Hot Melt Adhesive
 

A selection of EVA and Pressure Sensitive hot melt adhesives is available to complement our range of waterbased adhesives in the paper & board market sectors.

A variety of more specialist adhesives are also available including peelable/fugitive grades for direct mail applications, low odour & clean running products for food packaging and high adhesion hotmelts.

These products come in a range of forms including chips/slats, blocks, 12mm stick and 43mm hotmelt slugs.

For more information please consult the product selection guides or alternatively Contact Us

View Product Selection Guide - General Packaging (PDF Format)

View Product Selection Guide - Carton & Case Sealing (PDF Format)
View Product Selection Guide - Printing Finishing (PDF Format)
 
Frequently Asked Questions
 

My hotmelt adhesive is creating a high level of (cobbwebbing / stringing / angel hair) on my packaging machine and risks pack contamination.

Pafra Adhesives Ltd has a range of clean running packaging grades Contact Us suitable for bonding at high speed with clean running properties at high line speeds.

Our hotmelt adhesive is failing to bond my cartons but nothing has been changed in my process.

There could be a number of reasons for these failures including grade selection, substrates/surface contamination, and temperature. Please contact our technical dept. Contact Us who will be happy to offer advice.

My hotmelt adhesive is slow to melt and is slowing down my production line.

Melting rate could be affected by several factors including machine, environment and adhesives selection. Pafra Adhesives Ltd can advise you of ways of improving your productivity in this respect. Contact Us

My carton flaps are popping open after bonding.

There are a number of possible factors that may have contributed to these failures. Possible solutions may involve a longer open time product, higher specific adhesion, adhesive alignment or incorrect adhesive selection. Contact Us

Bonded cartons are failing when chilled or frozen.

Pafra Adhesives Ltd has a range of hotmelt adhesives suitable for low temperature storage applications Contact Us .These products maintain flexibility when chilled providing a good balance of properties under ambient and chilled conditions.

Is your hotmelt suitable for food cartons.

Pafra Adhesives Ltd have a range of packaging hotmelts Contact Us for various applications that are suitable for contact with foodstuffs in accordance with the USA Code of Federal Regulations, 21CFR., Chp. 1., Part 175, Sub-Part B, Section 175-105 'Adhesives' 

Do you have a hotmelt suitable for grease freeze board.

Pafra Adhesives Ltd has a range of adhesives suitable for applications involving combinations of difficult surfaces and chilled storage Contact Us.

I would like a peelable bond for my promotional CD on a gloss magazine and my waterbased adhesive is too slow to dry.

We have a range of low tack, pressure sensitive hotmelts, suitable for most peelable/fugitive applications Contact Us. It is important to select the correct tack level for the substrate to be used to ensure that removal of the item does not damage the surface.

My current hotmelt is not giving the desired grab during production and the bonds are failing at the end of the production line, if I run at my normal speed.

It is possible that your adhesive is not setting fast enough and is cohesively failing. Pafra Adhesives Ltd has a range of packaging hotmelts covering a range of setting speeds and application requirements for most end of line packaging requirements Contact Us

What is the shelf life of your hotmelt adhesives.

Most of our hotmelts should be used within 2 years please refer to our product data sheets for guidelines regarding optimum storage conditions.

I have noticed excessive amounts of bubbles in the hotmelt adhesive when set, this looks unsightly how can I improve the appearance.

This effect could be the result of excessive moisture in the carton board when bonded. Ensure that materials to be bonded are stored in suitable conditions.

 


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