Designation:D1874−62(Reapproved2010)StandardSpecificationforWater-orSolvent-SolubleLiquidAdhesivesforAutomaticMachineSealingofTopFlapsofFiberboardShippingCases1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD1874;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversstarch,dextrin,casein,resinbase,andotherliquidadhesives(exceptingpressure-sensitivetypes)usedforsealingthetopflapsoffiberboardshippingcases.Itincludesprovisionsforadhesiveselectionbasedon:(1)satisfactorymachiningcharacteristicsonspecificequipment,and(2)adequateadhesionunderspecifiedstorageconditions.Thisspecificationfurtherprovidesforthecontrolofuniformitybetweenlotsofanadhesiveselectedontheabovebasesbylimitingvariationsinnonvolatilecontentandviscos-ity.1.2Thisspecificationprovidesbasesforadhesiveselectionaswellasproductuniformitycontrol.Testmethodsarespecifiedformeasuring(1)nonvolatilecontent,(2)consistency,and(3)bondingpermanencyunderspecifiedstorageconditions.1.3Thevaluesstatedinacceptablemetricunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareprovidedforinformationpurposesonly.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D907TerminologyofAdhesivesD1084TestMethodsforViscosityofAdhesivesD1489TestMethodforNonvolatileContentofAqueousAdhesivesD1581MethodofTestforBondingPermanencyofWater-orSolvent-SolubleLiquidAdhesivesforLabelingGlassBottles(Withdrawn1991)3D1714TestMethodforWaterAbsorptivenessofFiberboardSpecimensforAdhesives(Withdrawn1990)33.Terminology3.1ManytermsinthisspecificationaredefinedinTermi-nologyD907.4.PhysicalProperties4.1Thegeneralconsistencyshallbeuniform,andtheadhesiveshallbefreeoflumpsandparticles.4.2Themachiningpropertiesshallbesuchthattheadhesive(whendilutedinaccordancewithtothemanufacturer’sinstruc-tions)shallnotstringwhenmachinetransfersurface...
