Booth: E18

Due to new regulations and export guidelines, limit values for VOC are being set ever lower. Manufacturers who bond their foams with solvent-based and therefore VOC-containing adhesives are faced with ever greater challenges in meeting these limits. SIMALFA® offers future-oriented solutions with added value since 1990 and avoids VOC-containing ingredients in its water-based adhesives for foam-bonding.

VOC are volatile organic compounds which become gaseous already at room temperature. VOC often have a harmful effect on people and the environment or cause unpleasant odours. These, sometimes poisonous, substances are volatilized only after hours or days and are partly responsible for the greenhouse effect. VOC can also cause various health problems for humans. This increases the public and governmental pressure on producers worldwide to avoid VOC-containing ingredients.

SIMALFA® is produced without adding VOC and is tested for pollutants. Independent laboratory analyses confirm that SIMALFA® meets demanding standards. Thus, governmental requirements are exceeded, the environment is preserved and your employees are protected.

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The following guidelines and requirements of ECO-labels are fulfilled by SIMALFA®:

TVOC (IOS-MAT-0010)

ECO-Passport

Green Guard

HJ2541-2016

GB 33372- 2020

Nordic Ecolabelling

Application field: 

- Spray application for foam-bonding (ex. upholstery)

- Roller coating for foam-bonding (ex. mattresses) 

Case or solution: 

When changing from solvent-based adhesives to water-based adhesives from SIMALFA® you not only improve the pollutant balance of your products and protect your employees, you also simplify the handling with the adhesive. For transport and storage no precautions or protective measures are necessary. Maintenance work is not necessary and the production environment can be kept clean easily.

Our adhesive experts help you to change from solvent-based adhesives to SIMALFA®. Avoiding VOC and other pollutants creates significant added value and makes your company more competitive in every way.

Adhesive-users constantly face the problem that overspray arises during application. This “side effect” generally arises in the case of dispersion adhesives due to viscosity and other factors. Material that occurs as overspray is not used and gets lost.

Solutions: 

The SIMALFA® Overspray Free Technology generates a net-like spray pattern during application. This prevents individual adhesive particles from swirling and producing overspray. With this new OF technology, foam and upholstery materials can be bonded immediately without producing overspray. A real guarantee for a clean and safe working environment. And best of all: This technology is now also available for the first time for 2-component systems.

Advantages: 

Clean working surfaces and environment

High precision

Less adhesive waste

Less maintenance work

Different application options (automatic spray application)

AREAS OF USE

Foam converting

Mattresses 

Upholstery industry

Transportation

Packaging, etc.

MOST BONDED MATERIALS

Used for all kinds of upholstery applications and materials, such as foams, cloth, polyester wool, cotton, wood, plastic, cardboard, rubber, leather, artificial leather or non-woven.

APPLICATION TYPES

Spray guns

Automatic spray application

Automatic application rollers

Manual with brushes

Case or solution: 

The SIMALFA® Overspray Free Technology generates a net-like spray pattern during application. This prevents individual adhesive particles from swirling and producing overspray. With this new OF technology, foam and upholstery materials can be bonded immediately without producing overspray. A real guarantee for a clean and safe working environment. And best of all: This technology is now also available for the first time for 2-component systems.

Introducing SIMALFA® CR-free adhesives – the first CR-free one- and two component adhesives for foam-bonding. The ecological and economical portfolio of the new adhesive technology optimally complements the existing SIMALFA® product range and covers todays and future needs of the industry. Furthermore, the state-of-the-art CR-free formulations are completely non-yellowing and aging resistant.

Chloroprene Rubber (CR) plays a major role in the global economy, with key applications in various industries including manufacturing, automotive, medical industries and consumer goods. It is mainly used for the production of technical rubber parts (cables, hoses, belts, etc.), neoprene and water-based adhesives.

When formulating water-based adhesives, CR is very popular for its good bonding properties and is used in most products today.

BENEFITS OF CR-FREE ADHESIVES:

- Most advanced chlorine-free formulation

- Highly economical and ecological

- Non-yellowing and aging resistant

- Energy-saving production

- Meets environmental guidelines

- Resource-saving manufacturing process

AREAS OF USE

Foam converting

Mattresses 

Upholstery industry

Transportation

Packaging, etc.

The SIMALFA® CR-free adhesives are available as both 1-component and 2-component adhesives. As with all SIMALFA® adhesive types, the new series is extremely economical to use. Even smallest application quantities efficiently bond foams and enable bonding at the highest level.

The CR-free adhesives from SIMALFA® are water-based contact adhesives, formulated free of solvents and halogen (and as a result free of chlorine). The adhesives were developed especially for the foam processing industry. The one- and two-component system can be used for a multitude of materials produced by the foam converting and upholstery industry.

The adhesives are characterized by excellent wet adhesion and heat resistance. Together with the high initial tack, the user benefits from a system that guarantees both economic and ecological processing.

Due to new, stricter environmental regulations, the foam industry is changing. Regulatory limits are being tightened and customer requirements are rising. The need for chlorine- and thus halogen-free end products is continuously gaining in importance.

Benefits: 

- Halogen- and chlorine-free formulated

- Solvent-free adhesives

- Eco-Label ready

Pack mattresses immediately after production with the especially for the inline production designed SIMALFA® adhesives. Maximize efficiency, reduce storage space requirements (no temporary storage) and increase process reliability at the same time. Ideal for the efficient, time-saving and cost-effective bonding of foams.

ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM:

Inline production

Immediate packaging

Maximum efficiency

High process reliability

Time savings in production

Immediate packaging

No temporary storage

No memory effect

INLINE PRODUCTION WITH SIMALFA®

Conventionally bonded foam mattresses require several hours of drying time until the liquid content of the adhesive has vaporized so far, that a problem-free packaging is possible. Thanks to the specially designed adhesives for inline production, the drying process can be significantly shortened. The SIMALFA® 360 adhesive enables immediate packaging without a “memory effect” in roll packed mattresses. This maximizes your production and minimizes your storage costs.

Welcome to Visit SIMALFA at Booth E18 of Interfoam China 2023

June 14-16 | Shanghai