Is hot melt adhesive environmentally friendly?

Introduction of writable kraft paper tape manufacturers that Is hot melt adhesive environmentally friendly? Hot melt adhesive is a kind of plastic adhesive. Its physical state changes with the change of temperature in a certain temperature range, but its chemical properties remain unchanged. It is non-toxic and tasteless, and belongs to environmental protection chemical products. Hot melt adhesive is a kind of polymer materials such as: EVA, rubber, polyolefin, polyamide as the main material, with tackifying resin and softener, etc. No solvent, no volatility.

 

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Compared with solvent based, oil-based, water-based adhesives, hot-melt adhesive is more environmentally friendly. However, the level of hot melt adhesive is very different. From the environmental requirements of European Union and the United States and other countries, many hot melt adhesives sold in the market can not meet the standard,. In order to reduce the cost, many hot melt adhesive enterprises use a lot of cheap materials which are not environmentally friendly.

 

Hot melt adhesive is applied to different industries and fields, and its environmental requirements are different. The requirements for food industry, medical and health, household appliances are high, and the corresponding environmental testing requirements are different. At present, the international environmental protection testing items of hot melt adhesive include rose standard, formaldehyde test, 18 items of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, halogen fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine content determination, total paraoctane flavone (PFOS) content determination, nonylphenol polyvinyl chloride ether (ndeos) content determination, and reach 84 tests. Medical hot melt adhesive also needs to pass the skin non sensitization test.