Method of packaging an adhesive composition and corresponding packaged article

A method of packaging a thermoplastic or thermosetting hot melt adhesive, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a plurality of substantially uniform separate portions of an adhesive composition;
• b) sufficiently solidifying all said portions for packaging;
• c) forming a batch comprising the plurality of solidified portions,
• d) selecting a plastic packaging material having a softening point below about 120.degree. C. and having physical characteristics which are compatible with and do not substantially adversely affect the adhesive characteristics of a molten mixture of said adhesive and said material and whereby said mixture is substantially compatible with the operation of hot melt application equipment;
• e) substantially completely surrounding said batch with said plastic packaging material.

A method of packaging a thermoplastic or thermosetting hot melt adhesive, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing an adhesive composition in flowable form, sufficiently plastified for packaging;
• b) inserting at least one portion of said flowable, plastified adhesive composition into a plastics packaging material enclosure;
• c) selecting a plastic packaging material having a softening point below about 120.degree. C. and having physical characteristics which are compatible with and do not substantially adversely affect the adhesive characteristics of a molten mixture of said adhesive and said material and whereby said mixture is substantially compatible with the operation of hot melt application equipment;
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• d) separating and substantially completely surrounding said at least one portion with said plastics packaging material.

A method of packaging a synthetic block polymer based hot melt method, said adhesive comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing one substantially uniform separate portion of an adhesive composition comprising a synthetic block polymer based hot-melt adhesive;
• (b) sufficiently solidifying said portion for packaging;
• (c) selecting a polyethylene packaging material which is meltable together with the adhesive composition and blendable into the adhesive composition in a molten state, said packaging material being chosen so as to not disadvantageously effect the properties of the adhesive composition when blended into same, and to be substantially compatible with the operation of hot melt application equipment;
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• (d) substantially completely surrounding said sufficiently solidified portion with said polyethylene packaging material.