Micro Powders Inc., in collaboration with Garmor Inc., is launching GraphShield 730, a next-generation anticorrosion additive for powder coating applications. GraphShield 730 uses Micro Powders’ wax composite technology to deliver a high loading of Garmor’s unique edge functionalized graphene product, enabling the delivery of an advanced nanomaterial into coating formulations safely and effectively without any changes needed in the customer’s production process. Graphene imbues the final coating with significantly enhanced corrosion resistance on both bare and treated cold-rolled steel, with up to 50% reduction in corrosive creep.
Micro Powders employed its expertise in nanocomposite particle technology to engineer a new delivery system by which Garmor’s edge functionalized graphene can be readily dispersed into paint and coating systems. GraphShield conveniently bypasses three major challenges facing the commercial use of grapheme: dispersability, cost and powder handling. By solving these challenges, GraphShield is the first high-volume coating additive containing graphene and represents a major milestone in the industrial scale use of the nanomaterial.