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HMT’s Advantage Laminating System provides fast, consistent lamination of a substrate and a laminate. Laminates can be practically ANY material. Here’s how it works: Turn on the laminator. Adjust the heat, compression, and speed of the rollers based on the … Continue reading →

Every production shop strives for consistent quality output, but adhesives and glues can cause deficiencies. Liquid glues are almost always applied unevenly. Too much glue generates lumps and visible messy overages while wasting costly adhesive. Too little glue allows laminate to … Continue reading →

HMT Manufacturing is proud to announce that 100% of our hot melt products are now produced using solar and wind power. A wind turbine and 3,500 square feet of new solar panels on the roof of our facility generate enough … Continue reading →

HMT Manufacturing is a developer and supplier of specialty and custom adhesives. For more than four decades, we have innovated custom film adhesives, custom pressure sensitive adhesives, and custom hot melt adhesive solutions for companies in virtually every industry, worldwide. … Continue reading →

When trying to adhere metal to metal or metal to other materials, you will find that using the right adhesive will make all the difference. Many adhesives are not reliable metal glues, but HMT’s Advantage adhesives can glue various metals … Continue reading →

Because there are so many types of hot melt equipment, choosing a hot melt equipment solution can be overwhelming. HMT’s Advantage Laminating System eliminates the major problems found in other hot melt equipment solutions. HMT’s hot melt equipment and adhesives … Continue reading →

Fabrication shops worldwide are increasing productivity using HMT’s Advantage Laminating System. By replacing time consuming practices with affordable automation, production output capacities increase. The consistent output further increases productivity by reducing the time and materials devoted to replacing laminated materials … Continue reading →

HMT’s Advantage adhesive dries to a translucent, almost clear adhesive in many applications. When applied, HMT Advantage does not have the unsightly appearance of many adhesives in use today; it is not a bulky solid adhesive. Other hot melt adhesives … Continue reading →

With HMT’s Advantage Laminating System, you can feed rolls of flexible material through lamination equipment for high volume adhesion to substrates. Our roll stock feed attachment allows roll lamination of flexible materials like fabric, paper, melamine, veneers, screen, leather, foil, … Continue reading →

The insulation industry uses flexible materials – foam, foil, fabric, etc – bonded to each other. Bond quality is of utmost importance. Poor adhesion would allow air and sound to pass through, reducing the insulation capacity of the product. HMT’s … Continue reading →