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(2006), "Cytec Surface Specialties introduce innovative UV- curable products for metal at RadTech Europe '05", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 53 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2006.12853aad.006
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Cytec Surface Specialties introduce innovative UV- curable products for metal at RadTech Europe '05
Cytec Surface Specialties introduce innovative UV- curable products for metal at RadTech Europe '05
Keywords: Coatings technology, Metals
Cytec Surface Specialties, the world leader in resins for UV curable coating and ink resins featured a number of valuable new UV-curable coating products at the RadTech Europe 05 trade show in Barcelona, 18-20 October, 2005.
Philippe Goethals, Business Director for RADCURE® resins in Europe for Cytec Surface Specialties, said: “The breadth of the UV technologies we will spotlight at the show provides a clear demonstration of our commitment to solve problems and create value for customers in a wide range of industry segments. UV-curable resins are one of our core strengths as a company, and we continue to invest in new ways to use this technology to bring value and performance to the UV-coating and ink formulator, not only in the traditional segments, where UV is well known, but also in plenty of new ones.”
Although UV-curable coatings are not widely used today in the metal coating market, there are technologies commercially available that provide the protection characteristics required for many typical applications. Cytec Surface Specialties has developed a modular system of urethane acrylates and epoxy acrylates that enable coating formulators to tailor coatings to specific end-use requirements. Components of the modular system include:
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high-reactive epoxy acrylates, to provide excellent corrosion protection and chemical resistance;
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urethane acrylates, to optimize adhesion and flexibility; and
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reactive diluents, to adjust the viscosity of metal coating formulations.
A number of experts from Cytec Surface Specialties presented papers on the latest developments in UV- curable technologies at the RadTech Europe Conference including “New Developments in UV Resins for Metal Coatings” by Marc Heylen.