Economic Daily | Breakthrough in Domestic UV/EB Cured Hot-melt adhesive and Associated Coating Equipment

On March 21, the reporter learned at the 2023 China Hot-melt adhesive Professional Summit Forum held in Hefei that the breakthrough in the performance of domestic UV/EB curing Hot-melt adhesive and supporting coating equipment will enable new changes in China's Hot-melt adhesive industry.

2023 (19th) China Hot-melt adhesive Professional Summit Forum

For a long time in the past, the technical level and production process of China's Hot-melt adhesive industry were backward. With the rapid growth of the application market of Hot-melt adhesive, the technology and product performance of Hot-melt adhesive in China have been continuously improved and the industry has developed at a high speed with the support of the national policy for new material industry. In 2020, the output growth of China's Hot-melt adhesive industry will exceed 4%, and even 12.04% in 2021. The total output value of the industry has reached nearly 25 billion yuan, becoming a truly sunrise industry.
The reporter learned that traditional pressure-sensitive adhesives are mixed with organic solvents, and the coating method using traditional thermal curing equipment requires the volatilization of a large amount of organic solvents such as toluene in the pressure-sensitive adhesive, which consumes a large amount of thermal and electrical energy. High energy consumption also causes environmental pollution. The UV/EB curing technology is known as the "new technology for green industry in the 21st century". The ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) radiation curing Hot-melt adhesive coating process has no solvent emissions, no supporting solvent recovery facilities and heating facilities, and zero solvent emissions. It has the advantages of safety, efficiency, energy conservation, low cost, low investment, etc.
"Domestic UV/EB curing Hot-melt adhesive and coating equipment fully reflect the bright spot of" specialty, specialty and novelty "," the head of China Adhesive and Tape Industry Association told reporters. The breakthrough of domestic UV/EB cured Hot-melt adhesive and its supporting coating equipment is a major technological innovation in China's adhesive product industry.

The predecessor of Unigo, which made breakthrough in UV/EB curing Hot-melt adhesive and supporting coating equipment, is Huaxia Technology (CHT). After years of dedicated research, the company has developed and produced light curing Hot-melt adhesive, electron beam curing Hot-melt adhesive and its coating equipment. It has set up a research and development base and equipment manufacturing plant in Zhuozhou High tech Zone, Hebei Province, and has built a UV/EB curing Hot-melt adhesive project with an annual output of 50000 tons in Cangzhou National Chemical Park. The adhesive product industry deeply understands the significant significance of the 'dual carbon' strategy, and safety, environmental protection, and energy conservation will be an important development trend in the industry, which will inevitably force the continuous upgrading and upgrading of raw materials and production process technology. "Wang Feng, Chairman of Hebei Youyigu Technology Co., Ltd., said that as an industry leader, Youyigu has accumulated more than 30 years of technical services and experience in the adhesive tape field, It can not only provide customers with high-quality UV/EB curing and coating equipment and UV/EB curing Hot-melt adhesive, but also meet customers' diversified technical needs in product R&D innovation, quality upgrading, process improvement, energy conservation and emission reduction, and provide a full set of cost-effective solutions, which will greatly enhance the international competitiveness of China's Hot-melt adhesive industry. (Economic Daily reporter Liang Rui)

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