Hotmelt.com Glue Blog

We cover everything you need to know about fugitive glue, including how it works, common applications, and key factors to consider when selecting or dispensing it. 

What is Knottec? It's hard to believe that there is a wood repair system that is both premium quality and low-cost. Power Adhesives developed the ...

Cyanoacrylate (CA) glue is the industrial name for what is commonly known as “Crazy Glue” or “Super Glue.” Learn more about what CA glue is and its uses.

Better Packaging With Hot Melt When a business is first starting out, it takes a lot of ingenuity, pluck, and making the best of what's around. Wh...

Hot melt adhesive is no stranger to packaging, not only is it efficient, but cost-effective. There are a few packaging glue and equipment options and packaging techniques that are used when applying hot melt. 

Metallocene or metallocene blends are hot melts that typically have less volume and are less dense than other kinds of hot melts like EVAs. Metallocene offers optimal strength while using less glue, so it’s great for applications where you need to use less adhesive without compromising strength.

Adhesives find their way into almost all parts of a mattress. Mattress assembly primarily utilizes hot melt, water-based adhesive, or solvent-based adhesives. Mattress manufacturers use adhesives for securing pillow tops, cushioning foam, joining slabs and blocks of foam around spring systems, adhering fabrics, fibers, and insulation materials to foam.

Partially due to an increase for packaging needs in Asian-Pacific and South American markets, the adhesive industry is positively booming. Accordi...

Handheld glue guns are a valuable tool to have available at your end of line production to repair damaged packaging before your product is sent off. If you already are using an in-line application system, we recommend you also have at least one glue gun available for the inevitable quick fixes that will need to be made.

When considering which type of epoxy to choose, there are many factors to consider. One factor to think about is the epoxy working time.

When it comes to case and carton closing for boxes that will be in the refrigerator or freezer, traditional hot melt sticks aren’t going to hold up the way that specialized hot melt for the freezer will. Because of the more extreme environment and difficult substrates, specialized freezer grade adhesives are important to ensure a strong enough bond to prevent pop-open boxes. 

Hot melt adhesive dots are one of the most useful adhesive products on the market. Glue dots—often called glue “spots”—are small, round dabs of pressure-sensitive hot melt. They are applied to a coated surface so they can be easily removed and applied to a variety of substrates. Because they have an instant bond, glue dots eliminate dangerous odors, the mess associated with liquid hot melt adhesives, and residue left behind from film, tape, and webbing.