Product category:
Adhesives and adhesive bonding equipment
News Release from: Glue Dots International Limited | Subject: Glue dots semi-automatic applicating machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 April 2007
Adhesive 'dots' applied at up to 3600
dots/h
A semi-automatic machine quickly, cleanly and precisely applies a super-sticky, double-sided, preformed 'dot' of permanent and removable adhesive - at up to 3,600 dots/h.
For the want of a little blob of glue, a major sales and marketing opportunity was lost But, there's now a guaranteed sticky ending following the launch of a new-to-the-market device - the Dot-0-Matic - by Glue Dots International
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Viking Industrial and Safety Supplies, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK, the master distributor for Glue Dots International in the UK, has been awarded exclusive distribution rights across the country for this latest addition to the Glue Dots family.
The semi-automatic machine allows users to quickly, cleanly and precisely apply a Glue Dot every second - or up to 3,600 per hour.
Glue Dots are super-sticky, double-sided, preformed 'dots' of permanent and removable adhesive on a roll that bond instantly.
Major target markets are the contract packaging, printing and bindery, material handling, mail and fulfilment houses, and point of purchase market sectors.
"Applications are numerous, such as securing promotional items to magazine front covers, affixing labels on gift items and for retail display purposes - in fact, any area where a quick and simple fix is required," explained Mike Silson, general manager of Glue Dots International, which is the US-based global market leader in this field.
"The Dot-0-Matic further enhances assembly line productivity and is a natural add-on to our existing Dot Shot Pro hand-held Glue Dots dispenser.
It virtually completes the products family, though we now also have the capability to provide a fully automatic machine." The Dot-O-Matic was showcased at the Packing Innovations exhibition in Coventry.
According to Silson, who is based at Viking's Keighley headquarters, early feedback and interest is extremely promising, with a number of new machines already ordered.
Viking Industrial and Safety Supplies says it has a number of innovative ways of allowing its UK customers to purchase the machine, dependant on Glue Dot usage.
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