Wesel, January 21, 2009: With its new class of additives, BYK is setting new standards in polyurethane foam applications. This unique group of processing additives improves both the compatibility and the processability of foam systems.
Incompatibility and separation are familiar phenomena in today’s foam formulations. Specialty foams such as super soft and viscoelastic grades, for example, require components of different chemical compositions and polarity. These products, however, are of either limited solubility or complete incompatibility. This is an ideal application scenario for processing additives – in this case compatibilizers – since this group of additives helps overcome the incompatibilities between various raw materials in the formulation.
Compatibility is one issue, but processability (in production) presents another major challenge:
Anti-sedimentation / floating additives, for example, prevent the sedimentation of CaCO3 and melamine powder or the floatation of ground PU foam or PE powder. This is achieved by means of thixotropy and the build-up of a slight yield value in the polyol.
Anti-cold-flow additives improve the dimension stability of the foam and thus reduce the cold flow effect.
Hydrophilic additives influence the water-absorbing properties of polyether / polyester foams, thus increasing the water receptivity and the absorption rate of the foam.
Viscosity modifiers improve the flow behavior and pumpability of higher viscosity polyols or systems, especially at lower temperatures. The additives are 100% isocyanate reactive.
Processing additives | ||||
Compatibilizer | Anti-sedimentation / anti-floating additive | Anti-cold-flow additive | Hydrophilic additive for polyether / polyester foams | Viscosity reducer for polyols and foam systems |
BYK®-P 9900 BYK®-P 9901 BYK®-P 9902 BYK®-P 9903 BYK®-P 9904 BYK®-P 9905 | BYK®-P 9906 | BYK®-P 9910 | BYK®-P 9911 | BYK®-P 9915 |
Survey: BYK processing additives