Two adhesive grades - BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives - from Beardow Adams are being used in combination for the manufacture of packaging to transport extremely important supplies and pharmaceutical goods for the healthcare sector.
BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are two highly efficient, thermally stable adhesive types which make them ideal for holding and transporting the likes of temperature controlled vaccines and medical supplies. For this customer, it was vital that these adhesives remained resilient across all the temperature requirements. The customer is using the aforementioned adhesives in two different applications for the pharmaceutical packaging industry.
The BAMFutura grade being used is a high performance hot melt packaging adhesive which is adhering card to polystyrene in the construction of small, thermally insulated medical boxes. This water white product offers flexibility at low temperatures as well as ‘best in class’ heat resistance.
The other application includes a Pressen hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) which is bonding the expanded polystyrene and card that surrounds larger pallets. The pallets carry the insulated medical boxes. This PSA exhibits excellent cohesive strength and temperature resistance which is very important for this specific application as pallets are transported locally and can be very heavy.
After thorough testing of the two applications, our customer was impressed with the performance of our hot melts and delighted to find that our adhesives surpassed their former grades on all levels. Furthermore, the customer was grateful to be working with just one adhesive supplier going forwards.
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