Formulation and Application Tests into UV Curable Electrodeposition Coatings

The advantages of 100 percent (i.e. water and solvent-free) UV curable coating materials comprise to:
• high savings of energy during the drying and hardening process which are favourable from both an economic and ecologic point of view,
• low requirements in time and space which fit in with the integration into rapidly clocked production processes,
• complete elimination of VOC offering advantages both from environmental and health reasons,
• high chemical and mechanical resistance properties of the cured coatings.
On the other hand, technical requirements can demand for deviations from this 100 percent concept. In such cases water-based UV lacquers may offer an alternative.