With the new pilot line coil coating companies and their coating suppliers are given the ability to apply and cure radiation cured (UV & EB) coatings at production speeds
A new product platform has been developed to enhance the performance and minimise the environmental impact in a wide range of end products including high performance alkyd paints and coatings.
There are several challenges in coating wooden substrates. As wood is a natural material, many different compositions and origins exist. Driven by legislation and furniture manufacturers, thereduction of the VOC level is another major issue. Dr. Rolf Gertzmann of Bayer MaterialScience, BU Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties, summarises current trends and challenges.
When fire attacks the topcoat it causes a chemical reaction which makes the topcoat expand to form a non-flammable protective layer that insulates the surface over which it has been applied.
Cathodic delamination is one of the major modes of failure for organic coatings immersed in seawater and refers to the weakening or loss of adhesion between the coating and the substrate. In a newwork, the effects of various parameters on this failure mode have been investigated.
Due to its good drying properties, formulations based on the new core-shell self-crosslinking dispersion can also be utilised in plants with short production cycles.
Researchers from four Fraunhofer Institutes recently engineered a new process that is particularly forgery-proof: they add various fluorescing dyes to the entire material.
Micro- and nanotechnology are key technologies that generate unique advanced and novel products, which are applied all over the world in many industries.
