Tuesday, October 30, 2018
For decades, EVA was the glue of choice for many panel manufacturers. It was perceived as offering price and maintenance advantages, so companies were able to overlook some of the challenges such as thick glue lines; which looked yellow and dirty against white tape.
PUR glue has always been a much higher quality alternative with glue lines 50 percent thinner and a much stronger adhesion. PUR creates invisible joints that are much more aesthetically pleasing, and the bond holds firm against moisture, water, and heat. Though larger manufacturers readily invested in PUR, medium and smaller companies saw maintenance requirements as a barrier to opting for the higher-quality of PUR. If you weren’t using your machine for 12 hours or more, you had to remove the glue pot and put it away in a nitrogen tank. People were afraid if they forgot to remove the glue pot and it got stuck, they would have to invest thousands of dollars to buy a new one. In addition, some had to purge the system every two weeks adding maintenance time along with the stress of glue pot removal.
One company, Biesse, believed they could find a better way to give everyone access to high-quality PUR gluing. They developed the TM10, a groundbreaking PUR application system offering all the advantages of PUR gluing.
With quality, performance and ongoing maintenance advantages, it’s no wonder PUR is having such a surge in popularity. At the 2018 IWF show in Atlanta, some 70 percent of buyers asked that their new machine be equipped with a TM10 to achieve higher quality, low maintenance PUR gluing for years to come. It’s more proof that quality-focused panel makers now see that going PUR purely makes sense.
Tags: Biesse, PUR Technology, TM10
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