Technical easy-to-clean coatings for different temperature ranges

New easy-to-clean and anti-sticking coatings have been designed for applications at room temperature and for industrial applications at temperatures up to 900 °C. The general composition of the coating material is depending on the intended use. The requirements of easy-to-clean or anti-sticking coatings are ranging from low adhesion of limescale, moss dirt or dye, which have to be removed at room temperature, over polymer masses, which have to be demolded at temperatures between 150°C and 250 °C up to aluminium parts or casts, which show temperatures between 550 °C and 900 °C. Beside the primary non-stick functionality of these coatings their long-time stability under drastic thermal or mechanical conditions has to be guaranteed. Dr. Gerald Frenzer will present the results of the development of a non-stick coating used at higher temperature at the European Coatings Conference "Easy to Clean II" in Berlin on 8-9 December.