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Description: High Performance Polymers manufactures a line of customized hotmelt adhesives. They are supplied as powders and granulates under the trade name VESTAMELT®. VESTAMELT® powders or granulates can be applied to substrates by means of typical processes. Used in a variety of industries. Information provided by degussa.
Details
- High Performance
- high-quality service properties
- easy and reliable processing
- high cost-effectiveness
- economic bonding also to sensitive textiles and surfaces that are difficult to fuse
- high resistance to washing and dry cleaning
- good resistance to strike back
- steam resistance
- solvent resistance
textile industry
technical textile manufacturing
The automotive industry uses the thermoplastic hotmelt adhesives to fix interior trim and seat heaters on the one hand, on the other hand for the reliable bonding of paper to aluminum for the construction of fuel filters.
cost-effective manufacture of advanced components as windows, ceilings, carpets and acoustic insulation systems with lightweight panels.
To make deflection yokes, insulated wires are coated with hotmelt varnishes and bonded together.
electrical industry
Technical data
| Quantity | Value | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance Properties | |||
| Appearance | |||
| Physical Properties | |||
| MFI | 30 | g/10min | Temperature 160 °C@ |
| MFI | 30 | g/10min | Load 2.16 kg@ |
| viscosity index | 1.4 | Solution Viscosity | |
| Thermal Properties | |||
| Melting point | 96.0 | ºC | Optical Melting Point |
| Melting point | 90.0 | ºC | Kofler Bar Tack Point |
| Melting point | 105 | ºC | Kofler Bar Melting Point |
| Melting point | 76.0 | ºC | DSC Melting Point |
| Heat Setting Pressure | 1 - 2 | N/cm2 | |
| Heat Setting Temperature | 100 - 140 | ºC | |
| Heat Setting Time | 5 - 15 | s | |
| Chemical Properties | |||
| Resistance to Washing | Enough | at 60°C | |
| Resistance to Steam | Enough | ||
| Resistance to Dry Cleaning | Good | ||