Energy savings that stick like glue.

Even if you're new to the world of hot melt adhesives and the machinery that is used to coat and laminate materials you could probably guess that the use of the word 'hot' in 'hot melt adhesives' denotes high energy usage. While it's true that in bringing adhesives up to a temperature that they can be used for precise coating a fair amount of energy is consumed, it doesn't have to be as much energy as it used to be.

When we (Universal Converting Equipment) build hot melt adhesive coating and laminating equipment (or add coating capabilities to our slitter machines) we recommend our customers use ITW Dynatec adhesive supply units, these are supplied by our sister company Universal Adhesives Limited in Daventry (affectionately known to us as 'Dav'). The new range of ITW's 'Dynamelt' supply systems have been designed with a focus on reducing energy usage, which fits in perfectly with the work we have been putting in to actively reduce the amount of energy required to run all of the machinery that we build here in Ipswich.

Find out more about how this new range of supply tanks reduces energy consumption...

Some of the other ways we reduce energy usage...

P.S Okay, not my best blog post title ever.

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