1. Eliminates critical/precise mixing cycle
2. Freeing up the starchman to perform other duties
3. Avoids unnecessary chemical inventories
4. Plant safety is enhanced
5. Reduces adhesive storage requirement and spoilage
6. Improved profit, higher selling price for higher quality.
7. Cost savings by the use of less expensive paper and due to less scrap
8. Simplicity of preparation
9. Complete carrier starch
10. Eliminates critical mixing sequences
11. Eliminates the handling of caustic soda
12. Allows the formulation of smaller batches of corrugating adhesives
Better performance
+>10% running speed increase saving 1.32 % of total board cost
+> 4% dry ECT or BCT increase saving 1.70 % of total board cost due to the option of using lower cost paper
+>waterproof bond increasing weight content per box and storage height without collapsing of the bottom box and reducing transportation insurance costs, causing a profit increase at least by 3 % due to higher selling price
Waterproofed bond –highest level of waterproofing (WP) according to:
- FEFCO No. 9 test.
- TAPPI -T812- ply separation wet - soak test.
- Improves wet PAT (Pin Adhesion Test).
- Improves wet BCT (Box Crush Test).
Environmentally Friendly:
- Practically undetectable VOC and free formaldehyde levels.
- Odorless - No smell at the corrugators' production line.
- No health hazardous emission from the board.
- Accepted by FDA for food contact.
- Permits corrugated board recycling.
- Usable with recycled and chemical papers.
Applications:
- Mandatory for fresh food, fruits and vegetable packaging.
- For packaging stored or transported in refrigerators.
- For packaging stored outside in humid condition