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How to convert a dry-bond coater to a hot-melt coater, eliminating dryers
You can run 100% solids hot melt on a gravure station and shut the dryer off. Heat the cylinder, stiffen the blade, chill the roll. Call 800-249-0337.
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The job is to convert a dry-bond gravure station so it coats hot melt and you drop water- and solvent-based drying ovens. Two cost paths: least-cost field mods, or a cleaner reverse-angle setup that may limit line speed on cell release.
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General plant guidance only — not a substitute for your process, SDS/TDS, or line trials. Call 800-249-0337 to match a grade.