ABSTRACT

I. Manufacture of Coating Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

A. Manufacture of the Adhesive Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

1. Synthesis of Adhesive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

a. In-Line Synthesis of the PSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

b. Off-Line Synthesis of the PSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

2. Formulation of Adhesive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

a. Formulation for the Adhesive Properties of PSPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

b. Raw Material Dependent Formulating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

c. Coating Technology Dependent Formulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

d. Formulation Depending on Product Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

e. Product Buildup-Dependent Formulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

f. End-Use-Dependent Formulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

3. Manufacturing Technology of the Adhesive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

a. Formulating Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

b. Formulating Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

4. Manufacture of Adhesives for Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

5. Manufacture of Adhesives for Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

6. Manufacture of Adhesives for Protective Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

7. Manufacture of Adhesives for Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

8. Formulation of the Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

a. Primers for Coated Adhesives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

b. Primers for Extruded Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

B. Manufacture of the Abhesive Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

1. Formulation of Abhesive According to Its Chemical Basis . . . . . . . . . . 371

a. Formulation of Silicones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

b. Formulation of Other Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

2. Formulation According to Coating Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

3. Formulation According to Product Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

4. Technology of Abhesive Formulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

II. Manufacture of the Carrier Material for PSPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

A. Carrier on Paper Basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

1. Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

2. General Requirements for Paper as Carrier Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

3. Special Requirements for Paper Used as Carrier Material for

Different PSPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

a. Paper as Carrier for Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

b. Paper as Carrier for Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

c. Paper as Carrier for Protective Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

for Release Liners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .