If your business uses adhesives for corrugated products, it’s important to select the right adhesives. For example, you need something which is strong, resistant to moisture, and simple to apply. At the time, you need the most cost-effective solutions to keep up with the competition. Starch-based adhesives are important for many reasons, and a new generation of starch additives offers many benefits. Let’s check them out.
Ketone Formaldehyde Resin
Without getting into complex chemistry terms and definitions, ketone formaldehyde resin is an excellent waterproofing agent. In some types of corrugated production processes, bonding materials are challenging. A waterproofing ingredient increases wet strength and cuts bonding time. Rapid bonding starch additives can speed up production while creating a superior product. It offers these benefits:
* Cost-effective
* Consistent application
* Versatile
* High resistance to water
Starch Reduction
A starch reducing additive cuts the amount of starch needed for adhesion. This lets you use low solid adhesives, and the process is friendly to the environment. Many companies today use starch reducing products for difficult to bond substrates. Some products work well when blended with waterproofing agents.
Starch reducing agents can cut starch use as much as thirty-five percent. This can lower your adhesive costs considerably. It helps to improve problems like warping and brittleness, and it remains stable. Also, the Food and Drug Administration approves these additives.
Water Soluble Thickeners
If you need to increase your adhesive viscosity, you want something soluble in water and fast acting. This new generation of starch additives helps both green and final bonding processes. When the green bonding process improves, it speeds up production, and you can increase your machine speeds with no negative results. Also, you don’t have to worry about VOCs (volatile organic content). Volatile organic compounds are gasses emitted that can have a negative effect on health and safety.
