RTE Conference Papers Archive 2005

Influence of Crosslinking Density of Radiation Curable Coatings on Scratch Resistance, Hardness and Flexibility
Yvonne Heischkel, Reinhold Schwalm, Michael Kutschera, Wolgang Schrof, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Erich Beck, Harald Larbig, Klaus Menzel and Nick Gruber
Global Polymer Research, Performance Chemicals, BASF AG - Germany

New Insights into 1,5-Diphenyl 1,4-Diynone as Photoinitiator
Bernhard Seidl, Kadiriye Kalinyaprak-Icten and Robert Liska
Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Division Macromolecular Chemistry - Austria

The Sevilla Process - A Driver for Environmental Performance in Industry
Ineke Jansen
European Commission, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - Spain

Can UV Curing Inks and Coatings Exhibit Enough Technical and Economical Advantages for Flexible Packaging Applications?
Sébastien Villeneuve, Gordon Fern, Jean-Luc Birbaum, André Fuchs, Katia Studer, Stephan Ilg
Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Switzerland

New Additive Chemistry for Improved Pigment Suspension Control in Non-Aqueous UV Cured High Performance Coatings
Scott Murray, William A. Reynolds and Detlef van Peij
Elementis Specialties Inc. - USA

High Performance UV Multi-Layer Coatings Using Inorganic Nanoparticles
C. Vu., O. La Ferté, A. Eranian
Clariant - France

Optimizing Application Properties of EB Curable Laminating Adhesives for Flexible Packaging
Stephen C. Lapin, Ph.D.
Northwest Coatings LLC - USA

Enhancing Mechanical Properties of UV-Curing Wood Varnishes by Synergistic Combinations of Silicones and Nano-Alumina Particles
János Hajas, Petra Lenz, Klaus Schulte
BYK-Chemie GmbH - Germany

UV Digital Production Printing with Dry Full Color UV Curable Toner
Lode Deprez, Werner Op de Beeck
Punch Graphix International NV, Lier - Belgium

Cationic UV Cure on Polyolefins
David James, Pia Appelkvist, Eva Gustavsson
Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB - Sweden

Influence of Temperature and Atmosphere on the Curing Rate and Final Properties of UV Curing Acrylates and Epoxides
Dr. Andreas Hartwig, Dr. Matthias Popp, Katharina Teczyk
Fraunhofer Institut IFAM - Germany

Viscosity Effect on the Photopolymerization Kinetics of Methacrylates
Ewa Andrzejewska, Monika Janaszczyk, Maciej Andrzejewski
Poznan University of Technology - Poland

Storage Stable UV-Powder Coating Formulations
Emmanouil Spyrou
Degussa AG, Marl - Germany

UV-Printing Inks in Food Contact Materials – Migration and Set-off Problems
Dr. Monika Rüter, Heike Benz, Dr. Otto Piringer
FABES Forschungs-GmbH - Germany

Novel Waterborne UV Curing Acrylic Dispersions for High Performance Kitchen and Furniture Coatings
Dirk Mestach, Derrick R. Twene
Nuplex Resins BV - The Netherlands

Hard or Flexible Coatings : Influence on Measured Performances
Koen Biesbrouck
Par-Ky - Belgium

Characterizing the Output and Performance of Solid-State UV LED Sources
Paul Mills
Phoseon Technology - USA

Process Solutions for UV Curing of Coatings on Automotive Plastic Parts
Kevin H. Joesel
Fusion UV Systems, Inc. - USA

New Methods for Matting of 100% UV – Coatings
Hans-Dieter Christian
Degussa AG - Germany

Managing Research and Technology towards Economic Value Maximization
Koenraad Debackere
Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, K.U. Leuven - Belgium

Status of UV/EB in Europe
Wolfgang Paulus
RTE Marketing Committee Chair, BASF AG - Belgium

Combination of Microwave Drying and UV Curing for Waterborne Lacquers on Wood Surfaces
Dr. Christiane Swaboda
Institut für Holztechnologie Dresden - Germany

Acrylate Ester of Glycidyl Versatate Reactive diluent for laminating and PSA UV formulations
Annie Fonzé, Hilde Hendrickx, Nathalie Henry and Denis Heymans
Hexion Specialty Chemicals - Belgium

Ink Curing Applications with Low Voltage Miniature EB Devices
Martijn Zwegers
USHIO Europe BV - Netherlands

New Developments in UV Resins for Metal Coatings
Dr. Marc Heylen
Cytec Surface Specialties - Belgium

New Routes to Urethane Acrylates
Jurgen van Holen, Vincent Stone and Hugues Van den Bergen
Cytec Surface Specialties - Belgium

Reactivity and Network Structure of UV- and EB-Cured Bis-Phenol A Ethoxy Diacrylate
Ph. Ponsaud,1,2) B. Defoort,2) and X. Coqueret1)
1) Laboratoire de Chimie Oorganique et Macromoléculaire, Université des Sciences etTechnologies de Lille, France 2) EADS SPACE Transportation - France

EB Curing in the Packaging Industry - Opportunities and Challenges
F. P. Hombach
Alcan Packaging Services Neuhausen - Switzerland

Multi-Criteria Decision Support for Integrated Technique Assessment
Martin Treitz, Hannes Schollenberger, Benjamin Schrader, Jutta Geldermann, Otto Rentz,
French-German Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU / IFARE) - University of Karlsruhe -Germany

Mono and Bis Substituted Polymeric Aminobenzoates as Amine Synergist for UV Curing
David Anderson
Lambson Fine Chemicals - UK

How to Coat Plastics with UV Curable Resins
Dr. Stefan Smeets
Cytec Surface Specialties - Belgium

UV-Curing PU Dispersions in Industrial Furniture Coatings
Dr. Christoph Irle
Bayer Polimeros - Spain

New Quick Set 2K UV Laminating Adhesive Systems for Food Flexible Packaging
Dr. Albert Lin
Sovereign Specialty Chemicals Inc. - Henkel US - USA

Modeling and Development of Thiol-Ene Photopolymerizations
Prof. Chris Bowman
University of Colorado - USA

REACH – Impact and Workability Regarding the Production Chain
Rüdiger Bias
BASF AG - Germany

INNOCURE – Curing Technology for High Speed Web Applications
Lukas Hahne
Eltex Elektrostatik GmbH - Germany

EU Collaborative as a Mean to Achieve Growth
Dr. Alain Adjemmian
European Commission, DG Research - Belgium

UV Powder Coating on MDF – a Consolidating Technology
Silver Santandrea
Cefla S.c.r.l. - Italy

Characterization of Low Voltage EB Equipment
Imtiaz Rangwalla
Energy Sciences Inc. - USA

Urethane Acrylates on Metal Substrates
Dr. Jan Weikard
Bayer MaterialScience AG - Germany

Novel Self-Initiating UV-Curable Resins: Generation Three
Michael L. Gould
Ashland Specialty Chemical - USA

Application of Modern EB-Processors in the Packaging Industry
Imtiaz Rangwalla
Energy Sciences, Inc. - USA

Re-Workable UV Curing System
Masamitsu Shirai
Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University - Japan

Water-Borne UV Coatings - an Overview of Matting Agent Properties
Cristiano Tunice
W.R. Grace Italiana S.p.A. - Italy

Photoinitiating Systems for Hybrid Sol-Gel Coatings - Toward Enhanced Materials for UV-Curing Applications
C. Croutxé- Barghorn
Department of Photochemistry, University of Haute-Alsace - France

A Cost Efficient, Global Solution for Flexographic UV Printing
Dr Panayotis Cocolios
Air Liquide S.A. - France

How to Get Enhanced Adhesion to Plastic Substrates
Antoine Carroy
Cognis Corporation - USA

New Trends in the Development of Solvent-Free Acrylic PSA Systems
Dr. Roland Milker
Dr. Milker Klebstoff GmbH - Germany

Photopolymerization of Systems with Novel Vinyl Ester Monomers
Prof. Charles Hoyle
University of Mississippi - USA

REACH – Exposure Scenarios - Categories versus UVITECH Data
Luc Nuijten
Consultant RadTech Europe - Belgium

Nano-Primer Technology for UV Coating with Aerosol
Dr. Georg Bolte
Nanotec S.r.L. - Germany

Safe Use of UV/EB Technology in the Coating and Printing Industry
Dr. Martin Riester
VDMA Fachverband Allgemeine Lufttechnik - Germany
Dr. Bernhard Küter
Berufsgenossenschaft Druck und Papierverarbeitung - Germany

Present and Future Requirements on Furniture Coatings – an Enduser Perspective
Ralph Nussbaum
IKEA, Sweden

High-Output, Efficient, Economical – Innovative UV Unit Technologies
Oliver Treichel
IST METZ GmbH - Germany

Innovative Developments in UV Pigmented Low Viscosity - 100% Solids - for the Automotive and Metal Coatings Industry
Jaume Amigo
SIDASA Units Coatings Group - Spain

Metal Containing Acrylic Oligomers
Gary W. Ceska
Sartomer - USA

Offset Printing for Primary Food Packaging, UV or EB Curing?
Rob Meij
Drent Goebel Graphic Machines - Netherlands

Dispersion and Stabilisation of Matting Agents Using Hyperdispersants in UV Wood Coatings
Mark Sudder
Noveon Specialty Additives - UK

Use of a New Photoinitiator in Graphic Arts
Mr. E. Bellotti
Lamberti S.p.A. - Italy

Innovative Wetting and Dispersing Additives for Radiation Curing Flexo Inks
Dr. Pedro Cavaleiro
Degussa AG - Germany

UV Meets Colour: A Numerical Simulation of the Through-Cure of Pigmented UV Coatings
Dr. Thomas Frey
BASF AG - Germany

Cationic vs. Free Radical UV Curing Silicone Release Coatings
Dr. S. Herrwerth
Degussa Goldschmidt, Germany

Hydrogen Bonding and Rate Enhancement in Photoinduced Polymerization of Monofunctional Hydroxyalkyl Acrylates
Dr. Sonny Jonsson
Fusion UV Systems Inc. - USA

UV/EB Protocol – Requirements Related to OccupationalHealth and Safety Stipulated Consistently in Europe
Roland Knopp
Norddeutsche Metall Berufsgenossenschaft - Germany

Three-Dimensional Ink-Jet Printing Using Photopolymer Materials - An Emerging Rapid Prototyping Technology
Eduardo Napadensky
Objet Geometries Ltd. - IL

UV Becomes 3 Dimensional
Manfred Biehler
BASF AG - Germany

Gas Sealed UV Dryer for Optimizing UV Applications
Géraldine Rames-Langlade
Air Liquide S.A. - France

Hyperbranched Polymers in Cationic UV Curing
Dr. Marco Sangermano
Politecnico di Torino - Italy

Fast UV – A Curable Clearcoat
Nazire Dogan
Akzo Nobel - Netherlands

Allophanate Structures as Building Blocks for Very low Viscous Urethane Acrylates
Dr. Michael Ludewig
Bayer Material Science - Germany

Advantages in Flexo Printing and Laminating with EB Curing
Joseph Maria Soler
- COMEXI Group, S.L. - Spain

How to Improve the Scratch Resistance of UV Cured Wood Coatings?
Mariane Poitoux
Sartomer Europe - Fance

UV Sheet-Fed Printing
Eduardo Napadensky
IST METZ GmbH - Germany

UV Curable Materials with Non-Polar Binders – Properties and Limitations
Norbert Pietschmann
iLF Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Lacke und Farben GmbH - Germany

10 Years of UV Crosslinking of Hotmelt PSA – A Success Story
Rolf Müller
IST METZ GmbH - Germany

Hydrogen Bonding and Rate Enhancement in Photoinduced Polymerization of Monofunctional Hydrogen Bonding Acrylates
Dr. Sonny Jonsson
Fusion UV Systems Inc, U.S.A.

UV/EB coated articles for food contact -Requirements and Opportunities
Klaus Hinrichs
Cognis GmbH - Germany

Utilizing Hyperbranched Structures in UV Curing Systems
Joshua Oliver
Sartomer Europe - France

The Renaissance of Wet Application: New Opportunities for the Laminate Flooring Industry with HPC (High Performance Coatings)
Joachim Voigt
Hymmen - Germany and
Ali Vahlhaus
Treffert - Germany

LEDs – the new alternative
Richard Little
Jenton International Ltd. - UK

Novel Cationic Photointiator
Marco Visconti
Lamberti S.p.A. - Italy

UV Curing Systems for Automotive Refinish Applications
Jürgen Stropp
DuPont Performance Coatings - Germany

Recent Advances in the Development of EB Curable Flexography Inks
Mark Walkling
Sun Chemical Europe - United Kingdom

Nano/Micro Particle Reinforced Polyacrylates for Flooring Applications
Frank Bauer
Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung - Germany

New Polymeric Photoinitiators for Graphics Arts
Frank Bertens
IGM Resins B, Netherlands
Yan Qingjin, Daisy Gu,
Insight High Technology Co. Ltd - China

Urethane-Acrylated Resins for UV-Curable Powder Coatings: A Versatile Chemistry to Look for the Excellence
F. Williams
Cray Valley - Spain

Development of High Performance Photo-Curable Polymers and Oligomers Using Novel Reactions of Oxetane Compounds
Prof. Tadatomi Nishikubo
Kanagawa University - Japan

Thiol-Enes: Fast Curing Systems with Exceptional Properties
Charles E. Hoyle
University of Southern Mississippi - USA

Radiation Curing Paints: A New Concept for Professional Painters
Barend van de Velde
SHR - Netherlands
Johan Nienhuis
Drywood Coatings - Netherlands

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