhesive from Glue Machinery Corporation that you are interested in testing
8. A specification and MSDS sheet for the adhesive you are providing
9. Your email address that we can send the custom video link to

B & R Moll (formerly Dick Moll) Glu-Bind hot melt machinery such as the Dynamini and Dynamelt are available from Glue Machinery Corporation. Also available are flexible heated hoses, guns and nozzles.

Glue Machinery Corporation is the largest sales and service company in the USA for these industrial hot melt systems and components used on the B and R Moll Glu-Bind systems. This hot melt machinery is available from Glue Machinery Corporation with quick delivery, aggressive pricing, and strong service.

The Glu-Bind hot melt systems from Glue Machinery Corporation are used on the Moll Pocket Folder equipment to apply precise beads of hot melt at high speed. The Glu-Bind Dynamini and Dynamelt are “Melt On Demand” hot melt tanks with piston or gear pumps and precision temperature controls.

Please call or email to discuss your Moll Glu-Bind hot melt machinery and how Glue Machinery Corporation can cut costs and improve service.