Slautterback Corp.: Hot melt system for CDs

A three-fold paperboard CD holder, patented in England, required an unusual hot melt application in its production. Slautterback (Monterey, CA) used two modular M104 applicators to precisely deposit 80 hot melt dots in a pattern conforming to the rounded finished package shape.

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Sep 30, 1998

A Slautterback KB20E melt tank delivers the adhesive to the heads. The paperboard CD folder has a shock-resistant design that permits it to be attached to a magazine and sent through the mail.

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