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Thermoplastic Powder Coatings: What’s New and Where Can They Be Used?
Attendees will learn how thermoplastic powder coatings differ from thermoset powder coatings and their applications for use. They will also hear about recent developments in thermoplastic powder coatings.
Michael A. Withers - Axalta Coating Systems
Powder Coatings for Extreme Applications
Thermoplastic powder coatings offer advantages over thermosetting powder coating materials in impact, wear, and chemical resistance but can be limited in their higher temperature performance. Poly-ether-ketone-ketone (PEKK) is part of the Polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family of ultra-high-performance polymers, with an outstanding combination of physical, chemical, and thermal properties. Through the development of a unique copolymer structure, PEKK is made compatible with powder coating, creating strong primerless adhesion to metal with a demonstrated high temperature performance ( >260˚C/500˚F). In this presentation the compatibility with processes including primerless electrostatic spraying and fluidized bed dipping will be shown as well as the high temperature and chemical resistance, and the excellent mechanical and wear performance of the powder coating.
Zak Eckel, MS, MBA - Arkema, Inc.