Our state of the art adhesives cover a multiplicity of applications in the Smartcard industry and make a contribution in this fast growing and future oriented business. Henkel makes life easier and safer even while you shop. 

Applications across the value chain

• Data tape lamination
• Overlay film lamination
• Contact-less card lamination

Data tape lamination
Our polyamide hotmelts are suited for the heatseal-coating of magnetic transfer tapes. The products are diluted in IPA and coated on the backside of the transfer tape (4µm solid coating). In general a good adhesion to PVC is given. Typical application areas are include flight tickets, bank account books and bank cards.

Overlay film lamination
For the backside coating of overlay films our product range offers polyamide hotmelts with good adhesion to PVC and PET and the ink printing on the card. Our hotmelts can be diluted in an isopropanol / hexane solution with silica gel as an anti-blocking agent.

Contact-less card lamination

Construction of a contact-less smart card
Henkel covers the value chain of contact-less cards with its solutions for inlay coating and for backside coating.

Products suitable for PVC or PET films:

• Inlay Coating: 
• Polyurethane Hotmelt
• Polyamide Hotmelt
• Polyurethane Casting system
• Backside Coating
• Heat-seal dispersion
• Reactive Heat-seal dispersion

Examples of use

General lamination with dispersions and hotmelts

Adhesives for magnet tapes, holographs 

Manipulation-safety adhesive systems for security cards

 

 

Focus on Innovations

Hotmelt Tapes
In some cases, it is complicated to apply hotmelt for bonding with application machines such as gear pump devices, spraying applicators or roller coaters. For these cases we offer tailor-made tapes of

• Polyurethane (PUR) hotmelts 
• Polyamide (PA) hotmelts
• Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) hotmelts

Why use PUR hotmelt tapes?

• The tape is tailor-made
• No pre-coating of substrates necessary
• The lamination process is quick (<1min.)
• No vulcanization necessary
• The lamination temperatures are low (>=70°C)
• The end product is highly resistant