American Coatings Show 2018

14.5 New Oxidative Drier Technology – Easy to incorporate universal primary & secondary driers (Room 240-242)

11 Apr 18
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Tracks: Session 14: Appearance and Functionality, Session 14: Novel Materials

Speaker(s): Morris Bingham, Allnex; Bernhard Hirschmann

European regulations are driving cobalt and certain cobalt compounds to be reclassified, and some of these compounds will no longer be available for use in certain applications. Accordingly allnex has recently developed an “easy to incorporate” cobalt free drier system for solvent or water borne oxidative drying paints that fully complies with the new regulation, and are low VOC and free from hazardous labeling. These ‘next-generation’ Driers are highly efficient for set and through drying of alkyd paints used in segments such as decorative and industrial coatings. Thick coat skinning often seen with cobalt metal driers, is alleviated with this newly developed driers. The drier package of primary and secondary driers can be added individually or as a synergistic package tailored to the applications demand. In conclusion, these innovative new co-free driers meet the latest European regulations of cobalt elimination while improving the performance over the previous generations of cobalt containing driers