Vikkas Modified Starch Industries Pvt ltd

Manali, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

PAPER HONEYCOMB GUM

Introduction to Paper Honeycomb Gum:

Paper Honeycomb Gum is a specially formulated adhesive used in the manufacturing of paper honeycomb panels. These panels are made by expanding kraft paper into a honeycomb-like structure and bonding it with paper liners or boards. The gum (adhesive) plays a crucial role in holding the structure together, providing strength, durability, and uniform bonding.

Typically, this gum is starch-based (often modified starch or dextrin) and may be enhanced with additives to improve tack, bonding strength, water resistance, and drying time. It is applied during the panel production process to adhere the honeycomb core to the face papers or liners.

Advantages of Paper Honeycomb Gum:

Strong Bonding Strength:

Ensures a firm and durable bond between the honeycomb core and outer liners.

Eco-Friendly:

Usually water-based and biodegradable (especially if starch-based), making it sustainable and non-toxic.

Cost-Effective:

Offers a low-cost  adhesive solution suitable for large-scale production.

Lightweight Construction Support:

Enables  the creation of lightweight yet strong paper honeycomb panels.

Customizable Properties:

Formulations can be tailored for quick drying, moisture resistance, or increased tack depending on application needs.

Easy Application:

Can be applied with standard roll coaters or spraying systems used in honeycomb panel lines.

Improved Production Efficiency:

Fast setting and good workability help in speeding up manufacturing processes.

Our product is used in the paper tube and paper core manufacturing industries. We offer a wide range of paper tube gum powders in different grades and colours to meet the needs of our customers. The product is manufactured with the highest quality raw materials and advanced machinery, which enables us to provide our clients with superior products.

Role of Adhesives in Core / Tube Compression value

Assembly of ply one over the other is basic operation. Theoretically contact area of fibers of two layers is very low. Adhesives  fills the gaps between the payers and penetrate both the layers. Even Though this penetration may not cross 20 microns, it is significant to hold both the layers together. Tack of adhesive defines the speed at which machines can run assuming all other conditions remaining the same. To get appropriate bonding there needs to be balance between paper parameters like COBB, formation, ply-bond GS etc with glue properties like viscosity , solids , flow , tack etc. Lamination of plies in the middle, top and inner area of core is different. Even poor lamination in few layers can cause drastic fall in compression value.

Applications:

It is used in Paper Tube, Paper Core, Spiral Tube & Edge protector Manufacturing.

Advantages of Dex gum products

Excellent  Tack.Fiber to Fiber lamination initiates in less than 180 sec. Consistent viscosity for given water mix ratio.Expertise in understanding customer  process parameters and technical capabilities to produce product to suit the process parameters.Higher compression values.No slippage  even  at  higher application.Fast setting  property.Low application  and consumption.