Resins and polymers play a pivotal role in the composition of paints and coatings, significantly influencing their final properties and applications. The type of resin, its chemistry, cross-linking, and various other factors largely determine the characteristics of the coatings. In the present era, with the wide range of coating technologies available such as water-based, powder coatings, high-solids, and UV-cure, the chemistry formulation and application of resins have become increasingly intricate.

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of major resin types, how are they prepared, and how resins are designed for specific end-use applications. As such, the course will cover all major resin types used in solvent-based, water-borne, high-solids, and UV-cure coatings, and their cross-linking technologies will be discussed.

Who Should Attend?

This course is useful for that personnel involved in resin /coating/ ink/ adhesive product development, formulators, technical service personnel, coatings/resin specifies, technical sales and customer support staff, research and development chemists, and all others who seek knowledge in this specific area.

Course Outlines:

Overview

Overview of global paint and coatings market and technology trends.
Global coating market and trends
The basic role of paint ingredients.
Resins – trends, the emergence of new technologies, sustainability
Resins for Coatings, inks, adhesives
Fundamentals of polymer chemistry
Polymerization reactions
Requirements of resins for coatings

Technologies of Resins

Solvent-based,
Water-borne,
high-solids,
powder coatings,
UV-cure systems
Acrylic Resins technology
Chemistry, raw materials, resin technologies, and applications
Formulations of Water-borne and HS acrylics and their coatings
Understanding commercial product data-sheets for acrylics

Polyurethanes Resins and technology

Chemistry, raw materials, resin technologies, and applications of PU
Design principles, and calculations for resin formulations
PU coating types and their resin systems
Stoichiometric calculations for resins, pre-polymers, and 2K-PU coatings
Understanding commercial product data-sheets for PU raw materials

Epoxy resin and technology

Chemistry, raw materials, technologies, and applications of epoxy resins
Epoxy coating types and their resin systems
Stoichiometric calculations for resins, and 2K-epoxy systems
Understanding commercial product data-sheets for Epoxy resins

Polyesters and Alkyds

chemistry, technologies, and applications of Polyesters and Alkyd resins
Design principles and calculations for the formulation
Understanding commercial product data-sheets for Epoxy resins
Understanding coating formulations based on Alkyds and polyesters Cross-linking technologies
Water-borne, HS, and solvent-based systems
Technical and environmental benefits
Comparison

Quality control

Resins,
Finished products

Quality assurance

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