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the Director of Coatings Research Institute at the Eastern
Michigan University, U.S. He joined the Coatings Research
Institute in 1997, after spending 22 years at various technical and managerial capacities at BASF Corporation, DuPont
and ARCO Chemical
Company. According to
Dr. Baghdachi, coating
technologies have taken
a new turn. A sense of
urgency is driving activity on both research
and development of renewable and sustainable
polymers and coating
manufacturing. In the
first decade of the new century most of raw materials and
coating manufacturers have dedicated sizable portion of resources for producing products in sustainable and environmentally compliant manner.
The objective of this tutorial is to review and discuss the
most recent advances in producing coatings from sustainable
materials at competitive costs and properties. All aspects of
the raw materials, coatings, formulation, challenges, paths to
problem resolution will be discussed. Such products can be
a direct replacement for expensive and petroleum-based raw
materials and coatings. In addition, examples of sustainable
raw materials and coatings as well as their application in architectural, general industrial, automotive/aerospace application will be presented.
New Tech Corner
This two-day event will feature informal presentations on case
studies, novel technology, insights and marketing strategies, providing an ideal interactive platform for both speakers and visitors to share their experiences and expertise together.
Themes of this year include:
• New UV Additives
• Intermediates
• Multiscale Modeling Approach
• Waterborne Technology
• Polyurethane Coatings
•Tackifiers.
CHINACOAT’s New Tech Corner will be held in Hall A1,
Meeting Zone A1.001. There are no admission fees and all visitors are welcome to attend.
Theme 1: New UV Additives, Yuliang Cai, technical
service manager at BYK Solution (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will
present “New UV Crosslinkable Surface Additives. This presentation is for the practical application of UV systems and
addresses some problems: leveling, wetting, defoaming, anti-stain, scratch resistance and provides some solutions. This
presentation includes the following aspects: an overview of
radiation curing system, surface additives in UV system and
the application of the new UV cross-linkable surface additive,
defoamers application in the UV system and wax application
in UV systems.
Theme 2: Intermediates will be presented by Paul Kelley, market
development – radcure applications specialist at Perstorp Group.
His talk is “Intermediates
for the Design and
Control of Hard and
Soft UV Curing Plastic
Coatings.” Coatings for
plastic applications tend
to be functional, whether
it is hard “scratch proof”
coatings, optical coatings
with specific refractive index, or soft feel coatings
which give a tactile aspect and add to a feeling of quality. There
is a trend towards UV curing coatings with carefully controlled
physical characteristics for end use requirement. Development of
oligomers based on customized polyol intermediates and leading to
control of properties such as Tg, modulus, impact strength, hardness and resistance can be achieved by design.
Theme 3: Multiscale Modeling Approach will be discussed by Jie Xiao, deputy head of the School of Chemical
and Environmental Engineering, Soochow University, China.
His talk, “Multiscale Modeling for Predictive Design of
Nanopaint-based Functional Coatings,” will present on the
development of a high performance computing-based computational platform that can support the design of functional
nanocoatings for the automotive and aircraft industries. This
platform allows the prediction of macroscopic coating performance under the realistic processing and service environment
from the fundamental molecular behavior by integrating different methods and theories at individual scales. A computer-aided design tool is being constructed to facilitate engineers in
materials innovation, processing techniques optimization, and
knowledge discovery.
Theme 4: Waterborne Technology will be addressed by Hua
Zhou, R&D engineer at Arkema Coating Resins and his presentation, “Novel Waterborne Technology for Metal Protection.”
Metals and their alloys are excellent materials with high
strength and outstanding mechanical properties. However,
when exposed to a corrosive environment, the surface of a steel
structure will corrode and thus pose a potential danger to the
whole steel structure and reduce its service life. The huge economic impact of the corrosion of metallic structures is a very
important issue for all modern societies.
Today, corrosion protection of metal usually employs multilayer systems involving at least a primer and a top coat. These two
coats are often based on different technologies implying solvent-borne and water-borne binders and formulations. It introduces
complexity in applications, drying equipment and processes.
There is a new waterborne acrylic technology that provides
by itself high protection against corrosion and good adhesion
to a wide variety of substrates, even under harsh conditions.
Due to these key features, this waterborne technology offers
