Products in Specialty Coatings: Rheology Modifier

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-33 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This SOLESPHERE™ product is a high-oil absorption grade with over twice the absorption capacity of the normal type. It is bulky, easily dispersible, and has distinct properties.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-52 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This SOLESPHERE™ product is a high-oil absorption grade with over twice the absorption capacity of the normal type. It is bulky, easily dispersible, and has distinct properties.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-53 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This SOLESPHERE™ product is a high-oil absorption grade with over twice the absorption capacity of the normal type. It is bulky, easily dispersible, and has distinct properties.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-201 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This product is multi-porous and has a high specific surface area. This RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ silica is used for catalyst supports, as an additive in cosmetic and personal care applications, and in industrial applications.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-51 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This product is multi-porous and has a high specific surface area. This RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ silica is used for catalyst supports, as an additive in cosmetic and personal care applications, and in industrial applications.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-121 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This product leaves a smooth, hydrated skin feel with a matte visual effect. It is multi-porous and has a high specific surface area. This product offers the most functionality for O/W emulsions.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-122 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This SOLESPHERE™ product is a high-oil absorption grade with over twice the absorption capacity of the normal type. It is bulky, easily dispersible, and has distinct properties.

AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ H-31 is a synthetic spherical silica with low cohesiveness and high fluidity. This product is multi-porous and has a high specific surface area. This RESIFA™ SOLESPHERE™ silica is used for catalyst supports, as an additive in cosmetic and personal care applications, and in industrial applications.

EBECRYL® 7100, crafted by CASE Ingredients, is a radiation-curable coating characterized by its bisphenol A-free composition and a low carbon footprint (PCF), ensuring it remains solvent-free and VOC-free. Tailored for the automotive and transportation paints and coatings, as well as the printing and packaging markets, this clear liquid finds its application in automotive OEM coatings, wood finishes, industrial coatings, and specialized printing inks like flexography and inkjet. Compatible with substrates such as paper, plastics, and wood, it can be applied using methods like curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller, and slot-die.

EBECRYL® 130 is a versatile radiation-curable liquid designed as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier within the CASE Ingredients framework. This clear liquid offers attributes such as a high gloss, enhanced hardness, and heat resistance. Catering to sectors like automotive, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging, it excels in applications like automotive OEM coatings, packaging coatings, and various printing methods, including flexography and gravure. Its efficient features encompass faster curing cycles, low energy consumption, and temperature-curing benefits, making it a valuable component across diverse coating and printing applications.

ADDITOL® VXW 6360 serves as a polyurethane thickener tailored for air-drying, aqueous coating systems. It exhibits exceptional rheological properties, contributing to enhanced flow, leveling, film build, and brushability. This additive is designed to meet environmental standards, being both NMP-free and APEO-free. With its application in various coatings, including automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, ADDITOL® VXW 6360 proves to be a valuable component for achieving desired performance characteristics in waterborne formulations.

ADDITOL® AQ-1680, an associative acrylic thickener, dissolves in alkali and is designed for aqueous mass systems. This versatile thickener boasts high thickening power and compatibility with acrylic and cellulosic thickeners. It facilitates the creation of dense structures without syneresis, ensuring stability in high-solids systems. Serving as a rheology modifier and thickener, it adheres to labeling claims of being solvent-free, monomer-free, and environmentally friendly. Well-suited for automotive OEM coating applications.

ADDITOL® XL 270, a liquid powerhouse, serves as a wetting agent, rheology modifier, and thickener. Proudly claiming to be tin-free, bio-based, and APEO-free, this product is tailored for solventless and high-solids coating and solvent-borne coating applications. With special properties that prevent pigment sedimentation, enhance pigment-wetting during dispersion, and prevent pigment from floating in mixtures, ADDITOL® XL 270 is a comprehensive solution. It reduces the tendency to flow off, improving the coverage of edges in many paint systems.

EBECRYL® 3300 is a highly reactive epoxy acrylate, diluted in DPGDA. When cross-linked with other radiation-curable oligomers and reactive diluents, it yields durable, hard-elastic, and chemically resistant coating films. Recommended for clear or pigmented coatings on metal, paper, paperboard, wood, chipboard, and rigid plastics, it balances adhesion, flexibility, and hardness. Labeling claims include VOC-free, low-carbon footprint (PCF), and solvent-free. Application methods include curtain coating, roller, and spray.

The 4354 Thinner 4 is a slower drying thinner for use with the MG Chemical’s urethane and acrylic conformal products. The thinner as excellent solvent strength, making it a good oil and grease remover. It has very low water solubility, so it is unlikely to absorb water and create blush. Its drying speed is slow enough to promote excellent leveling, but it is fast enough to accommodate a reasonable assembly line speed.

EBECRYL® 140 is a clear, liquid radiation-curable coating tailored for diverse applications. This formulation, categorized under CASE Ingredients, combines properties like improved chemical resistance and hardness with efficiency features such as faster cycle time and low energy consumption. Targeted sectors include paints and coatings and printing and packaging, especially for wood finishes, industrial coatings, and packaging applications. Utilizing radiation cure methods, it ensures optimal performance on wood surfaces and offers compatibility with various printing inks.

EBECRYL® 160, a reactive diluent, is a staple in ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) energy-curable coatings and inks. This versatile compound imparts crosslinking to coatings and inks, maintaining flexibility and toughness. Among common triacrylate diluents in energy-curable formulations, EBECRYL® 160 leads in reactivity and viscosity reduction of oligomers. Compatible with a broad spectrum of acrylated resins used in UV/EB curing applications, EBECRYL® 160's attributes, including hardness, abrasion resistance, and high gloss, contribute to its popularity in overprint varnishes, inks, coatings, and electronic applications like photoresists.

ADDITOL® AQ-1681, an associative acrylic thickener, is an alkali-soluble solution with moderate thickening power, specifically designed for styrenated acrylic waterborne paints. Ideal for various applications such as paints, sealants, background preparers, varnishes, and waterproofing, it serves as a filler, extender, and rheology modifier. Notably, it carries labeling claims of being solvent-free, monomer-free, and environmentally friendly.

Bomar™ BR-744SD is a difunctional, aliphatic polyester urethane acrylate offering excellent adhesion, flexibility, and tensile strength. It can be effectively formulated for adhesion to steel, aluminum, and various plastics. Products formulated with BR-744SD can be highly flexible, elastomeric, and tacky. It is excellent as an adhesion promoter or reactive tackifier, and is a perfect choice for optically clear UV-PSAs.

ADDITOL® VXW 6388 is a dynamic solution that excels as a rheology modifier and thickener. Tailored for waterborne coating and primer formulations, it is NMP-free and APEO-free. Noteworthy features encompass corrosion resistance, high film thickness, high sagging resistance, and improved edge coverage. With its special properties as a urethane-modified polyether, it exhibits a substantial thickening effect in the middle shear range. Applications extend across paints and coatings, including automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, making ADDITOL® VXW 6388 an indispensable component for achieving optimal performance and durability in coating formulations.

EBECRYL® 53 stands out as a purified grade of OTA 480, crafted for the formulation of ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable printing inks and overprint varnishes, specifically targeting applications in food packaging. The purification process ensures the removal of potential sources of odor and extractables in cured products, making EBECRYL® 53 an ideal choice where lower odor and irritancy are desired. With notable features such as faster cycle time, good pigment wetting, improved flexibility, hardness, long pot life, low energy consumption, low-temperature curing, and low viscosity, it excels in various applications, including automotive OEM coatings and wood coatings and finishes.

The 4353 Thinner 3 is a moderate speed drying thinner for use with the MG Chemical’s conformal coating products. The thinner promotes good flow properties and suppresses blushing.

EBECRYL® 113 is a clear liquid radiation-curable coating primarily based on acrylics and acrylates. Serving various markets like paints and coatings and printing and packaging, it stands out for its low carbon footprint, VOC-free nature, and solvent-free composition. This product offers benefits such as improved flexibility, adhesion, and a prolonged pot life. Compatible with plastics and wood, it's tailored for applications like wood coatings, industrial coatings, and various printing inks, especially gravure and screen printing.

Electrolube 2KPB conformal coating reaction agent is required for Electrolube's innovative €˜2K' two part conformal coating systems and the next generation of UV Cure conformal coatings. Used in a similar fasion to traditional thinners, 2KPB0 is used at the correct mix ration during application via selective coating machine. Where 2KPB differs from the traditional thinner is that it contains the reaction agent required for the coating to commence curing, similar to how the Part B works in a resin system. Available in a 1 or 5 Liter, 2KPB is added to the 2K range Part A or the latest UVCL range, please check the TDS of the Product to see the suggested mix ratio's.

TECHSPRAY Turbo-Coat Thinner can be used to reduce viscosity to match ideal process parameters. Turbo-Coat, Turbo-Coat HV, and Turbo-Coat Thinner are all HAPs (Hazardous Air Pollutants) free, which means they do not contain common coating solvents such as Toluene, Xylene, and MEK. As a result, these coatings are more user-friendly and safe.

ABchimie™ DVA BA is a non-toxic solvent blend that can be used with any acrylic-based conformal coating. Used specifically for AVR80 BA acrylic coating. Thinners are primarily used to dilute coatings for use in dip and spray coating. ABchimie™ DVA BA is a specific thinner that allows you to reduce the amount of thinner in the mix with AVR80 BA to achieve a higher thickness on the pcb when spraying with a gun (mix is 1:1).