Calcium lignosulfonate used as a glue to hold ball clay bags on a pallet


Friday 8th January 2016

Some companies (e.g. Old Hickory Clay) use this as an alternative to shrink-wrapping every pallet of bagged materials (for environmental reasons for example). This wood derivative material is very sticky and behaves like a glue. However it redissolves quickly when whetted. Dark hard particles of this glue can be a concern in batching operations where they fall into the mix. However in a insight-live.com/glossary/239">pugmill the particles dissolve during movement through the barrel and are not visible in the extruded product.

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