Products in CASE Ingredients: Radiation Curable Ink

Efka® PX 4787 is a liquid formulation serving as a versatile emulsifier and dispersant. Tailored to meet the needs of diverse markets, including automotive and transportation, consumer goods, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging, Efka® PX 4787 ensures ease of application in its liquid form.

Efka® SL 3230 is a versatile solution for various applications in the paints and coatings industry. As a leading CASE ingredient, it functions as a leveling agent and slip agent, ensuring optimal performance. Specifically designed for use in building and construction, wood coatings and finishes, and industrial coatings, Efka® SL 3230 excels in providing a smooth finish and enhanced slip properties. Its advanced technologies make it a reliable choice for the printing and packaging sector, particularly in printing and inks and other printing applications.

BTC Europe GmbH N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone stab. 0.1% NaOH serves as a monomer, reactive diluent, and rheology modifier. It functions in various capacities within CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredients, working as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier. Its notable features include excellent adhesion and improved substrate wetting. It can be cured using radiation methods.

BTC Europe GmbH N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone stab.25ppm Kerobit serves as a monomer, reactive diluent, and rheology modifier. It functions in various capacities within CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredients, working as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier. Its notable features include excellent adhesion and improved substrate wetting. It can be cured using radiation methods.

Efka® PX 4753 is a liquid formulation designed to function as an emulsifier and dispersant, specifically tailored for epoxies (EP) and acrylics. This versatile solution boasts tin-free labeling claims, aligning with environmentally conscious practices. Efka® PX 4753, in its liquid form, ensures easy and efficient application. Noteworthy features include high pigment loading and high gloss, enhancing the overall performance of formulations.

Efka® SL 3210 is a slip and leveling agent, a very effective additive to increase substrate wetting, slip, surface smoothness, and gloss. It has good compatibility with a broad range of printing ink systems and is relatively insensitive to pin-holing, even at high dosage. The chemical nature is organically modified polysiloxane.

Efka® PX 4731 is a versatile product, acts as a dispersant and defoamer in applications like radiation curable ink, solventborne ink, and coil coating. With features such as high color strength, high gloss, and viscosity stability, it finds application in automotive OEM coatings, consumer goods, including coil coatings, furniture coatings, industrial coatings, and industrial maintenance coatings. This liquid additive enhances the overall performance of formulations.

Efka® PX 4780 is a liquid formulation designed to function as an emulsifier and dispersant. This versatile solution caters to diverse markets, including automotive and transportation, consumer goods, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging. In its liquid form, Efka® PX 4780 ensures easy and efficient application.

Efka® FA 4611 is a solvent-free wetting and dispersing agent with acidic groups, excellently suited for solvent-borne and solvent-free coatings and printing inks. Is in a clear, slightly yellowish liquid form, Efka® FA 4611 demonstrates broad compatibility in a wide range of resin systems.

BTC Europe GmbH N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone stab100ppm Kerobit serves as a monomer, reactive diluent, and rheology modifier. It functions in various capacities within CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredients, working as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier. Its notable features include excellent adhesion and improved substrate wetting. It can be cured using radiation methods.

Efka® PX 4733 is an advanced polymeric dispersant with a core-shell structure. It is a 100% active, liquid dispersant with high pigment loading at low mill base viscosity. Particularly effective in UV-curable and mild-solvent ink-jet systems, it is suitable for use in UV-curable ink systems, including flexographic, lithographic, and screen inks.

BTC Europe GmbH N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone stab.10ppm Kerobit serves as a monomer, reactive diluent, and rheology modifier. It functions in various capacities within CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers) ingredients, working as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier. Its notable features include excellent adhesion and improved substrate wetting. It can be cured using radiation methods.

Irgastab® UV 22 serves as an in-can stabilizer inhibiting early polymerization in UV-curable ink and coating formulations. As a polymerization inhibitor, it helps prevent the degradation of UV-curable compositions, preserving shelf life stability. Irgastab UV 22 is recommended for printing ink and coating formulations.

HDK® N20 is a synthetic, hydrophilic, amorphous silica produced through flame hydrolysis. It is a standard product widely used in various industrial applications. This white colloidal powder offers high purity and serves multiple purposes. One of the primary applications of HDK® N20 is as a thickening and thixotropic agent in organic systems such as unsaturated polyesters, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetics. Additionally, it functions as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers.

VISIOMER® 1,6-HDDMA (1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate) is a hydrophobic dimethacrylate monomer highly suitable as a crosslinker for reactive systems. This versatile monomer finds applications in industries such as 3D printing, adhesives and sealants, coatings, as well as plastics and rubber.

VISIOMER® PEG 200 DMA (polyethylene glycol 200 dimethacrylate) is an aliphatic dimethacrylate monomer with low viscosity, making it an excellent choice as a co-monomer to enhance the mechanical properties and chemical resistance of resins. This label-free monomer finds applications in a variety of industries, including 3D printing, adhesives and sealants, coatings, composites, construction and, personal care.

AEROSIL® 300 is a hydrophilic fumed silica with a specific surface area of 300 m²/g.

VISIOMER® HEMATMDI (diurethane dimethacrylate) is a difunctional methacrylate monomer featuring a urethane group. It is characterized by its low volatility and high reactivity. This compound finds extensive use in radiation curing formulations for varnishes, inks, adhesives, as well as dental compounds. Industries such as 3D printing, adhesives and sealants, coatings, personal care, and healthcare benefit from its versatile properties.

SYNTHALAT A 141 HS is an acrylic resin cross-linked with polyisocyanate with a high solids content. Used in combination with aliphatic polyisocyanates for air- and stove-drying two-component coatings for industrial coatings with high flexiblility, adhesion, and weathering resistance. It has applications in off-road commercial vehicle and recreational vehicle coatings, industrial coatings, automotive OEM coatings, and commercial transportation.

DCL A3RJ Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a strong red shade and highly saturated blue pigment that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL A3R Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. DCC Blue A3R is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings, plastics, and ink applications.

DCL 1166 Disazo Scarlet, PR.166 is a transparent, yellow-shaded red with excellent heat stability and very good fastness properties. It is recommended for auto refinishes, solvent industrial coatings, and powder coating applications. It is also recommended for all ink and plastic applications.

DCL 3777 Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 (blue shade) is a bright, blue-shaded phthalocyanine with excellent overall properties. The product is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and recommended for various applications in inks, coatings, and plastics. It can be easily dispersed in plastics, coatings, and water-based flexo inks.

DCL 2870 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a blue-shaded red pigment for use where good overall fastness properties are required. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, including lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of paint, plastic, and ink applications.

DCL 1070 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very brilliant, opaque, strong, bright yellow shade of naphthol red pigment. It exhibits very good lightfastness, chemical resistance and flow properties. This makes it a highly reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL A3RN Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings and ink applications.

DCL 2583 Diarylide Yellow, PY.83 is a very strong, bright, and transparent red shade of diarylide yellow with good lightfastness and bleed properties. It also exhibits good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 5577 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:3 is a greenish blue shade of phthalocyanine blue with excellent color strength. 5577 is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of coating and ink applications.

DCL 2139 Isoindoline Yellow, PY.139 is a reddish shade yellow pigment with excellent opacity and lightfastness in deep shades. It is recommended for general industrial coatings where good rheology and opacity are required and can also be used in combination with inorganics as a replacement for chrome yellow medium, as well as in automotive refinishes and high-quality printing ink applications such as inkjet and UV inks.

DCL 1144 Disazo Red, PR.144 is a medium to slightly blue-shade red pigment with high purity, tinting strength, and excellent heat stability. It is primarily used in the coloration of plastics such as PVC, ABS, polystyrene, polyolefins, and polyester spin dyeing, and is also used in some specialty coatings and inks, though it can cause warpage in HDPE.

DCL 1370 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very bright, yellow-shaded naphthol red with very good lightfastness, opacity, flow properties, and chemical resistance. The shade of 1370 is yellower and more opaque compared to that of 1970A. It is a reliable and versatile choice for various plastic, ink and coating applications.

DCL 2194 Benzimidazolone Yellow, PY.194 is a bright, green-shaded yellow with very good light and weather fastness, especially in deep shades. This product has relatively high opacity, good flow properties, good overall resistance properties, and good bleed characteristics. It is mainly used in plastics, high-end coatings, and inks.

DCL 7354 DPP Red, PR.254 is a yellow-shaded DPP that offers excellent opacity, high color saturation, weather resistance, heat stability, acid, alkali, and solvent resistance. It is recommended for high-end coatings and high-end plastics applications, and is FDA compliant for indirect food contact plastic applications.

DCL 3017-A Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 is a strong, medium-shade phthalocyanine green pigment that is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297). It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 1222 Quinacridone Magenta, PR.122 (Yellow shade), is a high-performance pigment that retains all the typical properties of quinacridone pigments, while offering a more yellowish and brighter masstone and a noticeably yellower, brighter, and stronger tint compared to the 1229 grade.

DCL 5454 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:4 is a transparent green-shade blue pigment that is non-crystallizing and stable to high processing temperatures in the presence of aromatic solvents. It is also non-flocculating in mineral oil/vegetable oil, and solvent-based systems. This pigment is recommended for high-grade industrial, agricultural equipment, automotive refinish and OEM, oven-drying coatings, and powder coatings, and is generally used in nitrocellulose and polyamide inks.