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Waterborne VAA Adhesive for Bonding Plastic Films to Paper for Packaging

Adhesives Formulation

Applicable Type

Waterborne Adhesives

Applicable Industrial Sectors

Laminates

Applicable Base Polymer Properties

Vinyl acetate acrylic copolymer emulsions are designed for use in formulating high performance adhesives for several industries. It provides a high level of adhesion to a variety of difficult-to-bond surfaces including PVC and polyolefin films. These adhesives provide a low to medium performance relatively inexpensive adhesive that dries quickly.

Typical Formulation Ingredients

Phase

Ingredient

Parts by weight

Vinyl acetate acrylate emulsion (Gelva TS-100, Cytec Surface Specialties)

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Plasticizer (Hercoflex 900, AccuStandard Inc.)

xxxx

Methyl isobutyl ketone

xxx

Typical Properties

Properties

Total solids content, %

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Brookfield viscosity, cps

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Processing

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Resulting Properties

The low viscosity of the water emulsion and its fast setting capability provide an excellent adhesive for bonding for flexible construction material. The table above provides formulations for a vinyl acetate acrylate copolymer adhesive that will provide an adhesive for polyethylene to paper for packaging and other applications. This adhesive also has:

Good adhesive performance bonding to difficult to bond plastic films used in the packaging and paper converting industries
Good adhesion with excellent low temperature flexibility
Good aging resistance
Excellent film flexibility

Source: Adhesives Formulary Handbook, NIIR Board, Asia Pacific Business Press, Inc., 2010, p. 45

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