Hot melt adhesion of liner sized with alkylketene dimer

摘要

The effect of the sizing agent alkylketene dimer (AKD) on hot melt adhesive joint strength was studied. By varying the amount of AKD added, and varying the degrees of beating and calendering, sheets with different surface energies, surface structures, and strength properties, were obtained. The sheets were adhesively bonded using a commercial packaging machine, and the adhesive joints were tested in T-peel and creep tests. Contact angles, water absorptivity, delamination strength, density, and surface roughness were measured to study the way in which the addition of AKD, beating, and calendering influence these paper properties. The results indicate that neither sizing with AKD nor calendering or beating have any pronounced effect on the adhesive joint strength, at least not under the conditions used. Most of the differences observed are within the limits of the experimental error. The greatest influence on the joint strength was observed when samples had been stored at low temperature.