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.

When applying protein glue, temperature plays a significant role. It’s important to make sure you’re keeping your glue at an optimal temperature to have good adhesion, but sometimes accidents can happen. Here is how to identify, clean up, and avoid burning your protein glue to keep your manufacturing process running smoothly. 

As companies become more environmentally conscious, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about different types of glue and their impact on the environment. One of the most common questions we get is if hot melt glue is environmentally friendly? That short answer is no.