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Clean Energy: Adhesives Fast-Track Innovation

Solar is one of the fastest-growing energy technologies. In addition to being “clean,” the fuel is free, installations are scalable, and collecting energy is incredibly efficient. Furthermore, solar power does not depend on complex supply chains that fossil fuels require.

The production of solar panels requires adhesives and sealants, but one must consider whether the ones used are the most effective, whether their use opens the doors for improved performance, and which areas they could replace in order to simplify assembly and increase reliability and longevity. In this white paper, you’ll learn more about:

The benefits of solar power
The impact of adhesives and sealants on costs of maintenance, installation, and manufacturing
Considerations for manufacturers using adhesives and sealants in solar panel production
The solar panels of today vs. previously
How to take advantage of adhesive technology throughout the solar value chain

Download our white paper to learn more about solar power, how H.B. Fuller is a major player in the market for solar products worldwide, and how we’re ideally positioned to partner with manufacturers in the growing solar market

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Hygiene: Conforma™

The adult incontinence market continues growing, and with that comes the increased demand for thinner, more absorbent, and better fitting adult incontinence products. Introducing the Conforma™ adhesive—the latest in adhesive technology that is designed to enable next generation product designs to look and feel like cotton underwear. A conformable fabric created from Conforma adhesives is an attractive choice for producers as disposable articles continue to evolve into the soft, stretchable, and comfortable engineered products that consumers want.

The evolution of elastomerics in disposable undergarments
The test methods used to characterize stretch performance
The introduction of Conforma adhesive and its properties and benefits
How to obtain the best results from both economic and performance perspectives

Download our white paper to learn more about how H.B. Fuller’s Conforma adhesive can create disposable undergarments that stretch with ease, adapting comfortably to a world of individual shapes and sizes.

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Electronics: New Options in Adhesive Film

In 1941 Forrest Mars introduced M&Ms, a coated candy that eliminated the mess normally associated with handling milk chocolate. Thanks to its candy shell, “the milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” The candy shell also kept the chocolate from melting in your pocket, on the shelf, and in other places where one would rather not deal with molten chocolate.

The concept behind adhesive films is pretty much the same—take a tough-to-handle material and stabilize it for convenient use.

In this white paper, you’ll learn more about:

Why adhesive films are superior to adhesives in liquid or gel form,
The three primary types of adhesive films available for electronic applications,
Each adhesive film’s own characteristics and applications, and
More information about the “New” Flexel Reactive Film Adhesive.

Download our white paper to learn more about H.B. Fuller’s new options in adhesive films for electronic applications.

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Transportation: Low VOC Automotive Adhesives

Is the U.S. falling behind in automobile interior air quality safety? That “new car smell” that’s as much a status symbol as it is a characteristic of brand new vehicles is actually a toxic blend of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Both Asia and Europe have started to put regulations in place to reduce the toxicity of automobile interiors and use their low-VOC innovations as a selling point, leaving the U.S. market behind in both health and environmental concerns.

In this paper you’ll learn:

Introduction to volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Health implications
5 ways to reduce adhesive VOCs

Download our white paper to learn more about H.B. Fuller’s Automotive adhesives – a solution moving forward for low-VOC interiors.

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Transportation: Flexel™ Reactive Film Adhesive

Manufacturers of automotive interiors face constantly growing challenges in part complexity and material diversity. With the competitive environment driving down costs and response times, the suitability of adhesive solutions can make all the difference. The choice of adhesive profoundly affects quality, consistency, space requirements, complexity and investment in WIP and finished goods.

In this paper you’ll learn:

About an H.B. Fuller innovation that provides exciting new options for Automotive interior trim manufacturers.
That Flexel™ reactive film technology enables the removal of adhesive processing steps from your interior trim manufacturing process, lowering costs, shortening cycle times and improving quality.
How to assess the suitability of Flexel™ for your lamination process

Download our white paper to learn more about H.B. Fuller’s Flexel™ reactive film adhesive – an intriguing potential solutions for interior automotive trim lamination.

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Transportation: New Option for Automotive Interior Trim

Automotive interior trim makers must meet a broad variety of OEM performance requirements, managing multiple assembly processes and material combinations. Adhesive technology advancements are leading to adhesive solutions that enable producers to reduce operational complexity, reduce capital requirements and saving space.

In this paper you’ll learn:

About H.B. Fuller’s Swift®lock 2900, a reactive polyurethane hot melt adhesive with low isocyanate content, a new and cost-effective lamination adhesive choice for automotive interior manufacturers.
That Swift®lock 2900 meets 90C service requirements on both ABS and untreated polypropylene, thus offering the unprecedented opportunity to combine the typically separate production lines using these materials.
How Swift®lock 2900 provides performance,application, safety and cost advantages over traditional POR.

Download our white paper to learn more about how H.B. Fuller’s new option for automotive interior trim assembly does everything that traditional POR does but works faster, more safely and at lower operating cost.

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Electronics: Reactive Hot Melt Adhesives

The electronic adhesives you use are critical to manufacturing costs and product performance.

Manufacturers of electronic devices must choose the right electronic adhesive for the job. But with so many options and variables to consider—ranging from cost and cosmetics to performance and durability—it can be hard to know which electronic adhesive to select.

Reactive hot melt adhesives have proven to be the ideal adhesive for electronic applications, combining the best properties of hot melt adhesives to deliver the best end product.

In this free white paper, you will learn:

Primary determinants of reactive hot melt bonding strength
Characteristics of electronic adhesives that impact manufacturing efficiency
How to select the best reactive hot melt adhesives for your unique requirements

Download the free white paper today to discover how reactive hot melt adhesives for electronics connect product performance and manufacturing efficiency.

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Hygiene: Innovation Absorbent Technologies

Innovative Absorbent Technologies

Historically, absorbent disposable hygiene product designers have had limited options when managing moisture. H.B. Fuller’s adhesive solutions provide engineers with an innovative moisture management solution that can simplify adding absorbency or targeting absorbency to any rolled good or disposable hygiene product.

In this free white paper, you will learn:

How adhesive technology enables absorption of moisture, channeling of fluid, and barrier properties at strategic points in absorbent articles
About the benefits of using our Water-Based Superabsorbent Polymer (WBSAP) and Hydrolock™ super absorbent hot melt
Performance characteristics of these innovative adhesives

Download the free white paper today to discover how absorbent adhesives for the Hygiene market can add value and functionality to absorbent products.

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Hygiene: Polyolefin Adhesives

Highly competitive hygiene markets require reliable, cost-effective adhesive technologies.

To thrive in hygiene markets and produce the best absorbent hygiene disposables, manufacturers must have robust, customizable adhesive technologies. Successful production requires the right nonwoven adhesives, which will enhance performance of disposable hygiene products, lower total costs, and accelerate production.

In this free white paper, you will learn about three primary polymer adhesives technologies for disposable hygiene, including:

Characteristics of each nonwoven adhesive and its impact on product performance
Which polyolefin adhesive is best for disposable hygiene applications
Total cost of ownership for the most commonly used polyolefin adhesives

Download the free white paper today to discover which polyolefin adhesive could enhance your disposable hygiene manufacturing process.

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How Multi-Purpose Industrial Adhesives Save Time and Money

While the combination tool costs more than any of its components, it is far less expensive, less bulky, and in many ways more efficient than a collection of individual tools. The same principal can apply to industrial application by the use of a single multi-purpose adhesive to replace several specialized materials. The use of multi-purpose materials simplifies shopping, storage, and deployment, and while there are needs that are best served by highly specialized materials, the benefits of new multi-purpose adhesives are well worth consideration.

In this white paper, you’ll learn:

The ABCs of adhesive acquisition
Cost savings in use of multi-purpose adhesives
Real world applications of multi-purpose adhesives

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Packaging: Adhesives for Sustainability

Today, sustainability is top-of-mind for businesses and consumers alike. Power companies are adding solar and wind to their generating capabilities. Farmers markets are everywhere, from small towns and suburbs to urban areas. Municipalities are making every effort to encourage recycling. Therefore, it is no surprise that consumers prefer using sustainable products in their everyday lives, like produce packaging, and the potential impact of that preference is enormous. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2012 the U.S. produced over 250 million tons, or half a trillion pounds, of household waste—trash, recyclables and compost. A significant portion of that waste was produce packaging material or food. This astounding volume is attributable to a combination of a growing population and the increasing amount of waste per household, and it presents a tremendous opportunity for the produce packaging industry to serve both a company’s own interests and those of their customers and community.

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Wetting Envelope

Wetting, or wet out, is a critical factor in determining the effectiveness of a bond. It describes how well a liquid, in this case, the adhesive, spreads across the surface of the substrate. It is determined by the interaction of molecules where the adhesive meets the outer layer of the substrate.

In this white paper, you’ll learn more about:

Why it matters
The effect of cleaning
The effect of plasma treatment
The Effect of Delay after Plasma Treatment
The Effect of Plasma Gun Height
The Effect of Plasma Gun Speed

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Reactive Thermoplastic Spacer

Minimizing the energy consumption of buildings has become a global objective and an important goal in building design and construction. To meet the demand for primary energy sustainability, optimizing the thermal insulation of insulating glass units (IGUs), including the edge seal of the IGU, has become the focus of attention. Ködispace 4SG is revolutionizing the impact windows have on the energy efficiency of a building.

In this white paper, you’ll learn:

The simplified application process without any manual steps.
The shape and size independence of a thermoplastic spacer.
The glass stress reduction and durability of a flexible spacer frame.
The U-value reduction compared to other spacer materials.

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Packaging: FullVision

Big data is a big challenge for most manufacturers, as they often find that there is not enough time and resources to collect, analyze and make sense of large quantities of data.

Using H.B. Fuller proprietary software, H.B. Fuller FullVision^® experts engineers analyze your packaging line data and create a detailed, viewer-friendly report that helps you develop target adhesive specifications and track line performance against industry benchmarks.
In this white paper, you’ll learn:

Why Big Data is important.
How manufacturers of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands are using data analytics to inform business decisions.
The benefits of FullVision^® Data Analytics Service.

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The Use of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing

At H.B. Fuller, we deploy global support systems to protect our worldwide customer base and keep their systems operating at maximum efficiency. In this quest we have long been studying and utilizing emerging technology as a way to achieve virtual presence at a customer site. The goal is to allow immediate examination, analysis, and resolution of a problem. In the process, we have learned a great deal about the use of augmented reality (AR).

In this white paper, you’ll learn:

Alternatives to on-site support
Wearable systems like smart glasses
Dedicated versus multi-function solutions

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Filtration: New ICF Potting System for Hollow Fiber Filters

The water filtration adhesives you use are critical to manufacturing costs and product performance.

Manufacturers of hollow fiber filters must choose the right potting material for the job. The current traditional way for potting have some challenges that we must face. Successful production requires the right water filtration adhesives, which will enhance performance of products, lower total costs, and accelerate production process.

H.B. Fuller’s innovative ICF solutions have proven to be the ideal adhesives for hollow fiber filters applications.

In this free white paper, you will learn:

The challenges facing the two traditional potting - polyurethane and epoxy.
Characteristics of ICF adhesives that improve manufacturing efficiency.

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Demystifying Paper Straw Sustainability

A video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose, which has more than 80 million views, has become an iconic symbol of environmental harm and mobilized a global outcry for change. This mobilization, and the growing environmental problems with plastics, has caused an extraordinary resurgence in paper straws. The movement for more environmentally responsible straws and fewer single-use plastics has fueled many complexities for both companies and consumers to navigate.

Trends affecting paper straw growth
Definitions related to the sustainability of paper straws
Legal guidelines and claim verification for paper straw manufacturers
Sustainability resources for paper straw manufacturers
Manufacturer checklist for marketing paper straws

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Building & Construction

Reactive Thermoplastic Spacer

Electronics

Electronics: New Options in Adhesive Film

Electronics: Reactive Hot Melt Adhesives

Hygiene

Hygiene: Conforma™

Hygiene: Innovative Absorbent Technologies

Hygiene: Polyolefin Adhesives

New Energy

Clean Energy: Adhesives Fast-Track Innovation

Packaging

How Multi-Purpose Industrial Adhesives Save Time and Money

How to Turn Big Data into Improvements that Result in World-Class Operations

The Use of Augmented Reality in Manufacturing

Paper Converting

Paper Straws

Transportation

Transportation: Low VOC Automotive Adhesives

Transportation: New Option for Automotive Interior Trim

Transportation: Flexel™ Reactive Film Adhesive

Wetting Envelope

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