Heartland Adhesives manufactures multiple forms of permanent and removable adhesive systems for printed materials and graphic art products. From industry-leading fugitive glue and booger glues to permanent and removable labels, depend on the custom adhesive formulation specialists at Heartland Adhesives
to provide the best adhesive solution for your printed materials.
Heartland Adhesives offers unbeatable custom adhesive formulation and production services for an impressive range of applications. Unique substrates and uncommon application requirements aren't a problem for the expert adhesive formulators at Heartland Adhesives. We also provide
small batch production services our competitors simply can't match.
Heartland Adhesives produces a wide range of pressure sensitive hot melt adhesives for many different applications, including produce labels, permanent shipping labels, and removable labels for produce. Our industry leading two-week production and manufacturing time ensures
our customers will receive the adhesive solutions they need faster than anything the competition can provide.
State of the art production equipment enables Heartland Adhesives to formulate and manufacture the highest quality adhesives for transfer tapes, including decorative transfer tapes, packaging tapes, poly bag adhesives, and standard grade transfer tapes. Heartland Adhesives will also custom formulate
a unique transfer tape solution for your application or product based on temperature and substrate.
Manufacturers and distributers of poly bags require the highest quality self-adhering adhesives for their unique requirements. Thanks to decades of experience and a commitment to complete customer satisfaction, Heartland Adhesives will take film thickness, slip levels, temperature requirements, color,
and viscosity into account when formulating and manufacturing poly bag adhesive products specific to your needs.
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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