The Engraved-Roller Envelope: Which Cut Your Applicator Can Actually Hold

Every chemistry page asks what you are bonding. None asks what is applying it — and that machine was bought before the adhesive was. Your applicator caps the usable particle size before chemistry is on the table.

1. What applies the powder?
2. What add-on weight does the finished part need?

What the published record actually says

Application routeAdd-on the disclosure reportsSource
Paste-dot base layer~5–6 g/m² dryUS5677038A
Double-dot (base + scattered upper)2+5 = 7 g/m² on a 35 g/m² polyester knitUS6300413B1
Double-dot, heavier constructions5+7 = 12 and 6+8 = 14 g/m²US6986935B2
Engraved-roller line“aiming to achieve add-on weights of from 10 to 15 g/m²”US5902843A
Scatter head + sinter ovenNon-adhering powder blown off and extracted by suction — no recovery rate is published anywhere
Basis, stated plainly. The add-on figures above are what the cited patent disclosures report for those routes — they are not Teng Yang measurements and not a promise about your line. No published rule states the governing ratio between engraving cell depth and maximum usable particle size for interlining; the interlining patents co-specify dot density and powder grading and never name the relationship between them. The one explicit ratio rule we located governs gravure coating of liquid dispersions in another industry, so it does not transfer. This tool narrows the question. Your roller gauge answers it.

Send your roller gauge and add-on target — we’ll name the cut

Aperture designations and their tolerances are on the hot melt adhesive powder hub.