Identity locked or marked open
Chemical name, CAS number if known, polymer backbone, and internal code. If CAS is unknown, write that fact instead of guessing a neighboring resin.
SOURCING CHECKLIST
Hot melt adhesive supplier questions to close before the inquiry
Use this page as a pre-RFQ gate. It restates specification, document, sample, and approval items that should be decided or explicitly left open. It is not a sustainability statement and it does not certify any mill.
Discuss Product Requirements
GATE ITEMS
Checklist items that change quote comparability
Form and process window
Pellet, pillow, film, tape, or powder; viscosity at a named temperature; melt flow; color. A tape construction is not interchangeable with a powder grind on the same line.
Quantity and packaging
Kilograms or drums, sample versus production, bag or IBC, net content, and pallet notes. MOQ answers are unusable if the package is undefined.
Documents requested
Current SDS, TDS, CoA field list, and any TSCA, REACH, ISO, GMP, or transport statement tied to the quoted SKU. Related-grade files stay out of the comparison.
Selection considerations that remain unresolved on purpose
Buyers often argue whether a cheaper polyolefin hot melt can replace an EVA grade, or whether a film can replace a coated tape. Those are process decisions. This checklist only forces the two options onto separate quote lines with their own viscosity, substrate, and document packs. Cost is compared after that split, not before.
Another recurring dispute is whether a family SDS plus a verbal “same chemistry” claim is enough to receive material. The conservative path used here is to treat handling, storage, flash point, and UN number as unknown until the exact-product SDS arrives. That path is slower; the faster path accepts more residual risk. This desk does not choose the risk appetite.
BEFORE YOU SEND
Approvals that this site cannot give
- Fitness for a named converting line or woodworking press is a buyer trial outcome.
- Food-contact, medical, or automotive letters are supplier or buyer documents, not ours.
- Transport and storage follow the SDS, DOT or IMDG class, and the carrier, not this checklist.
- Budget figures and high-end/mid-range/budget labels are preferences, not audited factory tiers.
- No lowest-price or savings percentage is attached to a completed checklist.
Submit the closed brief for factory quotes
If identity, quantity, packaging, destination, and document requests are ready, send them here. If they are not ready, list the open items in the requirement field so suppliers do not fill gaps with catalog defaults.