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Plant-floor overview. Unlock below for the full converter checklist.
Conventional waxers handle straight and lightly modified waxes. Without changes they cannot use the viscosity of real hot melts. A newer family of machines does: gravure, reverse roll, kiss, slotted-head (die / slotted-head coaters), extrusion coating, and curtain coating. Most lines can also laminate. Many plants add chemical or electrostatic treaters, preheat, or post-heat.
In-plant mods on older waxers: more heat, doctor blades to meter the melt, variable-speed drives. That can move a coater from about 100 cps to 5,000 cps or more at low speed. Past that you need a machine built for hot melt.
What's in this guide
- Gravure
- Reverse roll
- Kiss
- Slotted heads
- Extrusion coating and laminating
Longer plant training (5–10 min)
Coming soon — downloadable deep-dive for the floor.
General plant guidance only — not a substitute for your process, SDS/TDS, or line trials. Call 800-249-0337 to match a grade.