Coating ingredients for Electrical & Electronic Coatings

IPEMA by Kuraray is a nitrogen- & sulfur-free, multifunctional crosslinking agent, UV curing accelerator and reactive diluent. It is a highly stable and environment-friendly grade with low toxicity & irritation. It offers excellent finish & gloss, durability, color retention and weatherability with no yellowing effect.

• It possesses low viscosity, low curling and high functionality.
• It provides flexibility, hardness & high elongation, and avoids micro-cracks, fading & chipping.
• It improves curability in case of oxygen inhibit curing.
• It also improves scratch resistance in comparison to HDDA.
• IPEMA is an ideal modifier for acrylic resins used in coatings for automotive components.
• It helps imparting flame retardancy to UV-coatings.
• It is recommended for exterior & interior automotive hard coatings, electronic device coatings and decorative films.

Susterra® Propanediol by Primient Covation is a pure, plant-based, petroleum-free diol. It is a non-toxic, food safe, renewably & sustainably sourced, 100% USDA bio-based building block. It exhibits high thermal stability and abrasion-, stain & scratch resistance. It is used as a co-solvent in water-based architectural- & industrial coatings and when used as polyol in PUD-s it helps improving adhesion, chemical-, corrosion & impact resistance as well as mechanical properties like resistance to deformation (Young’s modulus).

• In wood coating applications, it offers freeze-thaw protection & open time and prolongs durability due to higher initial elastic nature when formulated in PUD-s.
• It is used as a solvent, humectant and as monomer for polyester binders (polyol) in inks, providing dry performance.
• It improves flexibility & impact resistance, reduces viscosity when used to formulate epoxy polyesters for powder coatings, and is used as NPG replacement.
• Susterra® Propanediol acts as an excellent monomer for polyol production or as chain extender in high-performing polyurethane applications.
• It reduces solvents and provides grain enhancement & gloss in UV coatings.
• It generates up to 86% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1,4-butanediol (BDO), a common petrochemical-sourced alternative and propylene glycol.
• It can replace propylene glycol and boosts performance at both high & low temperatures.
• It is suitable to formulate PUD-s for synthetic leather skin coats concrete floors-, electronics- & industrial direct-to-metal coatings.

BENTONE® EW by Elementis acts as a rheological additive for water-borne paint systems. It is a highly beneficiated, easily dispersible powdered smectite clay. It provides thermostable aqueous phase viscosity control and thixotropy.

• It enhances texturing & stippling effects and improves workability/application.
• It is easy to use and does not impair throwing power in electrostatic systems.
• It offers fast water release, emulsion stabilization, and good stability in electrostatic coating baths.
• It prevents hard settlement of pigments/fillers, reduces syneresis and minimizes floating/flooding of pigments.
• BENTONE® EW is used in corrosion-inhibitive primers, latex paints, electrodeposition coatings, foundry paints, paper coatings and polishes & cleaners.
• Recommended usage level is 0.1-1%.
• It has a shelf life of 4 years.

WANNATE® HTBL-175S by Wanhua Chemical is a MEKO blocked aliphatic polyisocyanate based on 75% hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and dissolved in 25% Solvent naphtha 100. It can be used as a hardener in colorfast, weather-stable, one-component polyurethane coatings. It improves flexibility and adhesion in conventional stoving systems.

• It is compatible with various plasticizers such as phosphoric-, sulphonic-, adipic acid and phthalic acid esters.
• It is suitable for high-grade industrial finishes such as electrical appliances, small components, can- and coil coatings.
• WANNATE® HTBL-175S is also used in primer surfaces and topcoats for automotive finishes.

MONARCH® 1300 distributed by DKSH is a special high color black pigment. It provides standard high color jetness. It is designed to use in both water and solvent based formulations. It is suitable for wood and electronics coatings.

• It offers relative ease of dispersion compared to other products in this range.
• It is designed for liquid-, powder-, automotive-, and industrial coating applications.
• MONARCH® 1300 is available in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Myanmar, and India.

KANEKA XMAP™ by Kaneka is a solvent-free, liquid telechelic polyacrylate polymer. It has a crosslinking functional group at both ends. It exhibits high performance after curing.

• Its viscosity, weatherability, and mechanical properties can be adjusted by the blending ratio.
• It offers excellent transparency, flexibility, heat resistance, and oil resistance in combination with oil-resistant grade.
• It reduces the life cycle costs due to ultra-high durability.
• It is miscible with epoxy resin to give clear material even after curing.
• It is recommended for elastic coatings and low-hardness UV-cure coating materials.
• It offers higher elongation and toughness.
• It provides a high gel percentage and low compression set.
• It saves energy in the processing process by UV-curing on-site molding.
• It offers non-staining characteristics (no volatile silicone) and good paintability with water-based paints.
• It is suitable for construction, automotive, and electrical applications.
• It is used in various regions of Japan, Asia, the United States, and Europe.

MONARCH® 900 distributed by DKSH is a specialty carbon black. It is designed to impart jetness and UV durability. It is recommended for use in plastics molded parts applications that require very deep black color with good blue undertone.

• It is used in consumer electronics, automotive interiors, home appliances, architectural coatings, industrial coatings, leather dispersions and other dispersions applications.
• MONARCH® 900 is available in Belgium, Luxembourg, Myanmar, and Netherlands.

CRYSMELT™ HS170 by Macroocean is a high molecular weight, saturated linear polyester resin with highly crystalline structure. It possesses excellent solvent & chemical resistance and outstanding acid & base resistance. This product shows excellent adhesion to most plastic, metal and hard-to-adhere substrates. It offers short opening time and high efficiency. It is easy to apply for industrial application. It can be dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ and CHCl₃. CRYSMELT™ HS170 is used in electronics solution coating applications. The shelf life of this product is 24 months.

Photomer® 4184 distributed by DKSH is a monofunctional urethane acrylate which can be used as a reactive diluent. It is non-yellowing with a low odor and improves flexibility & adhesion.

• It exhibits excellent reactivity, low shrinkage and high elongation and stress at break.
• It is used in plastic, wood, metal coatings and electronics market.
• It is applicable for flexographic, screen-printing inks and inkjet for its good cutting power.
• Photomer® 4184 has a shelf life of 12 months.
• It is available in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and France.

Photomer® 4172 distributed by DKSH is a low odor, aliphatic tetra functional acrylate of low viscosity and excellent crosslinking reactivity with very low content of toluene.

• It is also an effective reactive diluent in UV formulations.
• It exhibits high cross-linking reactivity, lower shrinkage value, excellent scratch and solvent resistance with good flexibility.
• It offers hardness, flexibility, yellowing resistance, adhesion and pigment wetting properties.
• It is recommended for printing inks, wood, plastic, metal, industrial coatings and electronic applications.
• Photomer® 4172 has a shelf life of 12 months.
• It is available in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and France.