Hot melt detector

A new hot melt glue detector from SUNX Sensors (West Des Moines, IA) verifies the presence of hot melt adhesive on cartons at speeds to 1ꯠ packages/ sec.

Sep 30, 1996

Model TH-31 can verify hot melt as small as 3 mm (0.1") dia and can monitor bead length. Memory stores up to eight programs.

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