US5030394A
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PVdF-based powder coatings
Assignee: TotalEnergies Onetech Belgium SA
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Filing: 1988-11-08
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Granted: 1991-07-09
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Expires: 2008-11-08
Abstract
Abstract A process for preparing pigmented PVdF-based powder coating products is disclosed, which comprises the steps of (i) mixing PVdF resin with a compatible thermoplastic resin, preferably PMMA in a weight ratio of about 80:20 to 40:60, with pigments, and with a small amount of flow promoter, (ii) pelletizing the mixture of (i), and (iii) cryogenically grinding the pellets and sieving the large particles. Also disclosed is a process for coating a substrate, comprising the steps of (a) applying the above prepared powder coating product on a substrate, and (b) subjecting to a heat treatment.
Inventors
- 👤 Willem Sietses
- 👤 Tjalling M. Plantenga
- 👤 Jean-Paul Dekerk
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:57
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D127/00; C09D127/02; C09D127/12; C09D127/16; B; B29; B29B; B29B13/00; B29B13/04; B29B13/045; B29B13/10; B29B9/00; B29B9/02; B29B9/06; B29C; B29C35/00; B29C35/16; B29C2035/1616; B29C2035/1625; B29C2035/165; B29K; B29K2027/00; B29K2027/12; B29K2027/16; B29K2033/00; B29K2033/04; B29K2033/12; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/251; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0018; B29K2995/002; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2998; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/3154
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
50 words
A process for preparing pigmented PVdF-based powder coating products, comprising the steps of: (i) mixing PVdF resin with at least one compatible thermoplastic resin and at least one pigment, (ii) pelletizing the resulting mixture of (i), and (iii) cryogenically grinding the pellets of (ii) while sieving out the larger particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process for preparing pigmented PVdF-based powder coating products, comprising the steps of: (i) mixing PVdF resin with at least one compatible thermoplastic resin and at least one pigment, (ii) pelletizing the resulting mixture of (i), and (iii) cryogenically grinding the pellets of (ii) while sieving out the larger particles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the larger particles are retained until ground to a particle size smaller than about 150 μm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process according to claim 2 wherein the particles have an average particle size between about 0.03 and 0.05 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the PVdF resin has a molecular weight of about 10,000 to 70,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 4 wherein the PVdF resin has a molecular weight of about 30,000 to 50,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein said at least one compatible thermoplastic resins comprise a thermoplastic PMMA resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process according to claim 6 wherein the thermoplastic PMMA resin exhibits a viscosity of about 7 to 17P in 40% solution in which the solvent is a 95:5 by weight mixture of toluene and ethylene glycol methyl ether.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process according to claim 6 wherein the weight ratio of PVdF/PMMA is from about 80:20 to 40:60.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 8 wherein the weight ratio of PVdF/PMMA is from 75:25 to 65:35.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein up to about 3 weight % of a flow promoting agent, based on the total weight of the mixture, is also admixed with said PVdF resin in step (i).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process according to claim 10 wherein said flow promoting agent admixed in said step (i) is an acrylic resin having a relatively low molecular weight and is present in a concentration of about 1 weight %.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 11 wherein said acrylic resin is made from ethylacrylate and 2-ethylhexylacrylate and has a molecular weight of about 20,000.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
59 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein the grinding step of (iii) is conducted in a hammer mill in which a rotating shaft carries hammers that break the pellets into small particles on fixed shapes in the casing of the hammer mill and then hammer the small particles through a sieving lining at the bottom of the hammer mill.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 13 wherein the sieving lining has sieve openings of about 0.2 mm.
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