By Cameron Chai
Bayer MaterialScience, one of North America’s leading producers of polymers
and high-performance plastics, announced that the company’s senior associate
scientist, Abdullah Ekin has provided a presentation on “Advanced Materials
Enabling UV Curable Direct-to-Metal Applications” at RadTech’s UV/EB East
Technology symposium that was held in Syracuse, New York from October 4 to 5,
2011.
Scientists from Bayer MaterialScience have advanced polyurethane chemistry,
thus developing new generation of materials for ultraviolet (UV) curable coating
uses. Acrylated allophanate oligomer is a new class of products that offers a
wide range of benefits to formulators, including low viscosity and provides the
option to select suitable reactive diluent for formulations. These 100% solid
products need less reactive diluents in a completed formulation, so that
formulators can retain the oligomer properties.
Abdullah Ekin has also highlighted the tests that compared the performance of
allophanate-based oligomers and isocyanurate-based oligomers. The tests revealed
that acrylated allophanate oligomers provide better UV coating system
performance than the others. In addition, he discussed the salt spray tests,
successful direct-to-metal applications, application on engineered plastics,
outdoor stability and weathering data of the new class of oligomers offered by
Bayer MaterialScience.
Bayer MaterialScience fabricates technologically advanced polymer materials
and advances ground-breaking solutions for commodities used in several spheres
of our daily life. The Key segments catered to are the automotive,
electrical and electronics, construction, medical, and sports and leisure
industries. Sustainability is vital to Bayer MaterialScience’s business and is
built around the main areas of product stewardship, excellence and innovation in
social responsibility, corporate management and reverence for the
environment.
Source: http://www.bayermaterialsciencenafta.com/