The Use Of Specialty Acrylic Esters In Cure-In-Place Coating Technology
Conventional coatings are typically formulated using a polymeric coating resin dissolved in an organic solvent, which forms a film on the substrate by evaporation of the solvent after application. As the name implies, cure-in-place coatings are applied and immediately cured, or polymerized, on the substrate. Methods of curing in place include free radical-initiated curing, such as in ultraviolet (UV) light or electron beam (EB) radiation systems, peroxide or azonitrile thermal systems, and Michael Addition polymerization reactions with polyamines.
All of these technologies allow coatings to be cured in place using specialty acrylics esters — acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers.