Dual cure for improved finishes
A new dual cure technology for interior car finishes offers several advantages compared to regular cured systems. You can now watch a recording of Paul Geavert from Allnex explaining this technology at the digital library European Coatings 360°.
Carmakers are increasingly moving towards the use of plastics to provide fuel-efficient weight reductions. In his article in Issue 3/2018 of the European Coatings Journal Paul Gaevert and his co-authors explained that UV-cured coatings offer the advantages of rapid curing, but some form of dual cure is needed to avoid having to tailor the curing apparatus to each individual component design.
However, levels of free isocyanate in coatings are at the same time coming under increasing pressure. As an alternative to conventional multifunctional isocyanates, some isocyanate-bearing acrylates were evaluated. Within the webcast Geavert explains why the combination of UV curing with thermal cure by using polymers with both isocyanate and acrylate functionality allows high performance to be obtained with rapid curing. The new system was evaluated on coatings applied to plastics suitable for automotive interior applications.
The video of this presentation is available for subscribers at European Coatings 360°. A two-week trial subscription is free of charge.
