Novamelt offers, under the brand name Novarad® RC, a wide range of UV-curable pressure sensitive adhesives based on acrylics.

In addition to the UV-Acrylic hotmelt for technical applications with the well known high performance characteristics, such products are also available for medical applications with the following additional features: good temperature resistance (regarding skin temperature), possibility of sterilization and good water vapour penetrability. The excellent properties of hotmelt PSA such as high coating speeds, free from solvents and low machine investments can also be found at the UV-curable Acrylics for medical applications.

At room temperature, UV-curable hot melt adhesive has a honey-like consistency. This product type is supplied in pails containing 18 kg or in steel drums containing 180 kg.

The adhesive is melted with a drum-unloader and coated at 120 to 150 °C, depending on the specific application, on a standard roller- or slot-die coating machine. After the coating process, the adhesive is in line UV-cured by passing under UV lamps.

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