The packaging bond journal
Our editorial policy
Independent field guides to packaging adhesives, the application process and the finished package.
The application brief / In focus
Specify an adhesive dispensing machine by the joint, adhesive and application pattern it must produce. A tank or pump description alone cannot establish that the finished package will bond.
Read the application guide ↗Illustrative scene, not an equipment trial.
The subject index
01Match adhesive delivery to the package-making process.
↗02Separate supply problems from application problems.
↗03Qualify the closed package under its real conditions.
↗Research & practice
Follow the package through forming, supply, application and the final closure.
The complete notebook →Accept a folder gluer on the finished carton and the production blank it must handle. Check board and crease behavior before assuming that a side-seam defect can be corrected by changing the glue.
Trace hot-melt labeling faults through adhesive supply, label transfer and the overlap seam with a structured record for process checks.
Investigate hot-melt stringing through nozzle geometry, adhesive conditions and airflow before making a recorded equipment adjustment.
Select carton-sealing hot melt around the board, bonding interval and distribution conditions, using a trial record to qualify the closed package.
Independent by design
Our checklists help you ask better questions of equipment and material suppliers. They do not replace a machine manual, a qualified engineering review or a trial with your own packaging. How we work.