A well-designed UV acrylic PSA improves on the sustainability profile of emulsion acrylic PSAs while maintaining the performance of solvent-based PSAs.
September 15, 2023
Based on acrylic technology, UV hot melt PSAs offer the financial advantages and needed performance levels while also being a sustainable solution.
As market drivers accelerate the adoption of polyurethane reactive hot melt adhesives away from solvent-borne solutions, the use of polycaprolactone technology in reactive hot melt adhesive applications is examined.
A study conducted by Ingevity has fully characterized the performance of a 4,000 MWt caprolactone diol versus that of a commercially available polyester diol.
Tim Pione, vice president, Advanced Packaging and Converting, Adhesives, at Arkema discusses the company’s pressure-sensitive adhesive products, including hot-melt, waterborne, UV, and specialty solution acrylics technologies.