A heat exchange device for heating liquid adhesive material to an application temperature suitable for an adhesive bonding application, comprising: a body having an inlet configured to receive a flow of liquid adhesive material and an outlet configured to provide the liquid adhesive material to a dispensing device for the adhesive bonding application, a fluid passageway defined in the body connecting the inlet and the outlet and configured to receive the flow of liquid adhesive material, the fluid passageway including an inlet section, an outlet section, and a thin slit section located between the inlet section and the outlet section, and a heating element thermally coupled with the body and configured for heating the liquid adhesive material flowing through the thin slit section to the application temperature, wherein the thin slit section has a length along a fluid flow direction between the inlet and the outlet, the thin slit section further having a first dimension and a second dimension transverse to the fluid flow direction, the first dimension and the length being substantially greater than the second dimension, wherein the profile of the thin slit section is a ring, the first dimension is a circumference of the ring, and the second dimension is a radial thickness of the ring, wherein the body is comprised of generally concentrically arranged first, second, and third body segments (40, 42, 44), the second body segment being generally radially inside the first body segment and the third body segment being generally radially inside the second body segment, characterised in that, a first leg of the thin slit section is defined between an outer surface of the third body segment and an inner surface of the second body segment, a first transition section connecting the inlet section with the first leg near a distal end of the third body segment, wherein a second leg of the thin slit section of the fluid passageway is defined between the an outer surface of the second body segment and an inner surface of the first body segment, a second transition section connecting the first leg and the second leg of the thin slit section near a distal end of the second body segment, and wherein the second leg of the thin slit section is connected with the outlet section of the fluid passageway by a third transition section. a body having an inlet configured to receive a flow of liquid adhesive material and an outlet configured to provide the liquid adhesive material to a dispensing device for the adhesive bonding application, a fluid passageway defined in the body connecting the inlet and the outlet and configured to receive the flow of liquid adhesive material, the fluid passageway including an inlet section, an outlet section, and a thin slit section located between the inlet section and the outlet section, and a heating element thermally coupled with the body and configured for heating the liquid adhesive material flowing through the thin slit section to the application temperature, wherein the thin slit section has a length along a fluid flow direction between the inlet and the outlet, the thin slit section further having a first dimension and a second dimension transverse to the fluid flow direction, the first dimension and the length being substantially greater than the second dimension, wherein the profile of the thin slit section is a ring, the first dimension is a circumference of the ring, and the second dimension is a radial thickness of the ring, wherein the body is comprised of generally concentrically arranged first, second, and third body segments (40, 42, 44), the second body segment being generally radially inside the first body segment and the third body segment being generally radially inside the second body segment, characterised in that, a first leg of the thin slit section is defined between an outer surface of the third body segment and an inner surface of the second body segment, a first transition section connecting the inlet section with the first leg near a distal end of the third body segment, wherein a second leg of the thin slit section of the fluid passageway is defined between the an outer surface of the second body segment and an inner surface of the first body segment, a second transition section connecting the first leg and the second leg of the thin slit section near a distal end of the second body segment, and wherein the second leg of the thin slit section is connected with the outlet section of the fluid passageway by a third transition section.