Henkel Technomelt Supra 7220 PS Easyflow palletising adhesive packaging format

The Technomelt Supra 7220 PS Easyflow palletising adhesive packaging format from Henkel Adhesive Technologies is designed to optimise sustainability and logistics efficiency for pallet handling.

Palletising is an essential part of modern supply chains, but until now it has required large quantities of plastic films, intermediate layers and anti-slip mats to stabilise and secure stacked goods.

The Technomelt hot melt adhesive solution is designed to cut or fully dispense with the need for film and pallet stretch wrap. By reducing material and waste it enables manufacturers, logistics specialists, distributors and retailers to meet ever tougher sustainability goals. By using hot melt adhesives to replace large amounts of plastics, the solution can also drive safety and palletising process efficiency.

Suitable for a range of different kinds of filled goods, a hot melt adhesive joins the outer packages with each other via an automated process. This safely secures the pallets. Depending on the packaged product, the adhesives can be adapted to ensure the desired performance.

As well as reducing costs for plastic films and eliminating the use of anti-slip mats and the intermediate layers required for palletisation, the solution removes the additional costs and environmental impact of disposing of materials. Furthermore, the glued cardboard packages can themselves be recycled. For retailers, the solution provides easier and faster depalletisation, and fully automated depalletising is also made possible.

In addition to optimising logistics, the solution can help to drive new levels of safety for production line operators by eliminating manual handling of hot melt adhesive and possible exposure to high temperatures. The closed auto-feeding system, which allows for distance feeding for storage away from the production line for additional flexibility, also supports a cleaner and safer working environment. By avoiding contaminants in the system, the solution can reduce equipment maintenance demands.

Suitable for all production lines, the non-sticky mini pillows can freely flow to allow the auto-feeding system from the adhesive side. This provides a steady melt-on-demand supply into the melters without interruption or temperature fluctuations.