Hotmelt.com Glue Blog

  Adhesives are at the heart of most manufacturing and product assembly processes. Today we are going to review how the foundry industry uses hot melt for core production and dig into the Foundrytec line of hot melt products from Power Adhesives.

Hot Melt Adhesive Demand Continues to Grow The Hot Melt Adhesives industry has been steadily growing, and according to a recent report by Research and Markets, it will continue to do so steadily through 2020. The report was conducted to analyze the growth of the Global Hot Melt Adhesives industry for the forecast period between 2015-2020 and to determine what factors are behind the growth in the industry, and why certain regions are growing more rapidly than others. Upon completion, Markets and Research found that the market is expected to expand at a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during this period, and that growth is being driven by technological advancements and innovations in polymer-based adhesives. As of 2015, the Hot Melt Adhesives industry is valued at $5.4 billion.

Industrial Hot Melt Products and How They Are Used  Industrial hot melt is used in applications formulated for specific purposes in each industry. There are a wide variety of dispensing machines, glue sticks, and bulk hot melt adhesives (HMAs) all designed with specific applications in mind. There is a difference in color, viscosity, heating temperature, raw materials and set time among the various HMAs.

Hot Melt Molding Over Epoxy in Manufacturing Manufacturing companies in search of an adhesive that is a cost-effective alternative to epoxy should ...

Understanding Polyamide Hot Melt Seeking a solution for a hard-to-bond material? Need a super-strong bond that will hold up to challenging conditio...

Power Adhesives Casttec 42 Overview Precast concrete just got easier with Power Adhesives Casttec 42 hot melt adhesive. This high-performance spray...

We know shopping for the perfect hot melt gun can sometimes be a difficult task. There is a lot to consider including cost, performance, brand and ...

Inexpensive Hot Melt is Fine, Cheap Hot Melt is Bad. When you are looking for hot melt adhesives in bulk, price is certainly a consideration, but q...

Even the best built adhesive applicator needs a little TLC every now and then. One of the toughest guns we carry is the 3M PG II pneumatic glue gu...

Here at Hotmelt.com, we are always on the lookout for new and clever applications for our products, and today, we want to tell you about some recen...

We wanted to name today's post "A Song of Fire and Ice" and make some Game of Thrones jokes, but our editor called us "a bunch of slack-off nerds"...

Working with foam? It's not the easiest substrate, but luckily here at Hotmelt.com we have lots of adhesives and solutions for even the most diffi...