Testing Bond Strength Of Glue For Optimal Packaging

The food industry has several challenges when it comes to packaging items for consumer use. Most important are protection during shipment from manufacturing plant to store and ease of opening the packaged item by the end user. Packaging materials are carefully selected for this purpose while observing budget constraints imposed by marketing departments. Choice of appropriate glues is one facet of this process. To ensure that candidate glues perform adequately, physical testing is needed to measure bonding strength on designated packaging materials. This article explains how to perform the required tests to evaluate different adhesive products.