Advantages of Chinese Hot Melt Adhesive

A hot melt adhesive, which is also referred to as hot glue, is a thermoplastic adhesive often sold as solid cylindrical cylinders which come in different diameters. These adhesives liquefy when heated, and after being applied on a surface, they harden as they cool and reach their bond strength within seconds. These Chinese adhesives work quickly and thus help speed up production and packaging. They stick on any surface, including plastics, light gauge metal, foams, corrugated cardboard, fabrics, and particle boards. The hot melt system gives a collection of applicators, accessories, and adhesives that are needed to give a convenient, fast, and long-lasting bond. This article lists the benefits of hot melt adhesive.

Components of Chinese Hot Melt Adhesives

The components of hot melts are mostly polymers. Some of these polymers are polythene, ethylene, polyolefin, polyesters, polyamides, methyl acrylate, or ethylene n- butyl acrylate. An industrial glue gun is used to apply this adhesive, and it works either by finder pressure or trigger action. This adhesive is used in various sets due to its adaptability in graphic art, labels, and tapes, in the automotive industries, cartoon-making, and bookbinding.

The time this adhesive takes to cure can be changed depending on the needs of the job. It is environmentally friendly and safe for use. It is also easy to ship as well as a store. The adhesive's melting point should be above the least temperature that the user will see in the service. Hot melts can be easily disposed of without special provisions.

Uses of Chinese Hot Melt Adhesives

Holt melt adhesives are used in automobiles for seating assembly and also in the interior trim. They are used in the furniture industry for cabinet assembly. They are also used in electronics for tacking wires and also encapsulation. They are also used when packing to close cases, seal cartons, wrap, and pallet stabilization. The best materials used well with these adhesives are ceramic, plastics, wood, paper, fabrics, Styrofoam, glass, metal, and organic substances. Adhesives are important for everyone despite age, from young children who use diapers to older people who use hearing aids.

Chinese adhesives are important in professional life because they are used in calculators, computers, electrical cables, pockets, and stationery since they hold stamps in place. They are also found indoor handles and windows for a tight seal against the prevailing environmental conditions.

Advantages of Chinese Hot Melt Adhesives

• Shear and heat resistant

Hot melts have polymers, which makes them more viscous, more flexible as well as tougher. This makes the impact and shear resistant as well as heat resistant. These make the bond between the adhesive stronger, making it last for a long time. This makes it durable.

• Tougher and more aggressive hot melt

Adhesives have tackifying resins that define the stickiness of the adhesive. This is how long an adhesive stays on a surface after it is applied. These resins control the duration the adhesive remains liquid when in contact with the surface onto which it is applied. Some of these resins used are terpene phenolic, C9, C5, and hydrogenated rosin. A less tackifying resin gives you an advantage of a tougher and more aggressive hot melt.

• Bond with great aggressiveness

Chinese hot melt adhesives also have waxes which control the set speed and open duration. Set speed controls how fast the hot melt forms a bond of the accepted strength. The wax also influences the heat resistance as well as the adhesion of the hot melt. Some of the waxes used are synthetic waxes, microcrystalline waxes, and natural wax. Lower wax content gives the melt a higher viscosity and flexibility, which makes it bong with greater aggressiveness.

• Protect the material from degradation

Hot melts also have antioxidants that protect the material they are subjected to from degradation from its shelf life period. Some of these antioxidants are aromatic amines, phenols, phosphates, phosphites as well as BHT. These protect the material in shelf life and the molted state as its being applied or compounded. These adhesives are suitable for outdoor maintenance because environmental conditions such as moisture and humidity cannot interfere with the bond's durability or setting. These adhesives form a long-lasting bond. There is no need to hold pieces together during clamping because these adhesives are quickly set.

• Greater flexibility & toughness

Adhesives also have plasticizers, which give the melt greater flexibility and toughness. They are often hydrocarbons. Using them gives a lower melt viscosity as well as a faster wet. They also prevent the growth of bacteria and also add strength and bulk, and this reduces cost. They also come with pigments that cause glitter.

Hot melts facilitate bonds that are tight between surfaces that are close-fitting and avoid visibility of unwanted joints. They eliminate discoloration or distortion of parts that are caused by thermal joints. They remove heat that causes metal weakening that is as a result of welding. They cause tight bonds between surfaces that are close-fitting as well as prevent visibility of the unwanted joints.

• Easy to dispose with no special precaution

Hot melt adhesives have several advantages over solvent-based adhesives, such as the fact that the drying step is eliminated. Also, hot met adhesives are easy to dispose of without special precaution and have a long shelf life compared to solvent adhesives. In hot adhesives, organic compounds are reduced. Not only that, hot adhesives do not lose their thickness during the process of drying. However, there are several challenges encountered with the use of these adhesives. Higher temperatures cause the bond to lose strength.

Some Chinese adhesives are also not resistant to weathering or chemical attacks. There is a thermal load, which limits substrates that are not sensitive to high temperatures. However, these challenges can be easily reduced using a reactive hot melt adhesive, which, after it has solidified, undergoes further curing.

• These are flexible and versatile

Another advantage of hot melt adhesive is flexibility in the 'open time.' This is where the duration is taken to create a bond between seconds if it is fast- setting to a longer duration or infinity in pressure-sensitive adhesives. Adhesives are also versatile. This is in the different substances they can easily bond with. These include ceramics, paper, metals, plastics, glass as well as wood.

• Large variety of applicability

Adhesives also offer larger applicability in industries such as disposable diapers, which are used in hygiene industries. They are also used in corrugated boxes and paperboard cartons, mostly in the packaging industries. They are also used in the bookbinding for spine gluing. Hot melts are used for lamination in the wood assembly as well as product assembly.

• Lower processing costs

Hot melts have lower regulatory requirements and also have lower processing costs. They also have a smaller fact footprint as compared to other binding methods. Their melting point and softening are above their service temperature, and this gives them durability. Hot melts occur in many forms, such as ropes, blocks, sticks, dots, or spinal spray.

• Spray-able for large assemblies

Hot metals that are spray-able are available for large assemblies. They are suitable for high-temperature bonding. They are also suitable for either woven or non-woven fabrics, for plastics, as well as foams. They can do large surface lamination; they can do plotting, encapsulating, and also sealing.

• Prevent damage on laminated surfaces

Hot melts are suitable for attaching samples such as fabrics, foams, wood flooring, and laminates. They make it easy to fast and securely bond spacers in three-dimension corrugated cardboard displays. They also prevent damage to laminated or painted surfaces. This is especially in auto body repairs. They also prevent the discoloration or the distortion of parts that are a result of thermal joining techniques. This is especially in the stainless steel door assembly. Also, the cold seal adhesives are for food packaging.

• Offer sound dampening

They provide vibration as well as sound dampening. In buildings, adhesives prevent sound transfers between individual floors. They reduce wind noise, especially in adhesives, which are cured- an in-place to metals. Hot welds eliminate the stress of having to concentrate with screws or rivet holes. These adhesives also seal against salts, moisture, and other prevailing environmental conditions.

• They remove weld grinding that’s done for flatness

There are many other advantages of Chinese hot melt adhesives. They help in production, too, by removing weld grinding done for flatness; it also allows a continuous manufacturing process to prevent rework due to discoloration or distortion. They also do bonds and seals in a simple step. They enable one to use a pre-painted metal and eliminate the hardship of pre-drilling holes.

• It’s cheaper than other countries

The availability of cheaper raw materials in the country has made it to be the cheapest producer of hot melt adhesives. The availability of labor that is not only cheap but also skilled has greatly reduced the cost of production as compared to other countries. Government incentives and initiatives in the sector have ensured that the manufacturers are able to greatly reduce the cost of production. This has led cost reduction of the finished product. The cost of Chinese adhesive by Shenzhen VES Tech is quite low compared to Jowat SE.

• Transportation and logistics is very convenient

The Chinese government has greatly invested in the transportation and logistics sector. This has helped to reduce the cost of getting the product to the client. The growth in railway and road and the improved capacity of all its major ports enhanced the network. This has greatly reduced turn-around time and also the reduction of costs. Government and private partnerships have in-turn worked towards reducing all the costing factors from production to delivery. Hence, the transportation of Chinese hot adhesive is very convenient.

• High quality as compared to others

The continued monitoring of quality in both the raw materials and also the finished product has significantly improved the competitiveness of the products globally. This has ensured that the yearly growth of the sector as more and more end-users chose for more high-quality products. It has also greatly invested in research and development hence ensuring the continued development of better and more vibrant products. It has ensured ease of penetrating the lucrative high-end market.

About Shenzhen VES Technology

Shenzhen VES Technology is a trading company specialized in the export of adhesives. We have more than ten years experience in overseas sales. Our cooperative factories are all well-known manufacturers in the China Mainland. Our adhesives are widely used in various sectors, including furniture industry, packaging industry, coating industry, electronics industry, and automotive industry and so on. Contact us to avail our services.