HM Royal Webinar Recap: Rutgers Novares on Performance Resins for Long Lasting Coatings
In March, HM Royal had the honor of hosting a webinar with
Rutgers Novares, the leading raw materials manufacturers in Europe. Rutgers is
a German company with 150 years of experience in the materials industry,
specializing in the production of raw materials for the aluminum and steel
industries. The company works with a variety of other industries, including
aluminum, tire, automotive delivery, chemical, construction, and coating. The
webinar presenters were Dr. Jun Liu and Benjamin Boenigk of the Application
Technology team. Rutgers Novares offers a variety of liquid modifiers, so they
presented on a selection of these products.
Manufacturers are under a lot of pressure to create products
that not only perform well in the needed applications but also comply with
regulations. Dr. Lui and Boenigk focused on finding the delicate balance
between regulatory and performance concerns and discussed Rutgers products that
succeed in complying with both and can be used as successful alternatives to
certain problematic raw materials. The products featured in the webinar were NOVARES®
high performance hydrocarbon resin and RUETASOLV® isopropylated naphthalene and
biphenyl.
NOVARES®Resin as an Alternative to Nonylphenols
Dr. Lui started off by presenting on NOVARES® as an
alternative to nonylphenols. Nonylphenol happens to be toxic to aquatic
organisms and was classified as a Substance of High Concern by the ECHA in 2012.
Therefore, its use in various products has become limited, and manufacturers
have been forced to use other products instead.
NOVARES® LS 500 and RUETASOLV ® DI Combination as an Alternative to Benzyl Alcohol
After Dr. Lui finished speaking about the NOVARES®
alternative to nonylphenol, Benjamin Boenigk took over for the remainder of the
presentation. He discussed benzyl alcohol (BZA), which is used in coatings but
as an offensive smell and is regulated heavily in Europe. As with nonylphenol,
many companies are moving away from using benzyl alcohol and searching for
alternatives—one of which could be a combination of LS 500 and RUETASOLV® DI.
When blended, these substances have a bulky structure, leading to similar
application properties without the disadvantages of BZA. The combination also
has a stronger acceleration of epoxy curing than BZA and is better in leaching.
Boenigk’s next discussed using the NOVARES® LA Series resins
as all-rounders for flexibility and anti-corrosive properties. The LA series is
Rutgers’ largest series of resins. These resins are used in paints and have
applications for civil engineering and in a variety of other industries. He
then moved on to the final item, which was the use of NOVARES® liquid modifiers
as chemical resistances boosters for aspartic coating systems. NOVARES® liquid
modifiers cure quickly and can influence a variety of properties including
anti-corrosiveness and chemical resistance.
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