Permanent and removable adhesives are an integral part of the process associated with product development and manufacturing. Possessing a thoroughly reliable custom formulated adhesive can make the fabrication process easy and turnkey, but running into issues with adhesive application can stop your production dead in its tracks. Heartland Adhesives, the best producers of label adhesives, polybag adhesives, and transfer tape adhesives, are committed to providing our customers with the solutions they need to meet their production schedules and solve their adhesion issues.
Heartland Adhesives is proud to offer an adhesive troubleshooting guide for our customers. Below you will find detailed explanations and solutions for issues commonly associated with pressure sensitive, permanent, and hot melt adhesives. Whether your adhesives aren’t bonding correctly, you’re experiencing adhesive “stringing” problems, or your adhesive isn’t melting, Heartland Adhesives’ troubleshooting guide will provide the solution.
Problem | Cause | Solution |
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Adhesive Thin | Cooked Adhesive |
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Bond Strengths Low | Too Little Adhesive |
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Contamination |
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Adhesive Stringing from Nozzle | Temperature Too Low |
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Adhesive Bond is "Stringy" |
Cooked Adhesive |
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Substrate Contains Plasticizers |
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Adhesive "Not Melting" |
Heater Element Out |
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Adhesive Added When Tank is Empty |
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Problem | Cause | Solution |
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Adhesive Bond Fails | Fails from Substrate(s) |
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Adhesive Cohesively Splits (On Both Sides) |
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Substrate Changed |
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Adhesive Stringing from Nozzle | Temperature Too Low |
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Adhesive Dark | Cooked Adhesive |
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