Disclosed herein is a method for generating a digital representation of coatings on car parts. The method provides improved texture blending for the rendering of car paint sparkle. Further disclosed herein is a respective computer system.
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for training a data-driven model for predicting properties of a chemical mixture. The method includes the steps of obtaining data including history and/or calibration data of a plurality of chemical mixture recipes and properties of each chemical mixture recipe, with each chemical mixture recipe including two or more ingredients, assigning at least one ingredient in each chemical mixture recipe to one of pre-defined substance clusters, each pre-defined substance cluster representing one ingredient or a group of ingredients having similar chemistry, revising each chemical mixture recipe by replacing the at least one ingredient with the assigned pre-defined substance cluster, and providing the revised chemical mixture recipes, together with the properties of the chemical mixture recipes, to a machine learning process in order to train a data-driven model, which is usable for predicting characteristics of properties of a new chemical mixture.
Disclosed herein is an aqueous coating composition including an anionically stabilized binder,a color pigment, a polycarboxylic acid, and optionally a solvent. Further disclosed is a method for producing an inventive aqueous coating composition by adding a solution of polycarboxylic acid in a solvent to a coating composition including an anionically stabilized binder and color pigment.Additionally disclosed is a method for producing a multicoat paint system by producing a basecoat layer or at least two directly consecutive basecoat layers directly on a substrate optionally coated with a first coating layer, producing a clearcoat layer directly on the basecoat layer or the topmost basecoat layer, and jointly curing the basecoat layer(s) and the clearcoat layer. At least one of the basecoat materials includes the aqueous coating composition disclosed herein and/or an aqueous coating prepared by the disclosed method. A multicoat paint system obtainable by the method is additionally disclosed.
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
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Identification of Effect Pigments in a Target Coating
Described herein is a computer-implemented method. The method includes: providing digital images and respective formulas for coating compositions with known pigments and/or pigment classes associated with the respective digital images, classifying, using an image annotation tool, for each digital image, each pixel, by visually reviewing the respective digital image pixel-wise, providing, for each digital image, an associated pixel-wise annotated image, training a first neural network with the provided digital images as input and the associated pixel-wise annotated images as output, making the trained first neural network available for applying the trained first neural network to at least one unknown input image of a target coating and for assigning a pigment label and/or a pigment class label to each pixel in the at least one unknown input image, and determining and/or outputting, for each unknown input image, a statistic of corresponding identified pigments and/or pigment classes, respectively.
G01J 3/46 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersections; Connectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
Described herein is a computer-implemented method for providing color quality control applications to a user. The computer-implemented method includes presenting one or more applications in a graphical user interface, GUI, where the one or more applications include (i) one or more software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and/or (ii) one or more on-premises applications for providing one or more color quality control functionalities. The GUI includes one or more macro language widgets including a plurality of macro building blocks with each macro building block representing a dedicated functionality. The computer-implemented method further includes selecting a number of macro building blocks of the plurality of macro building blocks and connecting the selected number of macro building blocks with each other via socket connections to provide a desired script, which is executable to create a customized protocol to provide a sequence of functionalities.
Disclosed herein is an aqueous electrocoating material including at least one specific binder and at least one bismuth compound, a method of using the aqueous electrocoating material for at least partially electrocoating a substrate, a coated substrate obtained from said method and an article or component including said substrate.
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
Disclosed herein is a dual-reactive composition including a). from 24% to 90% by weight of crosslinkable silane-functional monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer; b). from 9% to 75% by weight of one monomer and/or unsaturated oligomer and/or unsaturated polymer; c). from 0.5% to 10% by weight of one initiator; and d). from 0.5% to 10% by weight of one catalyst, all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the coating composition and a film obtained from curing and drying of the coating composition as well as a substrate coated with the dual-reactive coating composition. Additionally disclosed herein is a process for preparing the dual-reactive coating composition and a roll-to-roll coating composition and a 1K clearcoat composition including the dual-reactive coating composition.
C09D 4/06 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond in combination with a macromolecular compound other than an unsaturated polymer of groups
C09D 183/06 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to oxygen-containing groups
C09D 175/14 - Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Disclosed herein is a graphical user interface (GUI) for a colorimetry software product, a computer-implemented method for generating the GUI, and a system for performing the method.
Described herein are silane-based coating compositions, including a metal alkoxide catalyst as well as an acid-functional polymer. Also described herein is a method of coating substrates with the coating compositions and coated substrates obtained by said method. Further, described herein are multilayer coatings and substrates coated with said multilayer coatings.
Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a molding containing a structured polysiloxane layer as outermost layer, by using a molding composition (M) to prepare a sheet, film or foil (1), engraving a structure into the surface thereof by means of a laser (2), applying a polysiloxane (PS) onto the surface thereof (3), curing the (PS) to obtain a cured (PS) layer (4), adhering at least one fiber containing material onto the cured (PS) layer obtained with at least one adhesive (A1) (5), and removing the obtained stack including the at least one fiber material adhered to the cured (PS) layer via (A1) from the laser-engraved sheet, film or foil to obtain the molding containing the cured and structured (PS) as outermost layer of the molding, the cured (PS) layer having the negative of the laser engraved structure of the sheet, film or foil (6).
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING AND USING AN IMAGE SIMILARITY METRIC WITH DEEP LEARNING
Disclosed herein is a method and a device that can measure an unknown target coating; can search, based on the measured data of the target coating, a database for one or more best matching coating formulas, i.e. one or more preliminary matching formulas, within the database; and that can refine the search using an image similarity metric between images of the one or more best matching coating formulas on the one side and images of the target coating on the other side, using deep learning techniques.
Disclosed herein is an aqueous coating composition containing an aqueous epoxy resin dispersion, an aqueous amine-functional resin dispersion and an aromatic carboxylic acid. The aqueous dispersion contains at least one specific di- and/or polyfunctional monomeric amine and at least one resin component including at least one specific polyfunctional organic amine. Further disclosed herein is a kit-of-parts including a base varnish containing the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion and a curing component containing the aqueous amine-functional resin dispersion as well as the aromatic carboxylic acid. Additionally disclosed herein is a process for producing a coating on the substrate as well as coated substrates resulting from said process. Cured coating layers formed from said compositions exhibit a good adhesion to the substrate as well as a high intercoat adhesion and blistering stability under humidity conditions without negatively influencing the excellent sandability and the good stone chipping properties.
C08K 5/09 - Carboxylic acids; Metal salts thereof; Anhydrides thereof
B05D 5/00 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures
B05D 7/14 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to metal, e.g. car bodies
Described herein is a coating composition including a polymer containing hydroxy groups, such as a water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and further including a tetraalkoxysilane and modified silica nanoparticles having a positively charged surface, where the coating composition shows advantageous properties such as low refractive index, good transparency and low haze.
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
B05D 5/10 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain an adhesive surface
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
G02B 5/122 - Reflex reflectors cube corner, trihedral or triple reflector type
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KIT-OF-PARTS FOR CURABLE POLYASPARTIC ACID ESTER-BASED COATING COMPOSITIONS
Disclosed herein is a kit-of-parts for preparation of a curable coating composition including in a first container an isocyanate-reactive compound (A) including a polyaspartic acid ester compound, in a second container a polyisocyanate (B), and in a third container a solvent (S1) selected from the group consisting of monoalcohols and alkoxymonoalcohols, where UVA and/or HALS additives are optionally contained in the first and/or third container, and a second solvent (S2) is optionally contained in the second or third container. Further disclosed herein are a coating composition prepared from the kit-of-parts, a process for preparing at least one coating on an optionally pretreated and optionally precoated substrate, and coated substrates derived therefrom.
Described herein is an atomizer changing system, including a master unit and at least one slave unit, where the master unit has at least the following components: a releasable connecting element, surrounding a center of the master unit, for a nonpositive and positive connection (KS, FS) of the master unit to the slave unit, a coupling plate arranged in the center of the master unit and having a plurality of coupling points for supplying an atomizer that can be connected thereto with substances, energy and/or information, and an adapter for connecting the master unit to a hollow wrist of a coating robot; and where the slave unit has at least the following components: a coupling plate for connecting the slave unit to the master unit and to the atomizer; and a releasable connecting element for connecting the slave unit to the atomizer.
B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
B05B 15/65 - Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits
B05B 15/18 - Arrangements for preventing or controlling structural damage to spraying apparatus or its outlets, e.g. for breaking at desired places; Arrangements for handling or replacing damaged parts for handling or replacing worn parts
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Aqueous Electrocoating Materials Comprising a Silane-Containing Crosslinker
Described herein are aqueous electrocoating materials including a silane-containing crosslinking agent, a process to produce an electrocoated substrate, an at least partly coated substrate obtained from said process, as well as a component including said at least partly coated substrate.
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
C08G 18/79 - Nitrogen characterised by the polyisocyanates used, these having groups formed by oligomerisation of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
Disclosed herein is a method for assessing a dotting of a surface, comprising including the steps of gradually dotting the surface during a predetermined interval of time and capturing a plurality of images of the dotted surface during the predetermined time interval. Also disclosed herein is a computer program product for assessing a dotting of a surface.
Disclosed herein are a recoatable coating composition suitable for use in in-mold coating processes, methods of coating substrates with such compositions, and coated substrates obtained by said method.
C08G 18/72 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates
C08G 18/76 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic aromatic
C08G 18/24 - Catalysts containing metal compounds of tin
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
C08G 18/42 - Polycondensates having carboxylic or carbonic ester groups in the main chain
C08G 18/79 - Nitrogen characterised by the polyisocyanates used, these having groups formed by oligomerisation of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
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CLEARCOAT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BRANCHED POLYESTERS IN ADDITIVE AMOUNTS AS FLOW ENHANCERS AND LEVELLING AGENTS
Disclosed herein is a clearcoat coating material composition including an OH-functional (meth)acrylic copolymer (A1), a branched OH-functional polyester (A2) in an amount in the range of from 1.0 wt.-% to 15.0 wt.-%, based on the total solids content of the coating material composition, and at least one crosslinking agent (B1), which is different from both constituents (A1) and (A2) and which contains crosslinkable functional groups, which can be crosslinked with OH-functional groups. Further disclosed herein are a method of coating a substrate including applying to an optionally pre-coated substrate the inventive clearcoat coating material composition, a coated substrate, which is obtainable by the disclosed method, and a method of using the branched OH-functional polyester (A2) as flow enhancer in a clearcoat coating material application for spray applying said clearcoat coating material application onto an optionally pre-coated substrate and/or as levelling agent.
C09D 167/02 - Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
B05D 1/02 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
C08K 5/11 - Esters; Ether-esters of acyclic polycarboxylic acids
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COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A POLY(ETHYLENE-ACRYLATE) COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF COATING SUBSTRATES
Described herein are coating compositions including at least one specific ethylene copolymer as binder and at least one crosslinking agent. Also described herein is a method of coating substrates with such coating compositions and coated substrates obtained by said method. Also described herein is a method of using such coating compositions for improving the elongation and scratch resistance of coating layers.
OPERATION-CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A DISPERSER AND DISPERSER SYSTEM COMPRISING A DISPERSER AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
Described herein is an operation-control device adapted for controlling operation of a disperser and including an input unit for receiving, from sensing devices, state-values (V1, V2, V3) of at least two different physical entities and/or operational states of the disperser, such as temperature, pressure, etc. A functional-correlation storage unit is configured to store a functional correlation model including correlations of state-values of subsets of physical entities and/or operational states of the mill and indicative of a predetermined plausibility condition associated to a respective correlation. A plausibility-checking unit is configured to determine a flag to the plausibility condition and to provide a corresponding status signal.
Described herein is a coating composition including (A) a physically curing, reactively self-curing and/or externally curing component, including, based on a total solids content of component (A), from 0.1% by weight to about 2.5% by weight of a branched polyester polyol, preparable by: (a) reacting a polyol including at least three hydroxyl groups with an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms or an esterifiable derivative of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid to form a hydroxyl-functional first intermediate product; (b) reacting the first intermediate product with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride to form a carboxylic acid-functional second intermediate product; and (c) reacting the second intermediate product with an epoxide-functional compound having one epoxide group to form the branched polyester polyol; and (B) a crosslinking component in case component (A) includes one or more externally curing components; and optionally (C), a diluent component.
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
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ELECTRODEPOSITION COATING MATERIAL CONTAINING CATECHOL DERIVATIVES AS ANTICORROSION AGENTS
Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I)
Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I)
Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I)
where R1═H or OH; R2=a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of *C(O)—O, (HO)*CH—CH2 and *CH2—CH2, with * denoting the carbon atom which is bound to the benzene ring; and R3=a monovalent radical. Also described herein is a method of coating a metallic substrate including the steps of dipping a metallic substrate into an electrodeposition bath containing the electrodepositable coating material; switching the substrate as a cathode; depositing the electrodepositable coating material onto the substrate to form a coating layer; and drying and curing the thus formed coating layer. Further described herein is a method of using the compounds of formula (I) as anticorrosion agents in electrodeposition paints and coated substrates.
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
C25D 13/08 - Electrophoretic coating characterised by the process with organic material polymers by polymerisation in situ of monomeric materials
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PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURED AND OPTIONALLY COATED ARTICLE AND ARTICLE OBTAINED FROM SAID PROCESS
Described herein is a process for preparing a molded article including at least one structured surface, said process including applying a composition, preferably a foam material, into a mold having at least one structured inner surface and curing said composition to provide the molded structured article. The inner surfaces of the mold can be coated with a coating composition to obtain molded structured articles further including a flexible and durable coating layer. The present invention also relates to a structured molded article, preferably a shoe sole, which is obtained by the process.
B29C 44/42 - Feeding the material to be shaped into a closed space, i.e. to make articles of definite length using pressure difference, e.g. by injection or by vacuum
B29C 33/38 - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING - Details thereof or accessories therefor characterised by the material or the manufacturing process
B29C 44/56 - After-treatment of articles, e.g. for altering the shape
B29C 44/02 - Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming for articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
Disclosed herein is a method for assessing a shape of a bell-shaped liquid spray, including the steps of operating a spray nozzle for delivering a bell-shaped liquid spray and capturing an image of a plurality of liquid jets forming the delivered bell-shaped liquid spray during operation of the spray nozzle, and a computer program product for assessing a bell-shaped liquid spray.
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
B05B 3/10 - Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements discharging over substantially the whole periphery of the rotating member
B05B 5/04 - Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements
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Electrodeposition Coating Material Containing Organic Polyhydroxy-Functional Anticorrosion Agents
Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including comprising
one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I)
Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including comprising
one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I)
where C(R1)(R2) is C═O or CH2; R3 is H or OH; R4 and R5 are H or OH, with the proviso that at least one of R4 and R5 is H; and R6-R7 is C═C or HC—CH. Also described herein is a method of coating a metallic substrate comprising including the steps of dipping a metallic substrate into an electrodeposition bath containing the electrodepositable coating material; switching the substrate as a cathode; depositing the electrodepositable coating material onto the substrate to form a coating layer; and drying and curing the thus formed coating layer. Further described herein is a method of using the compounds of formula (I) as anticorrosion agents in electrodeposition paints and coated substrates.
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
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Silane-Based Coating Compositions Comprising a Metal Alkoxide Catalyst
Described herein are silane-based coating compositions, particularly clearcoat compositions, including a metal alkoxide catalyst. Also described herein are silane-based coating compositions, particularly clearcoat compositions, including a silane-based compound having two different alkoxysilane moieties. Further, described herein are a method of coating substrates with such coating compositions and coated substrates obtained by said method. Finally, described herein are multilayer coatings and substrates coated with said multilayer coatings.
C09D 183/08 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
C08G 77/26 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen nitrogen-containing groups
C08G 77/08 - Preparatory processes characterised by the catalysts used
Aqueous Basecoat Composition Comprising A Silane-Based Additive And Having Improved Adhesion Properties And Multilayer Coatings Produced From Said Basecoat Compositions
Described herein is an aqueous basecoat composition including a silane-based additive as hardener/self-crosslinking material to improve adhesion of the basecoat to the under—and overlying coating layers, as well as the cohesion property of the basecoat itself. Also described herein is a mixer system for preparing an aqueous refinish basecoat composition including at least one base color component, at least one pigment-free component, at least one hardening component including the silane-based additive and optionally at least one rheology module as well as a method to prepare an aqueous basecoat composition from said mixer system. Further, described herein is a method of coating a substrate with the basecoat composition and a clearcoat composition and jointly curing the basecoat and clearcoat composition as well as to a coated substrate obtained from the method. Finally, described herein is a method of using the silane-based compound as hardening additive in aqueous basecoat compositions.
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
Disclosed herein is a method for assessing a flow a sprayed coating, including the steps of spraying a coating onto a surface and capturing a plurality of images of the sprayed surface at a predetermined frequency within a predetermined interval of time, and a computer program product for assessing a flow of a sprayed coating.
Described herein is a protection device for an agitator shaft of an agitator, including an upper part, which serves for form-lock-fastening of the protection device to a part of an agitator head, which does not rotate during operation of the agitator; and a lower part, which serves for contactless covering of the agitator shaft; where the protection device includes two or more shell parts which can be form-lock-connected to each other by one or more manually releasable closures. Also described herein is a method of using the protection device for protecting operating personnel from getting into contact with a rotating agitator shaft of an agitator; and an agitator including an agitator shaft attached thereon, a part of an agitator head which does not rotate during operation of the agitator and the protection device attached thereon.
Described herein is an aqueous cathodically depositable electrodeposition coating material composition including at least one cathodically depositable polymer (a) and at least one carbon black pigment (b), where the at least one carbon black pigment (b) is a lamp black pigment having a number-based median primary particle size (dN,50%) of at least 50 nm and at most 200 nm. Also described herein is a method for at least partially coating an electrically conductive substrate by cathodic electrodeposition coating including immersing the substrate at least partially into an electrodeposition coating bath, which includes the electrodeposition coating material composition. Also described herein is an electrically conductive substrate, which is at least partially coated with a baked electrodeposition coating material composition and/or which is obtainable by the method. Further, described herein is a method of using the carbon black pigment (b) for improving corrosion protection and/or homogeneity of the film build.
Described herein is a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent obtained from reactions of components including a). at least one polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyisocyanate, cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate and polyisocyanate-functional polymer and b). at least one beta-diketone. Also described herein is a method of preparing a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent as well as coating compositions including the blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent.
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method, a respective device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The method includes:
obtaining color values, texture values and digital images of a target coating,
retrieving from a database one or more preliminary matching formulas based on the color and/or texture values obtained for the target coating,
determining sparkle points within the respective obtained images and within the respective images associated with the one or more preliminary matching formulas,
creating subimages of each sparkle point from the respective images,
providing the created subimages to a convolutional neural network, the convolutional neural network being trained to correlate a respective subimage of a respective sparkle point with a pigment and/or pigment class, and
determining, based on an output of the neural network, at least one of the one or more preliminary matching formulas as the formula(s) best matching the target coating.
Described herein is a 2K clearcoat composition including,
Component I including
a). at least one resin having carboxylic acid groups with acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g;
b). at least one resin having hydroxyl functional groups with a hydroxyl value of 10 to 800 mg KOH/g;
c). at least one catalyst; and
d). at least one solvent, and
Component II including
e). at least one epoxy-functional alkoxysilane and/or its oligomer and/or its polymer; and
f). at least one crosslinker reactive to hydroxyl groups.
Described herein is a 2K clearcoat composition including,
Component I including
a). at least one resin having carboxylic acid groups with acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g;
b). at least one resin having hydroxyl functional groups with a hydroxyl value of 10 to 800 mg KOH/g;
c). at least one catalyst; and
d). at least one solvent, and
Component II including
e). at least one epoxy-functional alkoxysilane and/or its oligomer and/or its polymer; and
f). at least one crosslinker reactive to hydroxyl groups.
Also described herein are a substrate coated with the dried and cured 2K clearcoat composition and an automotive including the substrate.
C09D 167/00 - Coating compositions based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C07F 7/18 - Compounds having one or more C—Si linkages as well as one or more C—O—Si linkages
C07F 7/08 - Compounds having one or more C—Si linkages
C09D 133/14 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing halogen, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atoms in addition to the carboxy oxygen
Disclosed herein is a method for transferring an embossed structure to at least a part of a surface of a coating composition (C2a) using a composite (S1C1) including a substrate (S1) and an at least partially embossed and at least partially cured coating (C1) upon following steps (1), (2-i) and (3-i) or (2-ii) and (3-ii), and also at least step (4) and optionally step (5-i) or (5-ii), where the coating composition (C1a) is a radiation-curable coating composition of defined constitution and the composite (S1C1) is used as embossing mold (e2) of an embossing tool (E2).
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
C09D 183/06 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to oxygen-containing groups
In order to improve colour quality control of paint coatings, described herein is a colour quality control server that is configured to provide a software distribution model, i.e. Software as a Service (SaaS). With the colour quality control server, the capability provided to a user is to use a collection of (web-)services which are responsible for web-based colour quality control running on a cloud infrastructure. These (web-)services are accessible from various client devices through a thin client interface such as a web browser, a mobile app, or a desktop app.
Described herein is a method and a system for dispersing particles in a fluid. The method includes stirring a fluid including particles in a stirring container using stirring means. During stirring the fluid is recirculated by continuously retrieving an amount of fluid from a retrieving position. Further, the particles are milled, where during each pass through the milling means a size of particles in the retrieved fluid is reduced. The retrieved fluid having passed through the milling means is continuously reintroduced into the stirring container at a reintroduction position. The reintroduced fluid is mixed with the fluid in the stirring container in a mixing region defined by the stirring means, and the retrieving position is determined such that the retrieved fluid includes particles with an average particle size differing from the average particle size of particles in the mixing region.
B01F 25/52 - Circulation mixers, e.g. wherein at least part of the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle with a rotary stirrer in the recirculation tube
B01F 23/53 - Mixing liquids with solids using driven stirrers
B01F 27/91 - Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis with propellers
B01F 35/221 - Control or regulation of operational parameters, e.g. level of material in the mixer, temperature or pressure
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Generation of a Formulation for a Coating Which Matches the Optical Properties of a Target Coating Comprising Effect Pigments
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for generating a coating formulation that yields a coating which is, to the eye of a human observer, identical or substantially similar in appearance to a target coating, as well as a device for performing the method.
G06T 7/44 - Analysis of texture based on statistical description of texture using image operators, e.g. filters, edge density metrics or local histograms
G01J 3/46 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters
G01J 3/50 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using electric radiation detectors
H04N 9/64 - Circuits for processing colour signals
Described herein is a process of preparing a structural colored coating film including steps of i) applying colloidal particles dispersed in a solvent mixture including at least two organic solvents onto a substrate to form a colloidal particles layer; ii) drying the colloidal particles layer to form a photonic crystal structure layer; iii) applying a coating composition including at least one thermally crosslinkable resin and at least one crosslinking agent onto the photonic crystal structure layer to form a coating; and iv) heat curing. Also described herein is an article having at least one structural colored coating film obtainable or obtained from the process.
Disclosed herein is a silane-functional hardener for carboxyl-functional resins including at least one monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer having at least one group represented by Formula I-(a) and/or Formula I-(b) and at least one group represented by Formula II-(a) and/or Formula II-(b):
Disclosed herein is a silane-functional hardener for carboxyl-functional resins including at least one monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer having at least one group represented by Formula I-(a) and/or Formula I-(b) and at least one group represented by Formula II-(a) and/or Formula II-(b):
Disclosed herein is a silane-functional hardener for carboxyl-functional resins including at least one monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer having at least one group represented by Formula I-(a) and/or Formula I-(b) and at least one group represented by Formula II-(a) and/or Formula II-(b):
where, R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a C1-C18 alkyl group, C1-C6 alkoxyl group, phenyl group, aryl group, hydrogen atom, chlorine atom or fluorine atom and at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a C1-C6 alkoxyl group, R4 represents a C1-C18 alkyl group, C1-C6 alkanol group, C1-C6 alkoxyl group, or hydrogen atom, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-C18 alkyl group, or C1-C6 alkoxyl group, R6 represents a C2-C6 acyl group, C1-C18 alkylene group or arylene group and R7 represents a —NR4— group, C2-C6 acyl group, C1-C18 alkylene group, C1-C18 alkoxy group or arylene group.
Described herein are a method for transferring an embossed structure, which includes at least the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii), where steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are carried out using an embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1), where the embossing die (p1) of the embossing tool (P1) is pretreated, before the implementation of step (2-i) or before the implementation of step (1-ii), with at least one organic solvent and/or at least one reactive diluent, and also a method of using a corresponding pretreated embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1) for the purpose of transferring an embossed structure in such a way.
B05D 3/12 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by mechanical means
B05D 1/02 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
C09D 133/04 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters
44.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION USING THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING TOOLS IN A COMPUTER VISION APPLICATION
Described herein are a system and a method for object recognition via a computer vision application, the system including at least the following components:
an object to be recognized, the object having object specific reflectance and luminescence spectral patterns,
a light source which is configured to project at least one light pattern on a scene which includes the object to be recognized,
a sensor which is configured to measure radiance data of the scene including the object when the scene is illuminated by the light source,
a data storage unit which includes luminescence spectral patterns together with appropriately assigned respective objects, and
a data processing unit.
Described herein is a specific aqueous two-component coating composition including an epoxy resin-based paint base component (1), and a polyamine-based curing component (2), where the paint base component (1) includes at least one aqueous dispersion of at least one pigment (P) and/or filler (F) in at least one epoxy resin (E), where the at least one epoxy resin (E) has (i) a maximum sedimentation rate of not more than 17,500 micrometers per hour and a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C., or (ii) a maximum sedimentation rate of at least 12,500 micrometers per hour and a glass transition temperature of at least 0° C.
Described herein are a system and a method for object recognition via a computer vision application, the system including at least the following components:
at least one object to be recognized, the object having object specific reflectance and luminescence spectral patterns,
a light source which is configured to illuminate a scene including the at least one object, the light source being designed to omit at least one spectral band of a spectral range of light when illuminating the scene, the at least one omitted spectral band being in the luminescence spectral pattern of the at least one object,
at least one sensor which is configured to exclusively measure radiance data of the scene in at least one of the at least one omitted spectral band when the scene is illuminated by the light source,
a data storage unit, and
a data processing unit.
Described herein are a device and a method for recognizing and monitoring a fluid in a system and/or in surroundings of the system via a computer vision application, the device including at least the following components:
at least one luminescent dye, each luminescent dye having a dye specific reflectance and luminescence spectral pattern and being configured to be added to the fluid,
a light source which is composed of at least two illuminants and which is configured to illuminate a scene which includes the system and/or the surroundings of the system, by switching between the at least two illuminants, where at least one of the two illuminants is based on at least one solid-state system,
a sensor which is configured to measure radiance data of the scene when the scene is illuminated by the light source, and
a data processing unit.
G01M 3/38 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using light
G01M 3/22 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point using special tracer materials, e.g. dye, fluorescent material, radioactive material for valves
G06V 10/143 - Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths
48.
DEVICE FOR MONITORING ROTATIONAL ATOMIZATION OF A COATING MATERIAL COMPOSITION
Described herein is a device for performing and optically monitoring a rotational atomization of a coating material composition, where the device includes at least one rotational atomizer, which includes as application element a mountable bell cup capable of rotation, at least one supply unit for supplying the coating material composition to the rotational atomizer, at least one camera, and at least one optical measurement unit. Also described herein are a method of using the device for performing and optical monitoring the rotational atomization of the coating material composition and a method for determining the mean length of filaments formed on the edge of the bell cup of an rotational atomizer during the rotational atomization of the coating material composition and/or for determining at least one characteristic variable of the drop size distribution within a spray and/or the homogeneity of the spray.
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
B05B 5/04 - Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements
G01N 15/02 - Investigating particle size or size distribution
49.
COATING MATERIAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A MERCAPTO GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND
Described herein is a coating material system which includes components (A) to (C) and (K) and also, optionally, further components, where all components (A) to (C) and (K) and also, where present, the further optional components are present separately from one another or are mixed wholly or at least partly with one another.
Described herein is a coating material system which includes components (A) to (C) and (K) and also, optionally, further components, where all components (A) to (C) and (K) and also, where present, the further optional components are present separately from one another or are mixed wholly or at least partly with one another.
Component (A) includes at least one polyhydroxy group-containing compound, where the polyhydroxy group-containing compound of component (A) has an acid number of between 0 and 30 mg KOH/g, and component (B) includes at least one polyisocyanate-containing compound. Component (C) is a catalyst including bismuth (Bi) as metal component and at least one further metal component such as lithium (Li). Component (K) is at least one mercapto group-containing compound. Further components which may be present in the coating material system include, for example, hydroxyl-containing compounds (D), coating additives (F), pigments (H) and/or solvents (J).
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
C08G 18/62 - Polymers of compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds
Described herein are a device and a method for forming at least one ground truth database for an object recognition system and for keeping the at least one ground truth database current. The device comprises includes at least the following components: a data storage unit configured to store color space positions and/or reflectance spectra and/or luminescence spectra of different objects; and a processor programmed for communication with the data storage unit and with the object recognition system.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06F 16/583 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
Described herein is a device for monitoring and drying and/or curing process of a coating composition applied at least partially onto at least one surface of a substrate, the device including a movable skid that includes at least one substrate holding unit, at least one lamp, at least one pattern holder including a pattern, and at least one camera, where the substrate holding unit, lamp and pattern holder are positioned on the skid relative to each other such that the light of the lamp can illuminate the pattern of the pattern holder, and the illumination can be projected onto the surface of the substrate, which is held by the substrate holding unit, and where the camera is positioned on the skid relative to the substrate holding unit holding the substrate, such that the camera is capable of recording images of the light reflected off the surface of the substrate.
F26B 3/28 - Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied; After-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
52.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING EFFECT PIGMENT PASTES USING A VIBRATOR
Described herein is a process for producing an effect pigment paste including at least steps (1) and (2), namely producing a mixture including at least one effect pigment (a) and at least one polymer (b) in a liquid medium (c) (step (1)), and dispersing the mixture obtained after step (1) to obtain the effect pigment paste (step (2)), where step (2) is performed using a shaker and the effect pigment paste obtained after the performance of step (2) has ended is free of grinding media. Also described herein are an effect pigment paste producible by this process, containing an amount of effect pigment of at least 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the effect pigment paste, and a method of using a shaker for dispersing of effect pigments for production of an effect pigment paste.
Described herein is a curable coating composition including at least one Michael donor (A) having at least one acetoacetate group, at least one Michael acceptor (B) and at least one specific catalyst (C). Also described herein are a method of using the curable coating composition as a clear coating in a method to prepare a multilayer coating and a multilayer coating obtained from said process. Further described herein is a kit-of-parts including at least two separate containers C1 and C2, where the specific catalyst (C) and/or the at least one Michael acceptor (B) is contained in container C2. Additionally described herein is a method of using specific salts of carboxylic acids as catalyst in a reaction between a Michael donor (A) having at least one acetoacetate group and a Michael acceptor (B).
C09D 165/00 - Coating compositions based on macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a carbon-to-carbon link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C08G 61/12 - Macromolecular compounds containing atoms other than carbon in the main chain of the macromolecule
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
B05D 7/14 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to metal, e.g. car bodies
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
54.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A ROBOUST COLOR MATCHING AND ADJUSTMENT PROCESS OF EFFECT COLORS
Described herein is a computer-implemented method for providing a match metric for matching and adjusting color of a target coating and at least one sample coating, the method including at least the steps of: obtaining, via at least one communications interface, spectral curve(s) of the target coating and spectral curves of the sample coating determined at at least one gloss geometry; producing normalized first derivative values of the normalized spectral curves of the target coating and of the sample coating; producing difference values between the normalized first derivative values of the target coating and of the sample coating; producing a first match metric for the target coating and the sample coating based at least on the difference values produced for the at least one gloss geometry; and producing the match metric based on the first match metric. Also described herein is a respective system.
Described herein is a photovoltaic module, which includes PV cells capable of converting light incoming from the front side and from the rear side, the module including a front side exposing an upper external surface designed for receiving direct sunlight and a rear side exposing a lower external surface designed for receiving diffuse light, where the lower external surface is formed, at least in part, by a microstructured layer, characterized in that the microstructured layer includes pyramidal microstructures whose triangular bases are fixed in the layer. The microstructured layer results in anisotropic transmission properties. The module shows improved efficiency compared to similar bifacial PV modules.
H01L 31/055 - Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means where light is absorbed and re-emitted at a different wavelength by the optical element directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements
Described herein is a computer-implemented method and a system for providing a match metric for quantifying a spectral similarity of a target coating and at least one sample coating, the system including a computing device that performs a computing process, the computing process including: receiving reflectance values of the target coating and the sample coating; normalizing each of the reflectance values; generating a normalized reflectance curve for the target coating and for the sample coating; producing derivative values of the normalized reflectance curve of the target coating and derivative values of the normalized reflectance curve of the sample coating with respect to the wavelength; producing difference values between the derivative values of the target coating and the derivative values of the sample coating; and producing a match metric for a similarity between the normalized reflectance curves of the target coating and the sample coating.
Described herein is a cardanol-derivatives modified polymer obtained from a reaction of epoxy groups in a cardanol-derivative compound and carboxyl groups in a carboxyl-functional polymer, where the cardanol-derivative compound is the reaction product of cardanol-derivatives modified with haloalkylene oxide having a carbon number of from 3 to 10. Also described herein is a process of preparing the cardanol-derivatives modified polymer, a method of using the cardanol-derivatives modified polymer in automotive coatings, and the obtained coating composition thereof.
C08G 63/47 - Polyesters chemically modified by esterification by unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or unsaturated monohydric alcohols or reactive derivatives thereof
C09D 167/07 - Unsaturated polyesters having carbon-to-carbon unsaturation having terminal carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Described herein are a curable coating composition including at least one Michael donor (A) having at least one thiol group, at least one Michael acceptor (B) and at least one specific catalyst (C), a method of using the curable coating composition as a clear coating in a process to prepare a multilayer coating and a multilayer coating obtained from said process. Also described herein is a kit-of-parts including at least two separate containers C1 and C2, where the specific catalyst (C) is contained in container C1 and/or C2. Finally, described herein is a method of using specific salts of carboxylic acids as catalyst in a reaction between a Michael donor (A) having at least one thiol group and a Michael acceptor (B).
C08G 75/045 - Polythioethers from mercapto compounds or metallic derivatives thereof from mercapto compounds and unsaturated compounds
C09D 5/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes
C09D 5/36 - Pearl essence, e.g. coatings containing platelet-like pigments for pearl lustre
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
59.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING AND ADJUSTING PIGMENTATION OF A SAMPLE COATING TO A TARGET COATING
Described herein is a computer-implemented method for matching and adjusting pigmentation of a target coating, the method including at least the steps of: retrieving from a formulation database which includes formulas for coating compositions with different pigmentations, one preliminary matching formula; providing a match metric; and by using one or more processors: calculating a match metric value for the preliminary matching formula; and deciding, based on a magnitude of the match metric value, whether the pigmentation is significantly improvable; in the case that the pigmentation is significantly improvable: defining a selection of at least one additional tinting base which might be eligible for further adjusting the preliminary matching formula to the target coating; calculating, for each of the at least one additional tinting base, a match metric value; and issuing, via an output device, a list of eligible additional tinting bases of the at least one additional tinting base.
G01N 21/25 - Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
60.
ONE-PACK POLYURETHANE DISPERSIONS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE
Described herein is a method of manufacturing a one-pack polyurethane dispersion, where the dispersion includes a polyurethane containing hydroxyl groups and at least one group selected from the group consisting of acid groups and polyalkoxylene groups, the acid groups of the polyurethane, if present, being neutralized to an extent from 0 to 100 mol-% of the acid groups; and a fully blocked polyisocyanate; where the method includes obtaining a mixture A; reacting a hydroxy-functional polymer with mixture A, thus-obtaining a mixture B; and neutralizing 0 to 100 mol-% of the acid groups, if contained in mixture B, based on the total amount of acid groups in mixture B. Also described herein are one-pack polyurethane dispersions obtainable according to the method, one-pack coating materials including the same and coated substrates including cured coating materials.
C08G 18/42 - Polycondensates having carboxylic or carbonic ester groups in the main chain
C08G 18/34 - Carboxylic acids; Esters thereof with monohydroxyl compounds
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
C08G 18/10 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step
Described herein is a process for producing a multilayer coating (MC) on a substrate (S), the process including producing at least one basecoat layer, optionally at least one clearcoat layer, at least one layer including a mixture of glass flakes and at least one further clearcoat layer and jointly curing all applied layers. Also described herein is a multilayer coating obtained by the described process.
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
62.
AQUEOUS RESIN DISPERSION AND AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAID RESIN DISPERSION
Described herein is an aqueous resin dispersion (AD) including a resin component (R) including at least one di- and/or polyfunctional monomeric primary and/or secondary amine (M) and polyfunctional polymeric organic amines having primary and/or secondary amino groups. Also described herein is an aqueous two-component coating composition including the resin dispersion.
Described herein is a mixer system for producing aqueous coating materials from at least one aqueous pigment paste A, including at least one color pigment, and at least one pigment-free component B, including an aqueous, acrylate-based microgel dispersion having a glass transition temperature Tg of 50 to 60° C., where both the aqueous pigment paste A and the component B each have a VOC value of less than or equal to 250 g/L. Further described herein is a method for producing aqueous coating materials having a VOC content of 0 to 250 g/L, in which the individual components A and B are stored separately and not mixed until shortly before application, to give the aqueous coating material. Further described herein is a method of using the mixer system for producing aqueous coating materials for refinishing and/or for coating automobile bodies and/or plastics parts.
Described herein is a coating composition including a) from 25 to 50% by weight of a polymeric binder selected from polyacrylates (A1) and/or polyesters (A2) with a crosslinkable amount of hydroxyl groups, as component (A), b) from 15 to 25% by weight of a crosslinking agent having functional groups that are reactive to OH groups, as component (B), and c) from 35 to 50% by weight of at least one monomeric and/or oligomeric reactive diluent with at least one olefinic double bond, as component (C), where the weight percentage is based on the total weight of the coating composition. This coating composition has not only low VOC but also high hardness after curing. Also described herein are a preparation method of the coating composition and a method of use thereof.
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
Described herein is an aqueous basecoat composition. Also described herein are a method of coating a substrate and use of the aqueous basecoat composition for improving the performance properties of basecoat materials.
Described herein is a mixer system for producing aqueous coating materials from at least one aqueous pigment paste A, including at least one effect pigment, and at least one pigment-free component B, including an aqueous, acrylate-based microgel dispersion having a glass transition temperature Tg of 50 to 60° C., where both the aqueous pigment paste A and the component B each have a VOC value of less than or equal to 250 g/L. Further described herein is a method for producing aqueous coating materials having a VOC content of 0 to 250 g/L, in which the individual components A and B are stored separately and not mixed until shortly before application, to give the aqueous coating material. Further described herein is a method of using the mixer system of for producing aqueous coating materials for refinishing and/or for coating automobile bodies and/or plastics parts.
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
Described herein are a system and a method for object recognition via a computer vision application, the system including at least the following components:
at least one object to be recognized, the object having object specific reflectance and luminescence spectral patterns,
a light source which is configured to illuminate a scene including the at least one object under ambient lighting conditions,
a sensor which is configured to measure radiance data of the scene including the at least one object when the scene is illuminated by the light source,
a linear polarizer coupled with a quarter waveplate,
a data storage unit which comprises luminescence spectral patterns together with appropriately assigned respective objects, and
a data processing unit.
Described herein is a method for cleaning an electrocoating bath in a continuous facility, where a skid connected to a conveying installation is conveyed through the electrocoating bath, and where the skid includes a filter medium; the filter medium is secured on the skid via at least one movable connecting element; the movable connecting element allows the orientation of the filter medium at the interface between electrocoating bath and air; and, after immersion of the skid into the electrocoating bath, during the conveying of the skid through the electrocoating bath, the filter medium is oriented at the interface between electrocoating bath and air and is drawn along the surface of the electrocoating bath. Also described herein is a skid for use in the cleaning method.
B01D 33/35 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with multiple filtering elements characterised by their mutual disposition
69.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION USING 3D MAPPING AND MODELING OF LIGHT
Described herein are a method and a system for object recognition via a computer vision application, where at least one object to be recognized is illuminated by at least one light source having light source specific radiance values, and radiance data of a scene including the object are measured when the scene is illuminated by the light source.
Described herein are aqueous coating compositions including at least one dispersion of core/shell particles containing a polyurethane resin as core portion and a crosslinked acrylic resin as shell portion and at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion containing crosslinked polyurethane-polyurea particles. Also described herein is a method for forming a multilayer coating on a substrate using the aqueous coating compositions as basecoat compositions. Also described herein is a multicoat paint system produced by the method.
B41M 7/00 - After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
D06P 1/52 - General processes of dyeing or printing textiles or general processes of dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments or auxiliary substances employed using insoluble pigments or auxiliary substances, e.g. binders using compositions containing synthetic macromolecular substances
71.
AQUEOUS RESIN DISPERSION AND AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAID RESIN DISPERSION
Described herein is an aqueous resin dispersion (AD) including a resin component (R) including at least one di- and/or polyfunctional monomeric primary and/or secondary amine (M) and polyfunctional polymeric organic amines having primary and/or secondary amino groups. Also described herein is an aqueous two-component coating composition including the resin dispersion.
Described herein is a coating composition including one or more resins of formula R—[NH—CO—NR1—R2—Si(Ra)3-x(Rb)x]y one or more catalysts of formula [H3C—C(Rc)(Rd)—C(═O)—O−]zMz+ and one or more aprotic organic solvents. Also described herein are a method of coating a substrate with the above coating composition, a thus coated substrate, and a multilayer coating and a substrate coated with such multilayer coating.
C08G 18/28 - Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen characterised by the compounds used containing active hydrogen
C08G 18/73 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates acyclic
C08G 18/79 - Nitrogen characterised by the polyisocyanates used, these having groups formed by oligomerisation of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
C08G 18/10 - Prepolymer processes involving reaction of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen in a first reaction step
C08G 77/26 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to organic groups containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen nitrogen-containing groups
C08G 77/18 - Polysiloxanes containing silicon bound to oxygen-containing groups to alkoxy or aryloxy groups
C08K 5/5435 - Silicon-containing compounds containing oxygen containing oxygen in a ring
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
Described herein is a method for examining a coating of a probe surface, including the steps of providing sensing data indicative of a depth of the coating at each of a predetermined subset of probe surface points, determining a depth representation of the coating from the sensing data, and deriving a coating property based on the depth representation. The coating property carries objective information about a geometric constitution or structure of the coating, which can be used for assessing the coating with respect to a functionality that is due to its geometric constitution or structure.
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a composition comprising a structural colorant comprising photonic particles comprising a metal oxide and from about 0.1% to about 50% w/w of an organic material.
C01B 33/193 - Preparation of finely divided silica neither in sol nor in gel form; After-treatment thereof by acidic treatment of silicates of aqueous solutions of silicates
Described herein is an aqueous coating composition (A) for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, including (A1) at least one cathodically depositable resin binder, (A2) at least one crosslinking agent, (A3) at least 100 ppm of bismuth, based on the total weight of the coating composition (A), and (A4) lithium, in a form dissolved in (A), the lithium not exceeding a fraction of 300 ppm, based on the total weight of the coating composition (A). Also described herein are a method for producing (A), a coating method, and an at least partly coated substrate obtainable by the method.
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
Described herein is a method for generating a bi-directional texture function (BTF) of an object, the method including at least the following steps:
measuring an initial BTF for the object using a camera-based measurement device,
capturing spectral reflectance data for the object for a pre-given number of different measurement geometries using a spectrophotometer, and
adapting the initial BTF to the captured spectral reflectance data), thus, gaining an optimized BTF.
Described herein is a method for generating a bi-directional texture function (BTF) of an object, the method including at least the following steps:
measuring an initial BTF for the object using a camera-based measurement device,
capturing spectral reflectance data for the object for a pre-given number of different measurement geometries using a spectrophotometer, and
adapting the initial BTF to the captured spectral reflectance data), thus, gaining an optimized BTF.
Also described herein are respective systems for generating a bi-directional texture function of an object.
Disclosed in certain embodiments is coating composition comprising a solvent, a resinous binder, and a structural colorant comprising non-spherical photonic structures, and corresponding coatings, coated automotive parts, and methods involving the same.
Described herein are aqueous coating compositions including at least one dispersion of core/shell particles containing a polyurethane resin as core portion and a crosslinked acrylic resin as shell portion and at least one aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion containing crosslinked polyurethane-polyurea particles. Also described herein is a method for forming a multilayer coating on a substrate using the aqueous coating compositions as basecoat compositions. Also described herein is a multicoat paint system produced by the method.
C08G 18/75 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates cyclic cycloaliphatic
B05D 7/14 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to metal, e.g. car bodies
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
Described herein is a photovoltaic module, which includes PV cells capable of converting light incoming from a front side and from a rear side (3) and a transparent rear side including a rear surface carrying a structured layer (9), where the lower surface of the structured layer (9) is the lower surface of the module, and where the surface of layer (9) is structured by parallel V-shaped grooves of depth h2 or less than h2, where the lateral faces of the grooves of depth less than h2 form a groove angle beta and adjacent faces of neighbouring grooves form a peak of apex angle alpha, characterized in that h2 is from the range 5 to 200 micrometer, and each pair of neighbouring grooves includes one groove of depth h2 and one groove of depth (h2−h1), where h1 ranges from 0.1 h2 to 0.9 h2.
H01L 31/068 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN homojunction type, e.g. bulk silicon PN homojunction solar cells or thin film polycrystalline silicon PN homojunction solar cells
H01L 31/046 - PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
H01L 31/054 - Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of preparing structural colorants comprising photonic particles, the method comprising varying the calcination temperature in the process to enable the tuning of pore size to obtain a wide variety of possible colors.
Described herein is an analytical system (100) for assessing and predicting a performance factor of at least one coating on at least one object with a multiplicity of subunits. The analytical system includes a sensor arrangement (103) with a multiplicity of sensors, an administrative unit (105) with at least one processor, and an output unit (107). The sensor arrangement is configured to subject the at least one object coated with at least one respective coating to colorimetric measurement by means of the multiplicity of sensors and to provide corresponding measurement data to the administrative unit. The administrative unit is configured to determine respective colorimetric deviations of the at least one coating relative to a corresponding color reference for a multiplicity of subunits of the at least one object, and to output these deviations on the output unit.
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a composition comprising a structural colorant comprising photonic particles comprising a metal oxide and a transition metal, the molar ratio of transition metal to metal oxide being less than about 2:1.
C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a coating composition comprising (i) a solvent, (ii) a resinous binder and (iii) a structural colorant comprising spherical photonic structures and corresponding coatings, coated automotive parts and methods thereof.
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a liquid coating composition comprising a liquid medium and a structural colorant comprising photonic particles comprising a metal oxide, the photonic particles having silane functional groups on at least a portion of the external surface of the photonic particles.
Described herein is a bismuth-containing catalyser, which is defined by a general formula (I). The bismuth-containing catalyser includes at least one radical R1, which includes a carboxyl fragment according to the general formula (II), where a first carbon atom (α-carbon) is bonded to the carbon atom of the carboxyl group, which in turn is directly substituted with at least one aromatic system. Also described herein is a method for preparing the bismuth-containing catalyser and a method of using the bismuth-containing catalyser for preparing compounds including a urethane group.
B01J 31/04 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing organic compounds or metal hydrides containing carboxylic acids or their salts
C07C 269/02 - Preparation of derivatives of carbamic acid, i.e. compounds containing any of the groups the nitrogen atom not being part of nitro or nitroso groups from isocyanates with formation of carbamate groups
86.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS IN A COATING
Described herein is a method for identifying an interference pigment in a coating. Also described herein is a corresponding device and a computer-readable medium.
Described herein are an aqueous coating composition including at least one anionically stabilized binder, effect pigment, polycarboxylic acid, and solvent, and a method for producing a multicoat paint system by producing a basecoat directly on a substrate, producing a clearcoat directly on the basecoat, and then jointly curing the basecoat and the clearcoat. At least one of the basecoat materials includes the aqueous coating. Also described herein are multicoat paint system obtainable by this method, and the use of at least one polycarboxylic acid in an aqueous coating composition for improving the effect pigment orientation, or for color matching.
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
C09D 5/44 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for electrophoretic applications
Described herein is a pigmented composition which is suitable for coating components in an in-mold coating process, a process for coating components, and a method of using the composition for improving the flow behavior of compositions used for producing components. The composition includes at least one solvent L, at least one alkoxylated fatty acid and/or fatty alcohol, at least one alkoxylated polysiloxane, and at least one color base BF.
C09D 171/00 - Coating compositions based on polyethers obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C09D 167/00 - Coating compositions based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
89.
SELF-RELEASING IN-MOLD COATING (IMC) FOR COATING SUBSTRATES
Described herein is a composition which is suitable for coating components in an in-mold coating process, a process for coating components, and a method of using the composition for improving the flow behavior of compositions used for producing components. The composition includes at least one solvent L, at least one alkoxylated fatty acid and/or fatty alcohol, and at least one alkoxylated polysiloxane.
Described herein is a manual process for injection molding of coated components, more particularly coated soles of plastic, where first of all the molding tool is lined with a release agent composition and, after flashing of this release agent composition, a composition for forming the component is injected. After crosslinking of these two compositions, the produced coated component is removed from the molding tool and subjected optionally to an aftertreatment.
C08K 5/5317 - Phosphonic compounds, e.g. R—P(:O)(OR')2
C08L 33/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
91.
ORGANOTIN COPOLYMERS AS POLYMERIC CROSSLINKING CATALYSTS
Described herein is a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a polymeric backbone and at least two kinds of side chains (S1) and (S2) attached to the polymeric backbone, which are different from each other, namely one or more side chains (S1) including at least one tin-containing moiety and one or more side chains (S2) bearing at least one ester group of formula —O—C(═O)—R1, where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, acyclic aliphatic residue having at least 18 carbon atoms, a method of preparing the copolymer, a method of using the copolymer as catalyst in crosslinking reactions in coating compositions and/or for lengthening the pot life of coating compositions and/or for lowering the curing temperatures of coating compositions, a coating composition including the copolymer and a method of coating a substrate including applying the coating composition to a substrate.
C09D 133/14 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing halogen, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atoms in addition to the carboxy oxygen
C08F 230/04 - Copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and containing phosphorus, selenium, tellurium, or a metal containing a metal
C08F 220/20 - Esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols
92.
AUTOMATED METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING COATED COMPONENTS
Described herein is an automatic or automated process for injection molding of coated components, more particularly coated soles of plastic, where first of all the molding tool is lined with a release agent composition and, after flashing of this release agent composition, a composition for forming the component is injected. After crosslinking of these two compositions, the coated component produced is removed from the molding tool and subjected optionally to an aftertreatment.
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
Described herein is a method for simulating a visibility of a coating applied on a surface for a LiDAR sensor, which includes at least the following steps:
applying the coating on the surface (301);
measuring a respective reflection of light having an operating wavelength of the LiDAR sensor from the surface coated with the coating at a multiplicity of illumination and/or measurement angles (302);
adapting a bidirectional reflectance distribution function for the coating as a function of the respective illumination and/or measurement angle to the respective measured reflections (303);
simulating a propagation of the light emitted by the LiDAR sensor and reflected by the surface coated with the coating on the basis of the adapted bidirectional reflectance distribution function by means of a ray tracing application (304);
outputting a brightness image.
Disclosed is a process for determining a plurality of color quality indicators for controlling the color of a coating. Colorimetric coordinates of a color reference and the coating are ascertained for a plurality of coated surface elements using a spectrophotometer at a number of measurement geometries and a number of light sources. For each measurement geometry and each light source, color differences are calculated from the colorimetric coordinates of the color reference and the coating of the plurality of coated surface elements. The respective colorimetric coordinates are normalized with one weighting factor. Each of the plurality of color quality indicators is determined by means of a mapping, of functional values onto a scale value of a predetermined scale. The functional values are determined in each case for the number of measurement geometries and the number of light sources by means of a mathematical relationship.
G01J 3/46 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters
G01J 3/10 - Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
G01J 3/50 - Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters using electric radiation detectors
95.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTICOAT PAINT SYSTEM BY POSTADDITIZATION OF AT LEAST ONE BASECOAT WITH AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPRISING POLYAMIDES AND/OR AMIDE WAXES
The present invention relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a substrate coated with a first coat, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat. At least one of the basecoat materials is admixed, directly before application, either with an aqueous dispersion (D1) comprising a polyamide (PA) having an acid number of 15 to 60 mg KOH/g or with an aqueous dispersion (D2) comprising a polyamide (PA) and an amide wax (AW).
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 7/14 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to metal, e.g. car bodies
C08L 77/06 - Polyamides derived from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids
C08K 3/013 - Fillers, pigments or reinforcing additives
Described herein is a 2K solvent borne coating system. The coating system includes an epoxy component (A), including: i) an epoxy resin; ii) a solvent; iii) at least one compound of formula (I):
Described herein is a 2K solvent borne coating system. The coating system includes an epoxy component (A), including: i) an epoxy resin; ii) a solvent; iii) at least one compound of formula (I):
[(ER)x(R′O)y(HO)z(R″)t(SiO(4-x-y-z-t)]m (I)
Described herein is a 2K solvent borne coating system. The coating system includes an epoxy component (A), including: i) an epoxy resin; ii) a solvent; iii) at least one compound of formula (I):
[(ER)x(R′O)y(HO)z(R″)t(SiO(4-x-y-z-t)]m (I)
and/or oligomer or polymer compounds of the compound of formula (I), and iv) optionally, at least one non-catalytic additive; and an acid resin component (B), including: an carboxylic acid resin; a solvent; optionally, at least one catalyst; and optionally, at least one additive. Also described herein are a 2K coating composition, a method to coat an automotive substrate with the composition, and a scratch and mar resistant coated surface of the 2K coating composition.
C09D 167/00 - Coating compositions based on polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
97.
TWO-COMPONENT (2K) CLEARCOAT AND METHOD TO COAT A SUBSTRATE WITH THE TWO-COMPONENT (2K) CLEARCOAT HAVING ENHANCED VISUAL APPEARANCE
Provided herein is a two-component clearcoat composition that contains a first component comprising a hydroxyl-functional resin; and a second component comprising a crosslinking agent which is a first isocyanate resin which is unblocked; wherein at least one of the first component and the second component further comprises a blocked isocyanate resin which is a reacted form of a second isocyanate resin and a blocking agent; and wherein the first isocyanate resin and the second isocyanate resin are capable of reacting with the hydroxyl-functional resin to form a crosslinked coating. Further provided herein is a substrate coated with the clearcoat composition that exhibits improved visual appearance to the coated substrate, such as reduced orange peel and an increased balance value.
C09D 133/02 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acids; Metal or ammonium salts thereof
C09D 5/28 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced; Filling pastes for wrinkle, crackle, orange-peel, or similar decorative effects
C08G 18/73 - Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates acyclic
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 5/06 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain multicolour or other optical effects
98.
AQUEOUS BASECOAT AND PRODUCTION OF MULTI-COAT PAINT SYSTEMS USING THE BASECOAT
The present disclosure relates to an aqueous basecoat material including as binder, at least one aqueous, acrylate-based microgel dispersion (MD), and also at least one pigment paste including at least one color and/or effect pigment, and also as paste binder, at least one polymer of olefinically unsaturated monomers, where the polymer includes functional groups for nonionic stabilization of the polymer in water, and also functional groups selected from the group of silicon-containing, phosphorus-containing, and urea-containing groups, the aqueous basecoat material further including less than 0.5 wt %, based on its total weight, of synthetic phyllosilicates.
C09D 133/06 - Homopolymers or copolymers of esters of esters containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen atom being present only as part of the carboxyl radical
B05D 1/04 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying involving the use of an electrostatic field
B05D 7/14 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to metal, e.g. car bodies
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
Described herein is a polymeric pigment dispersant, a process for preparation of the polymeric pigment dispersant and a pigment dispersion including the pigment dispersant that is used for coating and in printing ink, automotive basecoat, auto-motive clearcoat, mill base, furniture coatings and wood coatings.
C08G 81/02 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by interreacting polymers in the absence of monomers, e.g. block polymers at least one of the polymers being obtained by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Described herein is a polymeric pigment dispersant, a process for preparation of the polymeric pigment dispersant, and a pigment dispersion including the pigment dispersant that is used for coating and in printing ink, automotive basecoat, automotive clearcoat, mill base, furniture coatings, and wood coatings.
C08F 265/04 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerising monomers on to polymers of unsaturated monocarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof as defined in group on to polymers of esters
C08F 293/00 - Macromolecular compounds obtained by polymerisation on to a macromolecule having groups capable of inducing the formation of new polymer chains bound exclusively at one or both ends of the starting macromolecule
C08K 5/3417 - Five-membered rings condensed with carbocyclic rings
C08F 220/32 - Esters containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen containing epoxy radicals
C08F 220/18 - Esters of monohydric alcohols or phenols of phenols or of alcohols containing two or more carbon atoms with acrylic or methacrylic acids
C08F 220/20 - Esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols
C08K 5/09 - Carboxylic acids; Metal salts thereof; Anhydrides thereof
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