Fabrics
Traditional luggage manufacturers usually use hand brushing or spraying
gun to apply solvent based adhesives. Those adhesives are used for
bonding fabrics onto plastics or leather surfaces. Since those volatile
organic solvents are extremely harmful to workers, a new technology
utilizing non VOC hot melt adhesives are developed for luggage applications.
The adhesive is sprayable and harmless containing no solvents and
no irritant smell. The use of hot melt adhesives can also increase
the production efficiency and lower the prime cost.
Decorating Strips
Traditional luggage manufacturers generally use double-sided tapes
to adhere decorating strips onto luggage. Such method need to remove
release paper before bonding process. A specific hot melt adhesive
was developed for this purpose, which offers the manufacturer an online
roll coating benefit. The adhesive has long open time, does not require
a release paper. Consequently, it greatly increases the production
efficiency and lowers the prime cost.