A bottled beverage exits a processing system at a cold tempe

A bottled beverage exits a processing system at a cold temperature. It enters a warm room where it is placed on a conveyor to be delivered to the packaging area. There, a machine will apply a paper label to the surface of the bottle. Unfortunately, the adhesive will not stick to a wet surface. Given the following conditions, will there be a label adhesion problem in the packaging line for the QC supervisor (a recent MSU graduate) to solve? Bottle surface temperature = 13 C; dry bulb air temperature = 28 C; 35 % relative humidity

True or False?

Solution

False. There will be very less chances of label adhesion problem as the conditions are quite ideal for the label to stick permanently to the bottle.

1. The application surface temperature is greater than 10 C.

2. service temperature is in the range of -10 C and 80 C.

3. RH is sufficiently suitable for adhesion.