The transportation of hot melt adhesive involves specialized, heated systems that keep the product molten for application and require careful temperature control to prevent softening, clumping, or premature solidification. While hot melt adhesive is stored as a solid at room temperature in forms like rods or pellets, once heated to a liquid state, it must be moved through insulated hoses via pumps to a glue gun or applicator. For transportation to a customer, hot melt adhesive is typically packaged in solid forms to avoid the need for pre-melting and shipped in a manner that protects it from high temperatures, sunlight, and moisture to maintain its quality and performance.
Transportation to the User (Solid Form)
Storage and Shipping:
When hot melt adhesive is shipped to the user, it is typically a solid at room temperature. It is packaged in forms like pellets, blocks, or rods, which are easy to handle and store.
Environmental Conditions:
It is crucial to store and transport hot melt adhesives in a cool, dry environment, away from direct sunlight. Exposure to high temperatures can cause the adhesive to soften, become sticky, or clump together, negatively affecting its performance when later heated for use.
Logistics:
The solid state at room temperature makes hot melt adhesive efficient for storage and transportation, reducing the need for complex temperature-controlled transport methods.
Transportation to Application (Liquid Form)
Heating and Melting:
Before application, the solid hot melt adhesive is placed into a melter (or hot melt tank) and heated above its melting point.
Pumping and Hosing:
The molten adhesive is then transferred from the melter to the point of application, such as a glue gun, using pumps.
Heated and Insulated Hoses:
To maintain the liquid state and prevent solidification during transit through the system, the hoses and applicators are heated and insulated.
Temperature Control:
The temperature must be carefully controlled to ensure the adhesive is hot enough to be liquid and achieve proper substrate wetting but not so hot that it cools too slowly.
Key Considerations
Product Form:
The adhesive's physical state (solid vs. liquid) dictates the transportation method.
Temperature Management:
For liquid transport within an application system, managing the temperature is vital to avoid issues like poor wetting or cold bonding.
Environmental Protection:
When transported as a solid, protection from heat, moisture, and direct sunlight is essential to preserve the product's quality.
ABOUT US
Zhejiang Good Adhesive Co., Ltd was established in 1996 in China, covers an area of more than 10000 square meters with annual output of 30000tons of environmental friendly hot melt adhesive series products base on EVA, polyolefin, elastomer, polyurethane, PA and animal protein.
Professional team
We have our own lab and R&D team, can provide you technical supports at any time.
Wide application range
The main application industries of hot melt adhesive include book binding, product packaging, filter, furniture, automobile, medical, aerospace, rail transit and other industries.
30000+Tons
Annual output
8
Production Line
100+M
Annual output value
500+
Business partner
1950-01
Material Office of Zhejiang Rezzsearch Institute of Chemcal Industry.
1990-11
Zhejiang Yida Adhesive Co.,Ltd. established.
2009-10
Zhejiang Good Adhesive Co.,Ltd. established.
2020-08
Guangzhou Gute Adhesion Co.,Ltd established.
2021-01
Completion of share reform.
Establish Shanghai Gute New Material Intelligent Manufacturing Research and Development Center.
Complete the renovation of equipment intelligent manufacturing -3.0, with an annual production capacity of 18000 tons.
2022-04
Establishment of Branch Hubei Gute Chemical New Material Co.,Ltd.
2023-02
Establishment of Jiangsu Gute New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Companies We Have as Clients
We are looking for a cooperative partner to expand our business.
