For skin contact and more

The hot melt adhesives colored white with titanium dioxide and developed to your specifications as artimeltwhite can be used for various direct skin contact applications, for example, where a contrast to the substrate is required or when using white substrates, such as sports tapes or white wound dressings.

• Zero zinc oxide adhesive
• Weak to strong adhesion to the skin
• Biocompatibility tested according to ISO 10993-5
• Graduated skin adhesion

UV hot melt adhesives with artimeltuvcured properties are irradiated (“crosslinked”) with UVC light to give them the required adhesion and shear resistance properties. Because UVC light is not part of the natural light spectrum, no post-crosslinking can occur during application. Different adhesion properties can be achieved by varying the UV irradiation intensity during adhesive crosslinking.

• Environmentally friendly – can replace solvent-based systems
• Coating weights up to 125 g/m2
• High transparency
• Resistant to plasticizers and chemicals
• Chemically bonded photoinitiator – no migration
• Breathable as acrylate-based

When your product needs to adhere to skin but not come off when sweating or showering, a breathable solution is required. This also applies to wearables, sports tapes and incision films. Hot melt adhesives developed for your application with artimeltbreathable properties allow moisture and gases to exchange between the covered skin and the environment through the adhesive and an appropriate substrate. This facilitates longer wear time on the skin as well as use in humid environments.

artimelt moisture-absorbing wound adhesive systems with artimelthydrocolloid properties allow the skin on an injury such as a foot blister to heal. Developed specifically for your application, the adhesive absorbs wound exudate creating a gel that reduces pressure and absorbs shocks. At the same time, this type of adhesive acts as a protective shield against the ingress of microorganisms.

• High moisture absorption
• Promotes granulation and epithelialization
• Free of raw materials that require labeling or are allergenic

Find out more in our brochure "artimelthydrocolloid - Treatment support"

artimeltlowtrauma offers the ideal alternative to silicone. Silicone-based adhesives often require fluorinated release liners, which are classified as harmful. artimeltlowtrauma allows the use of harmless release liners with adherence performance comparable to silicone.

Hot melt adhesives with the artimeltlowtrauma property are characterized by good initial adhesion. And yet they enable painless removal of bandages and tapes and are exceptionally gentle on the wound and the surrounding skin. This ensures the wound healing process is not compromised in any way by trauma when changing the dressing or plaster. The gentle peel property is the result of the right choice of substrate, adhesive type and application weight. Adhesives with the artimeltlowtrauma property are breathable, too, as they are acrylate-based. This adhesive is also ideal for repositionable applications and is an excellent solution for wound care on sensitive skin, especially for the elderly and children. It also works well for eye patches, fixing catheters, and pressure sore care.

Find out more in our brochure "artimeltlowtrauma - Skin-friendly, without silicone"

Hot melt adhesives with artimeltgentlepeel properties can be released from the skin cleanly and painlessly. At normal application weights, they adhere more strongly than products with artimeltlowtrauma characteristics and are ideal for medical tapes and wound dressings. Hot melt solutions with artimeltgentlepeel properties can be incorporated into your requirement for both breathable and conventional hot melt solutions.

• 180º peel
• 1<>10 N/25 mm
• loop tack
• 5<>15 N/25 m

Hot melt solutions with artimeltmediumpeel properties have been developed to provide medium skin adhesion. They are used in areas where plasters or bandages require greater adhesion and where more than minimal force would be required to remove them. We can develop both breathable and conventional hot melt adhesives for your applications to meet to your requirements.

• 180º peel
• 11<>20 N/25 mm
• loop tack
• 16<>25 N/25 m

When good adhesion to the skin is the main requirement, for example in wounds on joints or other parts of the body that are subject to a wide range of movement, hot melt adhesives with artimeltstrongpeel properties are the answer. These adhesives do remain attached to the skin, even under stress and movement.

• 180º peel
• >21N/25 mm
• loop tack
• >25N/25 m

Hot melt adhesives with artimeltskin properties are developed for applications with direct skin contact. We can develop an adhesive variant according to your specifications that is finely graded to meet a wide range of requirements, including adhesives specially designed for particularly sensitive skin, such as that of babies or the elderly.

If your application requires safe demarcation of a sterile environment, artimelt can develop a specific, UV-curable, antimicrobial hot melt adhesive for you. This is particularly beneficial for incision films during surgery, for example: the film adheres securely to the edge of the wound and therefore protects the skin flora.

Hot melt adhesives with artimeltconstruction properties are the answer for many applications, for example, when constructing or laminating medical products such as multilayer coverings, or for packaging and packaging closures, or when constructing electrodes.

If you are looking for an adhesive with only a low surface tack but perfect adhesion to itself, then artimeltcohesive properties are the answer. These innovative solutions are made from polyolefin-based raw materials and contains no latex, therefore no allergens. A typical application is cohesive bandages. With an adhesive with artimeltcohesive properties designed for your specific bandage application, the bandage can be rolled up and unrolled several times without losing its adhesive properties; and it sticks only where it should: to itself – not to clothes, skin or hair.

Adhesive with artimeltcohesive properties can also be used to cold-seal packaging.

Find out more in our brochure "artimeltcohesive - Ideal for bandages"

Any hot melt adhesive with artimeltcosmetics properties developed for you will meet the guidelines for use with cosmetic products and can be used directly on human skin. Neither raw material selection nor the development of the adhesives involve animal testing. One possible application is temporary tattoos.