Do you have someone on your team rooting for food packaging safety? Gary Kestenbaum, senior food packaging safety consultant with EHA Consulting Group, shares his thoughts on why organizations should have an internal advocate, someone who is passionate about the cause, when it comes to effectively implementing a food packaging safety program. Read the full
An adhesive with the ability to withstand high heat was critical for this food manufacturer. It became apparent that their cases holding heated food product were failing, causing pop-opens at their climate controlled warehouse. Not knowing the source of the problem or the solution, the food manufacturer turned to RS Industrial for technical expertise. RS
You know those "packing peanuts" that keep your products protected during shipping? It seems they are capable of doing so much more than we thought, including powering your everyday devices! According to Victoria Woollaston of The Daily Mail, researchers have developed a way to transform these peanuts into carbon, which can then be added to
Some substrates are more difficult to bond than others, particularly those in the food packaging industry. Many of our customers use corrugated packaging that has a wax curtain coating or is wax impregnated, making adhesion more difficult to achieve. Without the right adhesive, you may face pop-opens and other adhesion failures, increasing your costs. At
If you’re in the food packaging industry, chances are you spend a lot of time thinking about how to satisfy your customers while also trying to comply with food safety standards and avoid costly product recalls. It’s easy to see how juggling all of these needs can cause potential issues like those highlighted in a
Get an instant, permanent bond that provides superior heat resistance. Adhesive Squares™ “T” is an aggressive, double-sided pressure sensitive adhesive that is versatile to accommodate a wide variety of applications, such as packaging, case and carton sealing and point of purchase displays. This PSA offers excellent adhesion for a variety of substrates, including paper, plastic
Welcome to Hot Melts 101, an ongoing series of articles where we discuss various types of hot melt adhesives. So far, we’ve addressed EVAs and metallocenes. This time around, we will focus on PSAs (pressure sensitive adhesives). Pressure sensitive adhesives are hot melts that require pressure to bond their substrates, hence the name. Based on
Increase your package integrity with ASP-3067. This multi-purpose, premium freezer-grade packaging hot melt is recommended for medium to high speed tray forming and case sealing operations. ASP-3067 exhibits excellent hot tack, which provides the green strength necessary to hold the package together while the extended range bites through the heaviest of wax coatings. Adhesion Science
When applying adhesive, putting down more is not necessarily better. Applying too much adhesive is often the cause of field failures, such as pop-opens. You can save on costs and increase your production by applying just the right amount of adhesive. How do you know when you’re applying too much adhesive? Too much adhesive will
When customers tell us what they like the most about our company, they often comment on our quick response and “localized” technical service. At RSI, we set our company apart by offering a high standard of customer service and technical support that simply isn’t offered by other adhesive competitors. When you contact us, you’ll immediately
