Casemaking seems pretty straightforward. There are generally two ways to bind a book, sheet-fed presses and roll-fed pressed, also known as web presses. Both of these methods provide a similar result, but how that’s accomplished can make one method of casemaking better for your needs than the other.

Working with adhesives can be notoriously tricky. When we get calls about why a customer’s glue isn’t working, it could stem from various factors. If you believe your protein glue application isn’t running as optimally as it should be and want a second option, here are some of the questions a glue expert is likely to ask when troubleshooting your adhesive application. 

Our Research & Innovation Manager, Austin Munnell, celebrates his first year with LD Davis Industries. What an accomplishment!

We sat down with Austin to see how his time at LD Davis has been this past year and asked a few questions to get to know him a bit more.

As many manufacturers know, using protein glue in production is a bit of a balancing act. Apply adhesives require operators to consider several variables to ensure it has the proper adhesion. When using natural protein glue, you mainly have to think about three aspects: temperature, viscosity, and the amount of adhesive applied.