Products in Textile & Footwear Adhesives: Synthetic Rubbers

BayGranite™ is an inorganic hydrated alumina designed for use in polymer systems as a flame retardant and smoke supressive additive. BayGranite® 17 is more accurately designated chemically as aluminum trihydroxide, Al(OH)3, and is produced through processing of alumina-bearing feedstocks. Although BayGranite® 17 is a dry powder, when heated above approximately 220°C it decomposes into approximately 35% water and 65% alumina by weight. BayGranite®17 is a nonabrasive, low density material with a Mohs hardness index of 2.5 - 3.5 and a specific gravity of 2.42. Almatis BayGranite®17 ATH is compatible with polymer systems, and is designed for applications that require low-soda ATH products.

Kolon Industries HIKOREZ® A-1100 is a pale yellow thermoplastic resin obtained from the polymerization of C5 aliphatic olefin and diolefin generated in the thermal-cracking process of naphtha. This resin provides well-balanced adhesion properties such as adhesive strength, bond strength and cohesive force required for pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), and is mainly used as tackifier and hot melt adhesive (HMA) for pressure sensitive adhesive. This resin also can be used as the binder for hot melt road marking (HMRM). .

FlameGard™ is a ground Bayer hydrated alumina designed for specific application in polymeric adhesive backing of tufted carpeting to provide a level of flame retardancy to the carpet system. It is specially ground to maintain relatively coarse particle distributions in the median range of 22 to 26 microns and provides a high loading potential in high viscosity backing compounds. FlameGard ATH has a slight off-white or ivory color that is acceptable in most applications.