Novel Water-Based Energy-Curable PU Dispersions

Extend Sustainable Product Offering for Wood Investing in a sustainable future and building a coating resins portfolio on green core technologies, including waterborne, energy-curable and powder product ranges is a priority for our company. In order to emphasize the sustainable attributes of this fast-growing product range, we created a straightforward model inspired by Life Cycle Analysis, looking at three fundamental dimensions: the composition, the performance-in-use, and the lifetime and disposal (Figure 1). The physically drying nature of many products (tack-free before cure) constitutes a distinct advantage for easy manipulation of the coated panels, surface embossing or field-applied operations. [...]some products can be made water-resoluble before cure, which allows easy cleaning of dried polymer without any solvent during the application. [...]they encompass the high productivity of traditional radiation curing compositions by combining easy water evaporation and instantaneous ultraviolet or electron beam curing.