Reichhold Chemicals

Bruce A Waver

Barclay S Hickman

David E Mechling

Leon Bildusas

A method for packaging a hot melt adhesive mass comprises providing a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and finite size and shape, and encapsulating the hot melt adhesive in a polymeric shrink wrap which forms a hermetic seal thereon. An packaged adhesive mass comprises a hot melt adhesive having a predetermined viscosity and a finite size and shape; and a polymeric shrink wrap film which encapsulates the hot melt adhesive. The hot melt adhesive is hermetically sealed.

Packaged adhesive mass

Method of preparing a hot melt adhesive

Methods and apparatus for preparing a hot melt adhesive for packaging and for packaging same and a packaged, hot melt adhesive product are provided according to the present invention. Particularly, methods and apparatus are provided for rapidly chilling and dusting a hot melt adhesive mass to provide chilled, dusted hot melt adhesive masses which can be packaged without necessitating additional packaging around or between individual masses. A resulting packaged, hot melt adhesive product includes hot melt adhesive masses packaged without necessitating packaging around or between individual masses to prevent the masses from adhering to adjacent masses or shipping containers. The hot melt adhesive masses can be removed from a shipping container and directly inserted into a hot melt adhesive processing unit for various applications without requiring removal or disposal of additional packaging.

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Bruce A Waver