upon cure and high solid content combined with colloid stability.
EIT Instrument Markets
Sterling, Virginia, USA
703-478-0700
Fax: 703-478-0815
uv@eit.com
www.eit.com
UV/EB equipment
Product name: Uvicure Plus II Profiler and
UV Power Puck II Profiler
Attributes/comments; UVicure Plus II and
UV Power Puck II Profiler radiometers not
only display irradiance (W/cm2) and energy density (Joules/cm2), they now offer
greatly expanded graphing capability.
These units can transfer numerical values
and irradiance profiles via USB port to a
PC through PowerView II software, which
provides new options for displaying, analyzing, sharing and exporting information.
Open up to four files at once to analyze a
single UV bandwidth.
Emerald Performance Materials
– Specialties Group
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
513-841-4000, 800-477-1022
Fax:513-841-3771
colors@emeraldmaterials.com
www.emeraldmaterials.com
UV/EB raw materials: Emerald has expanded its wide range of colorant technology with a new line of energy curable
transparent oxide colorants and color
dispersions introduced in 2012 for coatings and printing applications. Emerald
also provides Foam Blast products for
degassing UV systems in addition to its
extensive offering of defoamers for aqueous systems.
• Product offered: Lucida Colors EC Series Colorants
Attributes/comments: Energy curable pigment dispersions with low odor, excellent
handling. Lucida Colors are available in
full 12-color palette pigment dispersions
and four Transoxide semi-transparent colors. Exhibits superior light stability, especially important in semi-transparent wood
coatings. Excellent color depth, strength
and accuracy to Pantone colors and match
to their aqueous counterparts from Emerald Performance Materials.
• Product offered: Foam Blast 20F
Attributes/comments: A zero-VOC product effective at degassing in UV systems
and in non-aqueous epoxy, urethane and
acrylic coatings. Foam Blast 20F can be
used at low levels in grind for pigmented
systems.
Energy Sciences Inc.
Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
978-694-9000
Fax: 978-694-9046
rsanders@ebeam.com
www.ebeam.com
UV/EB equipment: ESI provides electron
beam (EB) systems worldwide.
• Product name: FlexoBeam
Attributes/comments: Designed specifically for CI-offset, gravure, CI-flexo and
offset printing line, the FlexoBeam provides the smallest footprint and profile for
new or retro-fit installations. FlexoBeam
offers Smartbeam technology for traceability and trackability.
• Product name: EZCure-CR
Attributes/comments: Electron beam with
enclosed chill roll for radiation safety.
Ideal for heat sensitive films and food
packaging.
Esstech Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
800-245-3800
Fax: 610-521-4600
development@esstechinc.com
www.esstechinc.com
UV/EB raw materials: Esstech, Inc. develops
and manufactures advanced materials for
the biomedical and industrial markets and is
a major manufacturer of customized UV/EB
curable materials. Its focused team has significant development experience and can
provide a clear performance difference to its
customers. Specialized urethane acrylates
and methacrylates, adhesive monomers,
acrylic resins and purified methacrylates are
among the selection of UV/EB raw materials provided. Esstech also supports toll and
custom formulations. The same dedication
to quality that Esstech has employed for the
dental industry for decades is now being applied to a variety of applications including
nail enhancements, industrial coatings and
adhesives.
• Product name: Exothane Elastomers
Attributes/comments: This is a series of
novel urethane acrylates and methacrylates characterized by low shrinkage, high
conversion, enhanced toughness, high
elongation and low color. While most of
the Exothanes are medium to high viscosity liquids, recent work has expanded the
line of Exothanes, which are solid at room
temperature.
• Product name: HEMA Maleate
Attributes/comments: HEMA Maleate is
a carboxylic acid-containing methacrylate
used as an adhesion promoter for a wide
variety of substrates. It has been successfully used to enhance adhesion to ceramics and difficult to adhere to plastics such
as ABS and Valox.
Evonik Goldschmidt Corp.
Hopewell, Virginia, USA
800-446-1809
Fax: 804-541-6290
asktego@evonik.com
www.tego.us
UV/EB raw materials
• Product name: Tego Dispers 688
Attributes/comments: Tego Dispers 688 is
a new premium dispersant for matt UV
curing coatings and printing inks. It improves productivity during manufacturing
and continuous application of the coating
due to excellent rheological profile. Low
thixotropy, lowest viscosity and yield
points even at highest concentrations of
